Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID), the trade association representing over 600 airports across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, today released its flagship Air Connectivity Index, recording an average growth of 11% in 2025 across the two regions.
After almost four months since the suspension of on-arrival tourist visas, Maldives tourism industry has reopened with enhanced precautionary measures against COVID-19. The first tourists arrived this morning onboard Qatar Airways which landed in Velana International Airport (VIA).
The Airport Authority’s (AA) relief package for the airport community will continue in view of the prolonged impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The waiver or reduction of various fees for the aviation industry announced in March this year will continue in July and August.
ACI World’s updated economic impact assessment forecasts a year-end revenue loss of -59% for Asia-Pacific airports and -53% for Middle East airports.
ACI Asia-Pacific released preliminary traffic data from 18 airports in major aviation markets in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East showing year-over-year passenger traffic decline hit -95% by the middle of April. Initial signals of recovery were reported from China with a gradual resumption of its domestic traffic and, to a lesser extent, from South Korea.
With the Government declaration of a state of emergency on Tuesday, 7 April 2020, in accordance with the “Act on Special Measures for Pandemic Influenza and New Infectious Diseases Preparedness and Response,” we have closed Runway B temporarily from Sunday, 12 April.
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) announced today a new round of relief package worth up to HK$2 billion, providing further support to airlines and aviation support services operators through helping to ease their liquidity pressure.
ACI Asia-Pacific is urging governments across the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region to swiftly implement relief measures to safeguard airport employment and connectivity.
With support from the Government, the Airport Authority (AA) today launched a new round of HK$1 billion relief package for the airport community in view of the continuing impact brought by the COVID-19 outbreak.
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to unfold, ACI World has called for the alleviation of airport slot usage requirements.
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