{"id":6706,"date":"2020-05-25T07:56:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T07:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=6706"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:00:12","slug":"macau-flights-gaming-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-flights-gaming-business","title":{"rendered":"Macau: airport handles just four arrivals a day in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The airport has been handling on average just four commercial flights a day as the impact of the Covid-19 crisis continues to be felt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Macau&#8217;s International Airport has only received a single-digit number of daily arrival flights during the month of May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airport has been handling on average just four commercial flights a day as the impact of the Covid-19 crisis continues to be felt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During May, Macau was operating routes\u00a0to nine destinations across Greater China, North Asia and Southeast Asia said CAM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This included: mainland China cities Xiamen, Nanning, Chongqing, Shanghai and Beijing, operated by Air Macau and Air China. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other routes included Taipei in Taiwan, operated by Air Macau, EVA Air and Starlux; the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Osaka, operated by Air Macau; and the Philippine capital Manila, operated by Philippine Airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airport operator expects the number of flights to grow in June so long as travel, border and quarantine restrictions are eased across Asia. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The airport has been handling on average just four commercial flights a day as the impact of the Covid-19 crisis continues to be felt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau International Airport recorded a significant decline in commercial flight operations during May, averaging only four daily flights, reflecting the persistent impact of Covid-19 travel restrictions. This severe constraint on air connectivity, affecting routes across Greater China, North Asia, and Southeast Asia, directly impedes visitor arrivals, thereby prolonging the recovery trajectory for Macau's integrated resort and gaming sectors. Anticipated flight volume growth in June remains contingent upon the material easing of regional border and quarantine protocols.","focusai_entities":"CAM, Air Macau, Air China, EVA Air, Starlux, Philippine Airlines","focusai_location":"Macau, Xiamen, Nanning, Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Tokyo, Osaka, Manila, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Recovery Outlook","query":"What is the revised GGR recovery outlook for Macau's integrated resorts, considering the persistent air traffic impediments and the potential for delayed border re-openings?"},{"label":"Operator Capital Allocation","query":"How are Macau's major casino operators adjusting their capital expenditure plans and operational expenditure forecasts in response to these sustained visitation constraints?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,157,16338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6706"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6713,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706\/revisions\/6713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}