Charter Report 2022

AN INTERVIEW WITH L’VOYAGE
It’s not just enquiries from people wanting to leave, but bookings
from those who have been wanting to travel for a long time.”
Hong Kong recently moved to a “0+3”
quarantine arrangement for inbound
travellers, effectively scrapping mandatory
hotel quarantine. How has that affected
bookings?
We definitely received many enquiries for outbound and return trips
as well. So it’s not just enquiries from people wanting to leave, but
bookings from those who have been wanting to travel for a long
time, so we are seeing a lot more normal round trips being taken.
Once we go to “0+0” we will see another level of people coming to
Hong Kong. Right now, “0+3” is really for Hong Kong-based people
who are planning on going out for a trip and coming back. We still
haven’t seen many people travelling from Singapore to Hong Kong
for say, three days, and or going to Vietnam to travel around or for
business reasons. However, we expect a greater recovery once Hong
Kong eventually shifts to “0+0” and things to slowly go back to
normal once it does.
What sorts of changes are you anticipating
within the private jet market in the post-
COVID era?
I think we will see a wave of new entrants to the charter market,
with a few of these entrants coming from the first-class sectors,
and new products would be needed to cater to this new class of
clients in addition to serving frequent flyers on private jets. Client
behavior has also changed when it comes to booking private jets.
The booking process will need to be more efficient to cater to the
younger demographic, who are entering the charter markets.
Are there any new markets that you’re
seeing any activity in?
Most of the trips that we are seeing at the moment are leisurerelated,
with a lot of trips being planned around Christmas time.
As for popular Asian destinations, we are seeing activity around
Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam, but we are also
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