Three pieces of good news broke in Asia last week that, although not providing an immediate impact on global airline capacity, will in the coming weeks help several airlines and airports in the region rebuild capacity.
Of course, pressure will be building for China to relax its travel restrictions as Japan removes visa requirements, Hong Kong ended mandatory Covid-19 hotel quarantine for international arrivals, and Chinese Taipei relaxes regulations. This has to be a good news week in Asia.
As September comes to an end and the shops begin to fill with Xmas cards and other such seasonal delights we’ve added December to the rolling three-month forward-capacity chart! We can now see how the year-end is shaping up, allowing for the inevitable shaving of capacity by carriers up to a few weeks before departure, it looks like we will have more than 4.5 billion seats in 2022 – a 24% increase on last year and around 72% of the 2019 capacity. That may seem slightly disappointing, but the…
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