Air Canada sees rebound in demand

Air Canada is expecting the demand for flights between Canada and the Asia-Pacific to recover to a near pre-pandemic level by December next year, a top regional executive said on Saturday. Currently, the routes between Canada and the Asia-Pacific run at 30% of the 2019 capacity, but the capacity is expected to double by the end of December, said Kiyo Weiss, the airline’s Sales Director for the Asia-Pacific. The airline is also considering adding flights to a new destination in the Asia-Pacific in the near future to cater for pent-up demand in leisure travel, she said. “Probably we’ll make a decision within a month or so,” Weiss said, without providing further details. Canada’s largest carrier is seeking to augment its presence in the region to meet high demand, particularly from Southeast Asian countries, as the area recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 5^th, 2022.

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