Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID), the trade association representing over 600 airports, made strong recommendations at the 60th ICAO Conference of Directors General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for Asia and Pacific regions in Sendai, Japan recently. The Members of the Conference endorsed the ACI APAC & MID’s recommendations and encouraged States to take appropriate steps for implementation.
ACI Asia-Pacific welcomes the implementation of a quarantine-free travel bubble between Hong Kong SAR and the Republic of Singapore. The arrangement, open to all types of travelers, is a much-needed progressive step towards recovery of the sector.
Cargo volumes at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru are gathering momentum with international cargo leading the recovery, following a prolonged slump due to the pandemic.
Australians are out exploring their own back yard in increasing numbers after figures out this week indicating passenger numbers at Cairns Airport at a four month high, and now exceeding 27,000 a week.
As the Far North readies itself for the easing of some Queensland border restrictions on Friday, Cairns Airport and Tourism Tropical North Queensland have joined forces in an innovative new campaign that reflects the return of travel is a little different.
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.
ACI Asia-Pacific warns the prolonged duration of the COVID-19 outbreak will significantly set back the region’s airports from previously forecasted growth prospects.
Asia-Pacific and Middle East airport revenues are under tremendous pressure two months into 2020 amidst the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, despite moderate growth in 2019.
Passenger traffic was steady in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East during November 2019, compared to the same month of the previous year, at +2.4% and +6.6% respectively.
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