Originally Posted by
kiwifrequentflyer
Interesting comment by Jacinda was that international border opening discussions happened FIRST with Singapore, and THEN Australia.
Singapore makes more sense in expanding flight availability to connect to S.E. Asia, North Asia, India and Europe since it is an aviation hub. Though precisely because of SIN being a hub, it has not been able to escape the 2nd wave of Covid-19 outbreaks, as there were plenty of foreigners and residents returning from Europe that caused the 2nd wave of infections,