Air Canada sees travel demand in Asia rebound by end of 2023 executive says
TOKYO (Reuters) – Air Canada is anticipating a requirement for flights between Canada and the Asia-Pacific to get well to a close to pre-pandemic degree by December subsequent yr, a prime regional government mentioned on Saturday.
At the moment, the routes between Canada and the Asia-Pacific run at 30% of the 2019 capability, however the capability is anticipated to double by the top of December, mentioned Kiyo Weiss, the airline’s gross sales director for the Asia-Pacific.
The airline can be contemplating including flights to a brand new vacation spot within the Asia-Pacific within the close to future to cater for pent-up demand in leisure journey, she mentioned.
“Most likely we’ll decide inside a month or so,” Weiss mentioned, with out offering additional particulars.
Canada’s largest service is in search of to reinforce its presence within the area to fulfill excessive demand, significantly from Southeast Asian international locations, as the realm recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The airline on Saturday resumed direct flights between Montreal and Tokyo’s Narita airport that had been disrupted by the pandemic.
(Reporting by Satoshi Sugiyama; Modifying by Raju Gopalakrishnan)
