Business private jet travel to Macao is approaching 50 percent of pre-pandemic levels, according to multiple media reports.
Rita Tam, local general manager for charter flight operator TAG Aviation, told Chinese language newspaper Macau Daily that the number of passengers handled by the company had seen a boost in the first two months of the year.
She said that by the end of the year the market could recover half its volume in 2019, when Macau welcomed 2,768 private jet flights.
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Gaming concessionaires have been responsible for the uptick in private jet travel, Tam added, as casinos seek to fly in free-spending foreign punters.
Macao’s air connectivity has been dramatically improving since the lifting of travel restrictions in January. Air Macau is reportedly logging some 7,000 international reservations a week and bookings are growing by about 20 percent weekly.
This month, air services are resuming to at least 12 destinations and flights to eight existing destinations are increasing in frequency.
