機場動態Airport in Motion 10 Optimism about Post-Pandemic Demand Airlines Push to Grab Market Share 飛行需求緩步回升 航空公司搶先布局市場 隨著各國新冠肺炎疫苗覆蓋率提高，邊境管制也逐漸鬆綁，多家航空公司從年中開始逐步增班或復飛桃園國際 機場，更有航空公司加開新航線，搶先布局天際藍圖。 桃園機場在2021年10月20日出動消防水車， 以水門禮迎接泰國越捷航空（VJ）新開的臺北－曼 谷來回航班，這場疫情中難得一見的儀式，象徵著 航空業復甦的腳步近了。 疫情期間暫時停飛的紐西蘭航空（NZ）臺北－ 奧克蘭客運航班已於8月重啟服務，而聯合航空 （UA）在11月起以每週3班的密度恢復舊金山－ 臺北客運航線，阿聯酋航空（EK）、達美航空（DL） 等航空公司，也紛紛以復飛或加開班機回應疫後商 務及旅遊需求。 國籍航空公司反應也很迅速，除了華航（CI）、 長榮（BR）雙雙宣布復飛臺北－倫敦航線，星宇航 空（JX）已先行加開臺北－新加坡航線，2022年2 月還要增開日本福岡新航點，用實際行動搶攻疫後 商機，桃園機場也將以更好的服務品質，與航空產 業界共同迎接復甦的曙光。 As COVID vaccination rates have risen in many nations, border restrictions are gradually being loosened. In the middle of 2021 various major airlines started flying again or adding to their flight numbers at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TTIA). Some airlines even added new routes, aiming to put themselves in a good position to gain market share after the pandemic. On October 20, 2021, TTIA brought out its firetrucks for a water salute to mark the new route of Thai Vietjet Air(VJ) between Taipei and Bangkok. Celebrations had been rare during the pandemic, so the occasion served as a symbol of airlines' reviving fortunes. Ai r New Zealand(NZ), which had suspended i ts Taipei - Auckland passenger flights, restarted service in August, and in November United Airlines(UA) announced three flights per week on its San Francisco-Taipei route. One after another, Emirates(EK), Delta(DL) and other international airlines also restarted operations at the airport in anticipation of burgeoning post-pandemic demand. National ai r l ines also responded quickly. In addition to announcements by China Airlines(CI) and Eva Air(BR) that they would resume their Taipei-London fl ights, Starlux Airl ines(JX) declared i t was adding Taipei -Singapore f l ights and then later announced that it would be adding flights to Fukuoka in February of 2022, proactively taking measures to put itself in an advantageous post-pandemic position. TTIA, meanwhile, raised its own level of service as it linked arms with the airline industry to welcome the dawning of a new era of aviation.
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