Asian airlines fly high on pent-up demand but face cost pressures

Asian airlines fly high on pent-up demand but face cost pressures

FILE PHOTO: Travellers wait at a terminal hall of the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China March 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Asian airline travel should reach about two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels by the end of the year with momentum going into 2023 based on bookings, the director general of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) said on Thursday.