While the United States and Europe have eased restrictions and demand has rebounded, Asia lagged behind, with foreign tourists barred and mandatory quarantines still in place in many nations
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Air travel is expected to pick up in Asia as more countries open borders. Asia will account for a bulk of aircraft demand in the next 20 years, Airbus said on February 18. While the United States and Europe have eased restrictions and demand has rebounded, Asia lagged behind, with foreign tourists barred and mandatory quarantines still in place in many nations.
Recently some Asian countries announced they were accepting vaccinated international passengers. This had given a much-needed boost to the aviation and tourism industries that have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Philippines reopened its borders to vaccinated foreign visitors last week and Australia has announced it will do the same next week, while Singapore added more countries to its quarantine-free travel arrangement
“The market has been difficult in the past few years but it is clearly recovering,” said Alexis Vidal, Vice President for Marketing, Airbus. “So this is again… a very exciting period of aviation to be into,” he said at the Singapore Airshow, Asia’s biggest aerospace event.
The Philippines reopened its borders to vaccinated foreign visitors last week and Australia has announced it will do the same next week, while Singapore added more countries to its quarantine-free travel arrangement.
“There’s a very short term and there is a long term. I guess the good news…is about borders progressively reopening,” Vidal was quoted saying. “I think we would all agree there is a pent up demand and people are eager to travel.”
