Asian Sky Quarterly 2022 Q1
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SPECIAL FEATURE: FLIGHT ACTIVITY<br />
FLIGHT ACTIVITIES<br />
4,000<br />
3,500<br />
3,000<br />
2,500<br />
Thailand<br />
Singapore<br />
Malaysia<br />
2,000<br />
1,500<br />
India<br />
1,000<br />
500<br />
Japan<br />
Greater China<br />
0<br />
Mar<br />
21<br />
Apr<br />
21<br />
May<br />
21<br />
Jun<br />
21<br />
Jul<br />
21<br />
Aug<br />
21<br />
Sep<br />
21<br />
Oct<br />
21<br />
Nov<br />
21<br />
Dec<br />
21<br />
Jan<br />
22<br />
Feb<br />
22<br />
Mar<br />
22<br />
Greater China and India saw the most departures; however, the yearon-year<br />
growth has been negative for Greater China and is declining in<br />
India. Mainland China’s zero-COVID policy imposed strict quarantine<br />
procedures and paused the issuance of ordinary passports for nonessential<br />
travelling, which caused the negative year-on-year seen in<br />
Greater China. India’s flight activity in the first quarter of 2021 grew<br />
significantly due to outbound flights for healthcare resources; hence,<br />
compared to 2021, flight activity in the first quarter of <strong>2022</strong> were<br />
less active. Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand all have positive year-<br />
over-year growth in the first quarter of <strong>2022</strong>, as their airports were<br />
open with some restrictions. Overall, these countries are engaging in<br />
similar tourism activities as they were before the pandemic. With the<br />
vaccination rate increasing, governments are more willing to loosen<br />
COVID-19 related restrictions and therefore saw a rebound in their local<br />
economies. Japan experienced less significant year-over-year growth in<br />
January and February. Later, it allowed entry to non Japanese citizens<br />
except for tourism purposes starting on March 1st, <strong>2022</strong>. The measure<br />
stimulated flight activity and fostered business recovery in Japan.<br />
FLIGHT ACTIVITY TREND<br />
400%<br />
2021 Mar - <strong>2022</strong> Mar<br />
1,475%<br />
350%<br />
300%<br />
278%<br />
250%<br />
200%<br />
203%<br />
221%<br />
150%<br />
136%<br />
100%<br />
50%<br />
67%<br />
0%<br />
-50%<br />
Greater China Japan India Malaysia Singapore Thailand<br />
FIRST QUARTER <strong>2022</strong> — ASIAN SKY QUARTERLY | 7
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