Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA)

Asia-Pacific countries including Singapore, Australia and Japan are gradually easing some international travel restrictions as coronavirus cases slow, in hopes of helping to revive their…

Governments should roll back or refrain from using travel restrictions as the COVID-19 coronavirus is mainly being spread through local transmission rather than imported cases, a trade…

The international air transport industry achieved its safest year on record in 2017, with a total of 10 major accidents involving western built aircraft resulting in 55 fatalities.  This…

Asia's airlines carried a combined total of 155 million international passengers in the first half of 2017, 5.5% more than the same period last year. This is according to the latest…

Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region carried a combined total of 25.2 million international passengers in May 2017, up 5.4% year-on-year. According to the latest data from the…

Demand for air travel in Asia Pacific continues to rise, with the region's airlines experiencing a 6.0% increase in international passenger numbers last year. According to the latest…

Air travel in the Asia Pacific is now safer than ever, with fewer fatal accidents and improving standards across the region, a new report has revealed. The Association of Asia Pacific…

Airlines in the Asia Pacific region carried a total of 24.0 million international passengers in October 2016, up 3.9% year-on-year. This marked a slowdown in growth compared to previous…

Asia Pacific's airlines have welcomed the global agreement on aviation CO2 emissions, which was reached at the recent ICAO Assembly in Montreal. The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines…

Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region carried a total of 25.9 million international passengers in August 2016, 4.1% more than the same month last year. According to the latest…

A total of 23.6 million international passengers were carried by Asia Pacific's airlines in June 2016, 7.9% more than in the same month last year. According to the latest data from the…

Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region returned to profit in 2015, driven by a sharp decline in fuel prices, new data has revealed. According to preliminary figures released today…

Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region recorded a 7.9% increase in international passenger traffic in 2015. According to the latest data from the Association of Asia Pacific…

The aviation industry recorded its best ever year in terms of safety in 2015, with a global fatal accident rate of just one in five million flights. While the year was marked by the…

Indonesia’s Minister of Transportation has vowed to improve the country’s aviation safety record. Addressing delegates at the AAPA Assembly of Presidents, which is taking place in…

Intense competition in the Asian aviation sector is driving innovation among airlines, with an increasing variety of business models and product offerings, the AAPA Assembly of…

Asia's largest airlines have called on the world’s governments to improve the management of airspace closures. At the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines' (AAPA) annual Assembly of…

Airlines in the Asia Pacific region are on course for a year of record profits, as lower fuel prices and rising passenger traffic boost bottom lines. This industry outlook was…

Bali's Ngurah Rain International Airport reopened on Thursday afternoon, after two days flights cancellations left the holiday plans of thousands of tourists in tatters. The eruption…

Airlines in the Asia Pacific region carried a combined total of 24.9 million international passengers in August, 7.2% more than the same month last year. According to the latest data…

Airlines based in the Asian region carried 23.7 million international passengers in July, according to the latest data from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). This marks…

Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region carried 21.9 million international passengers in June 2015, 5.9% more than in the same month last year. According to the latest report from…

Airlines in the Asia Pacific region operated at close to break-even in 2014, according to figures released this week. Data from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA)…

Airlines in the Asia Pacific region are still under pressure, despite rising traffic and lower fuel costs, a senior industry official has warned. Andrew Herdman, director-general of…

A total of 21.8 million international passengers flew on Asia Pacific's airlines in February 2015, marking an 11.9% increase compared to the same month last year, according to the latest…

Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region carried a total of 256.1 million passengers on international routes in 2014, 4.8% more than in 2013. According to the latest report from the…

Japan’s tourism industry is experiencing a major upswing, as the fall of the yen makes the country an increasingly affordable destination. International tourist arrivals to Japan have…

Safety issues loomed large at the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines' (AAPA) Assembly of Presidents, which concluded in Tokyo today. Resolutions on information sharing, air traffic…

Garuda Indonesia would consider owning and running airports in future, its president Emirsyah Satar has said. Speaking at the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines' (AAPA) Assembly of…

Infrastructure remains a significant problem for Asia’s airlines as they aim to maintain their strong growth, the director of a regional trade body has said. Andrew Herdman, director…

Asian airlines meeting this week in Tokyo still have work to do to turn growth into profits, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). The region’s carriers have seen…

Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region carried a total of 23.0 million international passengers in August 2014, 3.4% more than the same month last year. According to the latest…

Asia's airlines have condemned the "outrageous" and "heinous" downing of flight MH17. In a statement released on Thursday morning, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA),…

The aviation industry needs to adopt a measured, unemotional response to the disappearance of flight MH370, to avoid making the industry less safe than it is at present, a senior industry…

Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region recorded combined net profits of US$2.5 billion in 2013, 55% less than in 2012. According to the latest data from the Association of Asia Pacific…

Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region carried a total of 41 million international passengers in the first two months of 2014 - 7.4% more than the same period last year. This solid…

Airlines in the Asia Pacific region carried 21.1 million international passengers in January, 8.7% more than the same month last year. According to the latest data from the…

Airlines in the Asia Pacific region achieved a 6% rise in passenger numbers in 2013. According to the latest data from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), the region's…

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has called on governments to stop implementing "ill-conceived new regulations and taxes" that hinder the growth of the aviation industry.…

John Slosar has urged the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) to become the region's leading voice in the global arena. Addressing the AAPA Assembly of Presidents of Hong Kong…

Innovative Asian airlines are leading the industry into a new era, following the upheaval of the global economic slowdown. This is the view of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines…

Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region carried a total of 19.5 million international passengers in July 2013, 6.6% more than the same month last year. According to the latest data…

The European Union could be ready to come to a compromise over its controversial Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), its representative has revealed. During a panel discussion at the…

Asia Pacific carriers are being hampered by a "strait-jacket of overreaching government policies", according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). Speaking at the conclusion…

The European Union could be ready to come to a compromise over its controversial Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), its transport representative has revealed. During a panel discussion…

The reshaping of the global aviation industry has moved forward dramatically over the past 12 months, driven by carriers from the Asia Pacific region. This is the message from the…

Air traffic in the Asia Pacific region continued its strong and steady growth in 2012, climbing 8.5% to 17.0 million passengers in June 2012. According to the latest data from the…

Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region generated net profits of US$4.8 billion in 2011, 47% lower than the record US$9.0 billion achieved in the previous year. The result was impacted by…

Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region carried a combined total of 17.2 million international passengers in March - 10.6% more than in the same month last year. According to the latest…