Mainland Chinese airlines show signs of recovery

Hong Kong's Cathay sinks deeper with no domestic market to rely on

20200519 China Air Plane

An Air China aircraft at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport. Load factors have shown signs of recovery in April for Air China and other mainland carriers. © Getty Images

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asian Review chief business news correspondent

HONG KONG -- Mainland China airlines are showing signs of a recovery as the global aviation sector remains under severe pressure with Thai Airways International announcing Tuesday that it will undergo a bankruptcy court-supervised restructuring.

The latest monthly operation data provided by China's airlines suggests that passengers are increasingly taking advantage of the opportunity to travel as authorities claim to have brought the coronavirus pandemic under control.

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