{"id":34415,"date":"2026-03-07T18:15:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T10:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34415"},"modified":"2026-03-07T18:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T10:15:37","slug":"singapore-planning-repatriation-flight-for-citizens-dependents-from-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34415","title":{"rendered":"Singapore planning repatriation flight for citizens, dependents from Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SINGAPORE: Singapore is planning to dispatch a repatriation flight for Singaporeans and their dependents from Saudi Arabia between Mar 10 and Mar 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The date and time are subject to flight approvals and the situation on the ground, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will reach out to Singaporeans again once the details are confirmed,\u201d MFA said in a form for Singaporeans to express interest in the repatriation flight and overland transport.<\/p>\n<p>Overland transport from Doha, Manama, Al Khobar and Jeddah to Riyadh for the flight will be provided one day before the flight date.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There will be no overland transport provided for travellers who are in other parts of the region. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Separate arrangements may be made for Singaporeans in Jordan and Kuwait to the decided point of embarkation, MFA said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MFA said it would follow up with Singaporeans who indicate interest once the flight is confirmed and payment to reserve seats on the flight can be made then.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No meals will be provided on the flight. Baggage allowance will be capped at 30kg per passenger and requests for oversized baggage or excess baggage purchase will not be accommodated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No pets, weapons or firearms will be allowed on the flight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The flight is strictly for Singaporeans and dependents, MFA said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The form will close on Sunday at 11.59pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Singapore announced on Thursday it would operate <\/span><span>repatriation flights out of Muscat<\/span><span>, Oman, on Saturday and Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The second flight on Sunday was arranged <span>&#8220;given the high demand&#8221;, MFA said. The ministry added that Singaporeans in the United Arab Emirates will be transported to Muscat via coach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/repatriation-flight-citizens-dependents-saudi-arabia-mfa-5978676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: Singapore is planning to dispatch a repatriation flight for Singaporeans and their dependents from Saudi Arabia between Mar 10 and Mar 12.\u00a0 The date&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--nixpmjsX--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/tdy\/image\/2023\/11\/01\/20221229_ili_changi_airport_generics-15.jpg?itok=tGGo66p_","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11598,6744,17526,1153,3328,17276,4677,22],"class_list":["post-34415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-arabia","tag-citizens","tag-dependents","tag-flight","tag-planning","tag-repatriation","tag-saudi","tag-singapore","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}