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Low-cost carriers (LCCs) now make up almost a third of global airline capacity; ...

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Hong Kong fully removed its strict border restrictions on 13th December 2022, ...

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Beijing-Shanghai (PEK-SHA) is the busiest domestic airline route in China this ...

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The global Skift Travel Health Index is 93 points (+4 pp MoM). Discover the ...

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In this article, John Grant discusses the possible sale of ITA Airways and the ...

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 89 points (+4 pp MoM) for the first ...

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The new year has only just started, but news of innovation in travel technology ...

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The global Skift Travel Health Index is 86 points (+5 pp MoM) for December ...

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The news that China removed quarantine requirements for inbound travelers and ...

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Like many Asian countries, Japan has been experiencing a twin-track air ...

Japan finally lifting its stringent travel restrictions on 11th October 2022 ...

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The global Skift Travel Health Index is 81 points (-3 pp MoM) for November ...

2022 has been another year of ups and downs for Chinese aviation, at least in ...

China is back! Well at least for this week, which highlights how quickly ...

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There has never been a period of such capacity change as we have seen during ...

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Airline Capacity Rises Above 90 Million Again Global airline capacity has once ...

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The global Skift Travel Health Index is 84 points (-2 pp MoM) for October 2022. ...

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