‘Jobs are at stake’: Asia ‘playing catch-up’ on post-COVID travel | Aviation
The head of the global airline body says the region falling behind the rest of the world on restarting international travel. Asia-Pacific countries are “playing catch-up” on restarting international travel and should ease remaining pandemic-related border restrictions without delay, the head of the global airline industry’s representative body said on Tuesday. Speaking at an aviation […]
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Slow take-off for Asia Pacific aviation during COVID-19 recovery
Author: Faizal Yahya, NUS With the global aviation market still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asia Pacific region has gone from a world leader in aviation growth to a laggard. Airports Council International (ACI) data indicates that air passenger traffic in the Asia Pacific region experienced a 62.7 per cent reduction from 2019 to […]
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Asia misses global recovery of air travel, as IATA condemns bans | Aviation
Hwaseong, South Korea – Asia-Pacific countries have almost entirely missed out on the global recovery of air travel, with flights still down more than 90 percent compared with pre-pandemic levels, new figures show. The region is the only part of the world to see practically no improvement in air travel during the past year, with […]
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‘People miss travel’: IATA bullish on Asia travel rebound in 2022 | Aviation News
Asia will reopen to travel as more is learned about the Omicron variant, with the recent tightening of borders only a “temporary speed bump” on the road to recovery, according to a top airline industry representative. In an exclusive interview, Philip Goh, regional head of the International Air Transport Association, told Al Jazeera he was […]
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Asia-Pacific General Aviation Market – Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2021
The Asia-Pacific General Aviation Market is poised to reach USD 3384 million by 2026, registering a CAGR of 6. 84% during the forecast period 2021-2026. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the governments of several countries imposing travel restrictions and lockdown measures, which has affected the business travel and the tourism sectors in the region. […]
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