AirAsia flight attendants gesture to a pilot in Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA 2), as Malaysia reopened its borders for travellers fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Sepang on April 1, 2022. ((AFP file photo)
Air travel in Asia is set to make a “V-shaped comeback”, budget carrier AirAsia’s parent company said Wednesday, as countries ease tough coronavirus curbs that have hammered the industry.
The region’s aviation sector has been slow to recover, as governments kept restrictions such as quarantines and testing in place far longer than in Europe and the United States.
But countries in the Asia-Pacific have been gradually scrapping curbs in recent months, and travel is picking up again.
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