Today-Apr 19
Singapore’s air traffic volume has reached almost a third of pre-Covid levels just over two weeks after removing most restrictions on air travel and is on track to reach 50 per cent later this year, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) in a statement on Monday (April 18). The increase in air traffic since Singapore reopened its borders to fully vaccinated travelers at the start of April was recorded across all major markets, with particularly strong growth for traffic to and from Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, said the authority. In its statement, CAAS said that the frequency of flights to and from Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam “increased significantly”. Three airlines, Air New Zealand, Myanmar Airways International and PT Batik Air Asia, restarted rescheduled passenger flights to Singapore, it noted. Air links were also re-established with five new cities. They are Cairns in Australia, Danang in Vietnam, Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia, Madurai in India, and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, said CAAS. At the end of March, the group’s passenger network covered 93 destinations including Singapore. This was around two thirds of destinations served before the pandemic, said the group in its statement. SIA said that it expects passenger capacity to reach around 61 per cent of pre-Covid levels by May this year. Read more at: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/spore-air-traffic-rebounds-third-prepandemic-levels-caas-1875496
