TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Singapore Airlines will expand its services to Taiwan in an ongoing effort to restore its pre-pandemic capacity by 31 May 2023, reports said Thursday (Nov. 24).

On Oct. 13, Taiwan reopened its borders for visiting tourists, including groups, while ending the mandatory three-day COVID-19 quarantine period for arriving travelers. Since then, several airlines have announced the resumption of flights on routes served before the pandemic, when 11 million travelers a year visited the country.

Singapore Airlines flights SQ876 and SQ877, which were plying the route between Singapore and Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport four times a week, will have their frequency increased to once a day from March 26, 2023, the Liberty Times reported.

Flights SQ878 and SQ879, now operating three times a week, will also fly once every day of the week beginning May 31. As a result, the airline will thus operate two flights per day between Taoyuan and Singapore from the end of next May.

Airline officials said the ending of COVID-19 travel restrictions in the region had led to increased demand for flights from Singapore to destinations including Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and Australia.