Leaders throughout Southeast Asia have made it a priority to attract more Indian and Chinese travellers as a quick fix to boost their tourism and aviation recovery. What’s clear though, is that whilst air capacity between India and Southeast Asia is reaching towards pre-pandemic levels and beyond, China-Southeast Asia’s capacity is slow to gain momentum. When we look at air capacity from the two countries into Southeast Asia as of Q3 2023, China-Southeast Asia operated almost double the number of seats at 8 million vs India-Southeast Asia’s 3.8 million, whilst the recovery vs 2019 levels couldn’t be more different. China was -53% of 2019 levels, whilst India, by contrast, was just 7% down.
Closer analysis of India and Southeast Asia capacity for Q3 2023 vs Q3 2019, pre-pandemic, reveals:
Analysis of China and Southeast Asia capacity shows that there are pockets of recovery in the region:
- Singapore, once more, is tracking best for recovery at just -23% of 2019…
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