Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA)

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) released its report for July 2024 and it shows healthy international passenger growth. 

Asia-Pacific countries including Singapore, Australia and Japan are gradually easing some international travel restrictions as coronavirus cases slow, in hopes of helping to revive their economies

Governments should roll back or refrain from using travel restrictions as the COVID-19 coronavirus is mainly being spread through local transmission rather than imported cases, a trade group of Asian airlines said. “Given that the Covid-19 outbreak is now progressing across the globe, it is time for a fundamental rethink on travel restrictions,” the Association […]

With more than 1.5 billion passengers arriving and travelling within APAC, the region has seen an surge in job opportunities with 30.2 million jobs in aviation and related sectors, being supported by the industry, according to a report, ‘Aviation: Benefits Beyond Borders’, released by the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG).

The international air transport industry achieved its safest year on record in 2017, with a total of 10 major accidents involving western built aircraft resulting in 55 fatalities.  This represents a loss rate approaching one major accident for every 4 million flights, further reinforcing the fact that flying remains the safest form of travel. 

Asia’s airlines carried a combined total of 155 million international passengers in the first half of 2017, 5.5% more than the same period last year. This is according to the latest data from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), which said that expanding route networks and cheaper airfares are helping to boost travel. For […]

Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region carried a combined total of 25.2 million international passengers in May 2017, up 5.4% year-on-year. According to the latest data from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometres, or RPK), jumped 9.4% last month, reflecting the strength of demand on long-haul routes. […]

Demand for air travel in Asia Pacific continues to rise, with the region’s airlines experiencing a 6.0% increase in international passenger numbers last year. According to the latest data from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), which represents most of the region’s major carriers, a total of 293 million passengers were carried by Asian […]