Sharing his views on the possible reasons for the disruption of Singapore Airlines flights to three Chinese cities, SMU Assistant Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship (Education) Terence Fan said that scheduled air passenger traffic in and out of China comes with more constraints compared to that of many other countries. He said that airlines in the United States have not been able to reinstate their pre-pandemic capacities as they had wished and have had to adjust to new restrictions. Asst Prof Fan said, “It would not surprise me that Singapore is also subjected to similar restrictions. If this is the case, Singapore would have to juggle which cities it would need to serve in order to stay within the capacity limit that is updated periodically.” He also noted that runway slots at desirable times are difficult to obtain all over the world, not just China.
