The Asia-Pacific region was arguably the worst affected by COVID-19, with some of the severest and longest-lasting lockdowns of anywhere in the world. Even today, seeing some of the region’s travel regulations finally being restored to where they were in 2019, long after most of the world has opened up international and domestic travel.
Narrowing the focus to Singapore, a fall of 22% compared to March 2019. Against that backdrop, the Singapore Airlines Group, which includes Singapore Airlines and Scoot.
Passenger numbers fell by 9% compared to January but were more than four times higher year-on-year. For comparison purposes, in December, the group carried 2.7 million, in January 2.6 million and in February 2.4 million, a fall of around 12% over the last three months.
Scoot resumed services to Qingdao in China, bringing the group’s network to 113 destinations in 36 countries and territories. SIA serves 77 destinations and Scoot 59, while the cargo network touches 117 destinations in 38 countries and territories.