O le faamatuuina mai o le afa tausaga o faaiuga mo le Asia Pacific Airlines Association (AAPA), lea e aofia ai kamupani vaalele tetele e 16 i le itulagi, na vaaia ai le paʻu o taavale i totonu o Iuni. Felaʻuaʻiga vaʻalele na aveina le lua miliona pasese laʻititi i le masina talu ai, faʻaliliuina i le aofaʻi o 9.88 miliona faʻatusatusa i le 11.83 miliona i le tausaga na muamua atu. Avega mea na paʻu i lalo e 5.7 togi i le 70.5 pasene, e ui lava i le 9.2 pasene faʻaititia o avanoa nofoa avanoa. Mo le ono masina muamua o le 2009, o le aofaʻi o pasese feoaʻi na lagona e le 11.5 pasene e oʻo atu i le 63.8 miliona faʻatusatusa i le 72.1 miliona i le vaitaimi tutusa o le 2008.
O le itulagi o Asia ma le Pasefika e foliga mai e sili atu le afaina nai lo isi lalolagi. E le gata ona o le paʻu o le lalolagi, ae o le mafaufau foi e musu e faimalaga ona o le le lava o le saogalemu i nisi nofoaga, faapea foi ma le lamatiaga ole soifua maloloina ile swine flu poo le H1N1. E tusa ai ma numera lata mai, o le faʻamaʻi pipisi na faaliliuina i le 6,776 H1N1 mataupu i Thailand, 2,902 i Hong Kong, 1,772 i China PRC, 921 i Malaysia, 440 i Vietnam ma le 239 i Indonesia [fuainumera ia Iulai 22]. E ui lava i le mea moni e sili atu i le 96 pasene o mataupu e le o ni ola taufaamatau, femalagaaʻiga mamanu faʻaalia ai se aʻafiaga.
E tusa ai ma le saunoaga a Andrew Herdman, o le faatonu aoao o le AAPA, "o tulaga tau fefaatauaiga mo kamupani vaalele a Asia Pasefika o loo tumau pea le faigata, faatasi ai ma le faaitiitia o le manaoga o pasese i le taimi nei, e atagia ai le faaauau pea o le vaivai o le tamaoaiga, atoa ai ma popolega lautele o le malo, e uiga i le faateleina o le faamaʻi o le puaa. O lona iʻuga, matou te leʻi vaʻai lava i se foloa e tusa ai ma le aofaʻi o manaoga o pasese. ”
E ui i lea, o faʻafitauli le lelei o kamupani tetele a Asia, e paleni i le vaʻai atu i kamupani vaʻalele tau maualalo. Talu ai nei na lipotia mai ai e le Tiger Airways se siitaga e 7.6 pasene i lea tausaga ma lea tausaga, mo le kuata muamua o le 2009, ma le 11.4 pasene ua siitia ai le tulaga gafatia. Ma o le AirAsia kulupu faʻaauau pea ona faʻateleina malosi. O pasese fefaʻatauaʻi na tulaʻi mai ia Ianuari ia Mati i le 21 pasene faʻatusatusa i le 2008 ma le aofaʻi o tupe maua e luluina e le 33 pasene. O le AirAsia ua avea nei ma kamupani lona ono a le itulagi, lona lua lona lua i le 2013, e tusa ai ma le CAPA, le Nofoaga Autu mo Asia Pasefika Vaalele. I Filipaina, na faasilasila mai e le Pasefika Cebu i le aso 22 o Iulai, e 33 pasene le toatele o pasese na ave i le afa muamua o le 2008, ma tupe maua na oʻo i le 20 pasene. O loʻo faʻamoemoe le kamupani vaʻalele e maua se latou polofiti i le faaiuga o le tausaga ma mafai ai ona feʻaveaʻi le silia ma le 15 miliona pasese i tausaga taʻitasi e le 2015.
OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:
- Not only because of the worldwide recession, but also because of the psychological reluctance to travel generated by a perceived lack of safety at some destinations as well as the health risk from swine flu or H1N1 virus.
- According to latest numbers, the pandemic has translated into 6,776 H1N1 cases in Thailand, 2,902 in Hong Kong, 1,772 in China PRC, 921 in Malaysia, 440 in Vietnam and 239 in Indonesia [figures as of July 22].
- In the Philippines, Cebu Pacific announced on July 22 that it transported 33 percent more passengers during the first half of 2008 with revenues up by 20 percent.
