Survival of the fittest

Pent-up demand: The KL International Airport, which is operated by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd. The firm has put in place a five-year strategic plan for survival, recovery and to capture the potential growth as the pandemic subsides.

THE same set of issues that sent the aviation sector on a turbulent ride for almost the whole of 2020 is back to haunt it again.

International borders remain closed and just as domestic travel figures started to pick up in the second half of last year, the rising Covid-19 cases at a faster pace sent Malaysia into a new round of travel restrictions.