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Airlines Recovery a Balancing Act Between Reopening of Borders and Soaring Oil Prices

Ahmad Maghfur Usman, Research Analyst, Nomura Equity

14-Mar-22 09:15

Airlines Recovery a Balancing Act Between Reopening of Borders and Soaring Oil Prices

Regionally major tourism markets like Thailand, Indonesia and even Malaysia are starting to reopen their borders with minimal SOPs for tourists, which should be a good thing for airlines recovery, but will soaring oil prices take a toll on this? Ahmad Maghfur Usman, Nomura Equity Research Analyst tells us more. Image credit: Unsplash.com

Produced by: Tan Chen Li

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Tan Chen Li


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