Tourism
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Given that there will be international agreement on air travel to and within the European Union, and given further that there are no governmental panic attacks about the spread of new infection strains, then the
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What a difference two weeks makes. On 12th February China’s airports handled just 162 thousand passengers, a decrease of 90% points on the level achieved in 2019 and a direct result of the deliberate policy
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The power of China’s authorities to control mass movement over the Spring Festival period is vividly illustrated by the Ministry of Transport’s daily passenger numbers. Today’s Air4casts bulletin focuses on the traditional 10 day peak
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Hard to argue that they will not but harder still to predict the sorts of release mechanisms which will exist and where. It is quite possible that there will be as many approaches as there
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That there continues to be substantial pent-up demand for international travel has, from the evidence, never been in doubt. (more…)
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It is indeed small comfort that December shows a slight improvement in the total number of passengers travelling by air; slight because, based on 630 reporting airports, total numbers comprising both internationals and domestics are
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Retail sales of cosmetics, fragrances and skincare on Hainan Island together reached just over USD 1 billion in December 2020 according to official Hainan Provincial government numbers released this week. The Hainan reporting includes all
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Hot off the press from the US government is the news that 1.7 million American passport holders took an international flight out of the US in December 2020. That is the highest number since March
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The answers to just two simple questions will say it all: ✓ how strong will any recovery be next year and ✓ under what conditions might travel demand return to its 2019 levels? (more…)
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Based on the total number of flights for airports in Europe for the week ending Friday last, the 21st August: (more…)