The city’s flag carrier is laying on additional services to Japan, South Korea, Thailand and elsewhere to meet vacation demand.
Air Macau
The territory’s flag carrier has enjoyed exclusive rights for the last 25 years but new legislation is being drawn up that will liberalise the sector.
However, total airport arrivals in the first quarter of 2023 are still only less than a third of what they were during the same period before the pandemic.
New figures released by the airline’s majority shareholder show that Macao’s flag carrier racked up cumulative losses of almost 2.9 billion patacas during the three-year pandemic.
Strong tourism recovery means the airport should be handling some 480 flights a week by the end of this month, aviation officials say.
The airport is seeing an uptick in private jet arrivals, reports say, with one charter operator hoping the market will recover half of its pre-pandemic volume this year.
Air Macau adds additional services to Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Taiwan to its schedule, and opens new routes too.
Feel like getting out of town? Expect a major increase in the number of flights as new and existing carriers add services from Macao.
Restoration of Macao’s air network continues in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, with services to Osaka, among others, resuming this month.