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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 supercharges vaccination efforts after slow start, U.S. lags

TOKYO/SINGAPORE, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Several Asian nations are quickly ramping up vaccination campaigns from shaky starts to combat growing COVID-19 infections, as supply shipments roll in and people overcome hesitancy in hopes of easing curbs and freeing up travel. Japan and South Korea have passed the United States in terms of those who have […]

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