AirAsia Japan is gone; lobby for a vaccination ID reference program now

AirAsia Japan has shuttered operations. In a statement, representative director and COO, Jun Aida, wrote: “Despite our unrelenting efforts to sustain operations through successive and wide-ranging cost reduction initiatives, we have concluded that it would be an extremely challenging feat for us to continue operating without any visibility and certainty of a post-pandemic recovery path.” AirAsia Japan’s three aircraft were grounded in April. The airline was allowed to re-start domestic services in August but demand was “low to non-existent” and the aircraft were grounded and stored within a month. AirAsia Group held a 66.9% stake while local investors held the