SINGAPORE: The Government will commit S$500 million to support aviation companies and workers in the coming financial year as air travel picks up, announced Transport Minister S Iswaran in Parliament on Wednesday .
"Fortunately, we are in a different situation today thanks to a better understanding of the virus, well-established safe management measures, and high levels of vaccination in our population. Hence, we have been able to take careful and calibrated steps to reopen our borders."The OneAviation Resilience Package includes S$60 million to rebuild the sector's workforce, the Ministry of Transport said in a separate press release.
The Government will also continue to defray the cost of implementing public health and safe management measures at the airport, which the ministry said will enable safe air travel, protect aviation workers and the wider community.