AirFish Voyager ferry service from Singapore to Batam

For those who can’t resist the allure of hopping on a ferry to Batam for a quick getaway from it all, boy do we have good news for you. Your trips to the Indonesian city are going to get a lot speedier with the newly announced AirFish Voyager.

This futuristic, hovercraft-like vessel is projected to be operational in the second half of the year, ferrying passengers to and from Singapore and Batam in under half an hour; here’s all you need to know about it.

What is the AirFish Voyager?

The AirFish Voyager will be able to fly at a speed of up to 185km/h, thrice that of current ships. Image credit: ST Engineering

The AirFish Voyager is a wing-in-ground marine craft developed by ST Engineering AirX. The craft can ferry up to 10 people in total including crew members, and it uses aerodynamic forces and air pressure to skim speedily across the water’s surface.