(Reuters) – Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) said it expects passenger capacity to succeed by around 81% of pre-pandemic degrees through December, as travellers take to the skies after COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed.
Tuesday’s upbeat city-state forecast underscores the airline industry’s recovery in 2022 after two years of travel constrained by the pandemic, even though a rise in crude costs to record levels may pose dangers to the outlook.
SIA said it would build its operational capacity across Japan and plans to operate there at 62% of its pre-COVID operational capacity through the end of October. The airline also expects its operational capacity in India to return to pre-pandemic levels at about the same time. time resets your network in the country.
The airline added that it would have more flights to Los Angeles and Paris through December.
The SIA had planned in May to resume passenger capacity after Singapore lifted all arrival fees and allowed fully vaccinated travelers to enter the country without the need to quarantine or conduct a COVID-19 check on arrival.
(Reporting through Indranil Sarkar in Bangalore; Editing via Aditya Soni)