Covid-19 plays havoc with airport reopening plans in Asia


All hope for air travel in South Korea was dashed as Covid-19 returned with a vengeance. - Bloomberg

SEOUL (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Things were looking up for the aviation sector in Asia in the middle of this year.

As soon as the number of Covid-19 infections started to stabilise against rising vaccination rates, South Korea announced it would seek to create travel bubbles with other countries in a bid to revive tourism.

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