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Association of Asia Pacific Airlines director general says recovery prospects for Asian airlines "are dim"
July 29th 2021
Asia-Pacific carriers flew 1.4 million passengers on scheduled international services in June, figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show. Read More » The numbers were up 139.6%, from 584,000 passengers in the same month a year ago, and also were higher than the 1.3 million passengers flown in May. Compared with pre-COVID-19 levels, the June figures were 95.6% below the region's 31.8 million international air travellers transported in June 2019. "The already dire situation has recently been compounded by new COVID-19 infections across the region, due to the Delta variant, with ongoing border restrictions holding back any meaningful restart in international travel markets," AAPA director general, Subhas Menon, said. "Prospects for an early recovery for Asian airlines are dim unless cohesive action is taken by governments to accelerate vaccination rollouts and reopen borders safely based on ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) and WHO (World Health Organisation) guidelines." AAPA figures are aggregated from the traffic data of 40 Asia-Pacific based airlines.
