State aims for first flight between April-September
KUCHING: Sarawak which is working on taking over MASwings Sdn Bhd (MASwings) aims to have the company operate its first flight in the second or third quarter of the coming year. In stating this Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg, said the operation of MASwings is intended to stabilise ‘’uncontrollable’ flight fares […]
Sabah welcomes first direct flight from China since pandemic
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah welcomed 140 tourists from Guangzhou, China today, marking the first direct flight from China to the state since the Covid-19 pandemic. Sabah Tourism Board (STB), in a statement today, said the AirAsia flight arrived at Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) at 5.30 am. According to the statement, the passengers were […]
Push for eco-tourism and business events destination
KUCHING: Sarawak aspires to be a leading destination for eco-tourism and business events, driven by empowered communities to conserve heritage, culture and biodiversity. Towards this end the third Sarawak Tourism Masterplan 2021-2035 will serve as the roadmap to transform Sarawak into a preferred tourism destination through sustainable approaches, including providing economic opportunities for the rural […]
MASwings offers ‘Jom Balik Undi’ fare promo for Sabah, Sarawak voters
KOTA KINABALU: MASwings has offered fare promotion in the ‘Jom Balik Undi’ campaign in conjunction with the coming 15th general election (GE15) especially for Sabah and Sarawak voters to come home to vote on Nov 19. MASwings chief operating officer Captain Nasaruddin A. Bakar, in a statement today, said that the promotion price starting from […]
My 2,000km flight to Long Nawang
We know about every massacre that has taken place close to the present, but the ones in the distant past are like trees falling in the forest with no one to hear them. – Steven Pinker, Canadian-American cognitive psychologist On Nov 29, 2017 I flew to Long Nawang, to investigate the 1942 murder of 30 […]
Vietnam Airlines relaunches services to Indonesia
JAKARTA: Vietnam Airlines resumed services between Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta, Indonesia yesterday after months of closure because of COVID-19. The first flight in months, coded VN631, departed from Ho Chi Min City for Jakarta at around 9.40am, with 144 passengers on board, and the return flight took off from Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport […]
Tibet Airlines passenger jet catches fire
BEIJING: A Tibet Airlines plane caught fire on Thursday at a Chinese airport after veering off the runway, but all passengers and crew were “safely evacuated”, the airline said. The flight, carrying 113 passengers and nine crew, was headed from the southwestern city of Chongqing to Tibet’s Nyingchi when crew noticed “abnormalities” and “suspended take […]
Flight frequency to Sarawak to increase from Oct 1
KUCHING: Effective Oct 1, flight frequency to Sarawak will be increased gradually from 22 to 87 flights weekly, State Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin said today. He said the matter was decided by the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its meeting last week. The flights will be from Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Penang, […]
