Thumbs up to ministry’s initiative

BY NUR FARIHAN RAZALI MUKAH: The Ministry of Transport (MoT) will introduce an initiative that aims to ease the financial burden of students of Public Institutes of Higher Education (IPTA), especially from Sarawak and Sabah, to buy return flight tickets. According to Transport Minister Anthony Loke, this initiative is expected to be launched in August […]

MYAirline ticket promotions until Feb 19

KUCHING: Booking for MYAirline low fare ticket promotions for all its destinations is open from Feb 13-19. In a statement, it said with the Syawal season round the corner, the airline is making it easier for guests to travel to their destinations with a range of affordable flight options to eight local destinations. It stated […]

MASwings offers festive deals until Jan 31

KUCHING: MASwings will be offering festive deals from now until January 31, for travel until February 28, 2023 with airfares starting at RM138 in connection with the upcoming Chinese New Year celebration. According to the airline, the promotion is valid on all domestic routes served by MASwings’ ATR72-500 aircraft within and across Sabah and Sarawak, […]

MAVCOM told to provide extra flights, reduce airfares

KUCHING: The Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) was told to provide more flights to Sarawak for the 15th General Election (GE15). State Transport Minister Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin said he has called MAVCOM’s executive chairman to relay Sarawak’s demands. “This was to request the airlines to have extra flights or use bigger aircraft such as […]

Lower airfares so Sarawakians can return home to vote, airline companies told

KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) chief whip Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof has expressed hope that more airline companies will reduce their airfares to allow Sarawakian outside the state to return to vote during the 15th General Election (GE15). By reducing the airfares, he said, this is so that the people outside their home state could […]

Cheaper flight tickets for KGC holders soon

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Plans to offer discounts on flight tickets for Kenyalang Gold Card (KGC) holders are in the pipeline. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the plans would be put into motion once the state fully recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. “We understand that it is […]