Airlines in Malaysia can take only 3 years from the coronavirus pandemic, depending on the epidemic at home and abroad, the shipping ministry said.
Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong said this week that in the Revised Forecast of the Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) for this year’s passenger traffic, he expects the number of passengers to decline to ‘by 75. 6% to 26. 6 million, compared to 109. 2 million registered passengers 2019. .
“In this sense, airlines deserve to want a three-year era to fully recover from the effect of the Covid-19 epidemic, the subject of the epidemic at home and abroad,” Wee said in a written parliamentary response. .
Airlines around the world were affected by the pandemic, as governments closed borders and blocked flights to involve the virus.
MAVCOM first revised its passenger traffic forecast down by 2020 in June, expecting a contraction of up to 50. 3% to 54. 3 million passengers.
Wee said the passenger call decreased from 280,321, consistent with the day of January to 59,378, consistent with the day of September, adding that the ministry was proceeding to work with the Ministry of Tourism and airlines to build public confidence in the use of air to revive the national. tourism sector.
For foreign tourism, he said the ministry “welcomes the government’s efforts to put into force the concept of bubbles in countries such as Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, New Zealand, Australia, South Korea and Japan. “
Malaysian national airline Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia Group Bhd’s long-distance unit, AirAsia X Bhd, have reduced in size and announced restructuring plans.
AirAsia Group reduced its expectations for market recovery.
Malindo Air, the Malaysian branch of Lion Air in Indonesia, has introduced a reduction exercise.
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