China Eastern Welcomes Lunar New Year With 15 New International Routes

As global aviation steadily recovered during 2023, one region in particular was falling behind, Southeast Asia, which spent most of last year operating at around 20% less capacity than it had in pre-pandemic 2019. The primary reason for that was the lack of demand from China which was still in the grip of some of the world's most severe COVID-19 lockdowns and all but closed to international travel.