Trip.com CEO Hopes Asia Aviation Hubs Recover Quickly After Middle East Carriers Grab Share
Skift Take
In spite of all the optimism and the latent travel demand, it’s still too early to project when China will be coming out of this Covid slump or if Hong Kong will ever get back to being a global aviation hub. The wait is only getting longer.
A long drawn zero-Covid policy continues to strangle aviation's recovery in China, as Hong Kong falls off the map as a global aviation hub, amid flight bans and reduced capacity.
As a result, Middle Eastern carriers have been getting a bump up with a dramatic shift in Pacific connectivity across Asia.
Airlines that have been making a move into the area have been getting a lot of passengers, noted Jane Sun, CEO of Trip.com Group, on Wednesday while sharing that the online travel company has been working with Middle Eastern carriers, who have expanded their operations to serve customers in Asia.
