China's zero-COVID policy to hit Asia aviation recovery: IATA Planet Storyline


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In 2021 in Asia, international travel was only seven percent of what it was in 2019, though there has been an improvement at the start of this year. China’s zero-COVID policy will hold back a full air travel recovery in the Asia-Pacific region, a top airline industry group warned Tuesday, adding to calls for Beijing to ease its hardline stance. The world’s second-biggest economy is seeking to stamp out the coronavirus entirely, with rapid lockdowns and mass testing, and the measures have hammered both domestic and international air travel . The aviation sector’s recovery in Asia was already relatively slow,...