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Bangkok loses out to Singapore as airlines redraw global network

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Bloomberg • 4 min read
Bangkok loses out to Singapore as airlines redraw global network
Financial pressures and the lack of new planes may be playing out in Singapore’s favour, says Lim Ching Kiat, executive vice president of air hub and cargo development at Changi Airport. Photo: Bloomberg
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Cities around the world from Bangkok to Detroit are fading from international flight networks as the post-Covid-19 travel boom funnels traffic into more traditional hubs.

Across Southeast Asia, pre-pandemic links with Europe have all but vanished as Philippine Airlines, Garuda Indonesia and Thai Airways International cut flights. 

Manila and Jakarta, for example, have no direct services to London anymore, Kuala Lumpur has lost access to Frankfurt and the Bangkok-Rome connection has evaporated, according to February schedules from aviation data provider Cirium.

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