Airlines
China's Covid Policy Curbs Traffic Rebound in Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific airlines seek new market opportunities to compensate for the loss of the Chinese market.
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300 lands in Dhaka. The Singapore flag carrier and other Southeast Asian airlines will need China to fully open before its traffic returns to pre-pandemic levels, according to CAPA. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Samee55)
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300 lands in Dhaka. The Singapore flag carrier and other Southeast Asian airlines will need China to fully open before its traffic returns to pre-pandemic levels, according to CAPA. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Samee55)

A virtual stop to international arrivals resulting from China’s zero-Covid policy has put a damper on the post-pandemic growth of major Southeast Asian airlines for whom China accounted for one-third of their market share in 2019.