Hong Kong, Dec. 22 -- Times may be tough for many of the region's airlines, but the last minute cancellation of their annual talkfest, scheduled this year in politically unruly Hong Kong, did not prevent executives from getting together to debate the industry's challenges.
Meeting at the Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines (AAPA) headquarters in Kuala Lumpur a week after Hong Kong was cancelled, members reviewed the critical issues shaping their airlines as the next decade approaches.
AAPA director general, Andrew Herdman, who has announced he will retire in March next year, said AAPA carriers were focused in particular on environment, cybersecurity, infrastructure, slot allocations and shortages, passenger facilitation and taxation.
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