I would only travel again, for either business or holiday, if the situation in destination countries was stable and/or back to normai, with low incidence of COVID-19 in the community. I would be comfortable heading to Australia or New Zealand, for example, and also Asian destinations like Vietnam or Korea.
I would think twice if there was a mandatory quarantine on arrival at that destination, or if I had to be quarantined on return to Singapore.
As for flights, I would prefer not to risk close contact with other pax, so I would be quite tempted to use miles to fly in business class, simply because of the additional room and distance between pax. I doubt I would enjoy the reduced cabin service or basic catering during this period, even in premium cabins, but that would not be a priority at this time.
I would not want to be in a packed Y cabin if there was any risk at all of infection. Perhaps airlines should find a way to ensure some sort of social distancing between Y pax. It doesn't necessarily have to be between all pax, for example I am ok if it was my family in a row of 3. But between different groups, at the very least an empty seat in between, along with mandatory masks, would be what I would need to be comfortable flying Y in future.
Apart from business travel which will definitely restart as soon as conditions allow, I think there will also be a lot of pent up demand for holiday travel once restrictions ease. My friends and I were joking that we would probably tear up the next time we were on a plane and were handed hot towels by SQ cabin crew...
I would think twice if there was a mandatory quarantine on arrival at that destination, or if I had to be quarantined on return to Singapore.
As for flights, I would prefer not to risk close contact with other pax, so I would be quite tempted to use miles to fly in business class, simply because of the additional room and distance between pax. I doubt I would enjoy the reduced cabin service or basic catering during this period, even in premium cabins, but that would not be a priority at this time.
I would not want to be in a packed Y cabin if there was any risk at all of infection. Perhaps airlines should find a way to ensure some sort of social distancing between Y pax. It doesn't necessarily have to be between all pax, for example I am ok if it was my family in a row of 3. But between different groups, at the very least an empty seat in between, along with mandatory masks, would be what I would need to be comfortable flying Y in future.
Apart from business travel which will definitely restart as soon as conditions allow, I think there will also be a lot of pent up demand for holiday travel once restrictions ease. My friends and I were joking that we would probably tear up the next time we were on a plane and were handed hot towels by SQ cabin crew...
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