KLIA, 30 March 2020: Malaysia Airlines is reinstating some of its
international flights between April to May 2020 to bring home families who have
not been able to return to their loved ones due to travel restrictions in many
parts of the world.
Group Chief Executive
Officer Captain Izham Ismail said, “Many customers from Malaysians to
foreigners have reached out to our global offices requesting for available
flights mostly between Kuala Lumpur to Australia and New Zealand as well as to
Kuala Lumpur onward to London. Being a network carrier, Malaysia Airlines is
able to maintain connectivity and bring our customers direct or closest to
their intended destination. And being Malaysia’s national carrier, it is our
duty to ensure accessibility for Malaysia domestically and internationally
during these difficult times.
The reinstated flights are
as in following link:
Since the enactment of the
Movement Control Order in Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines has had to reduce its
domestic frequencies and schedules. It is running at minimum mostly to
facilitate essential travels and cargo movement.
“Together with our sister
airlines under the Malaysia Aviation Group, we support Malaysia’s Ministry of
Health (MOH) with dedicated belly space across our domestic and international
network and on MABkargo's global freighter network for the transport of medical
devices and supplies. Most recently we transported two tonnes of face masks and
personal protection equipment from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu as well as
300,000 pieces of disposable masks, 50,000 pieces of protection suit and 8000
pieces of protection suit with eye mask courtesy of the Jack Ma Foundation and
Alibaba Foundation from Shanghai to Kuala Lumpur”, added Captain Izham.
In the next few days,
MABkargo will be flying in more than 10 million pieces of masks and ventilators
from Shanghai and Guangzhou. This is made possible by the National Disaster
Management Agency (NADMA), Ministry of Transport and, Pharmaniaga Berhad.
Domestically, Malaysia
Airlines, Firefly and MASwings facilitate movement of goods as well as medical
staff across Peninsular Malaysia, crossings and within Sabah/Sarawak. The three
airlines have also positioned standby aircraft at Subang Airport, KLIA and KKIA
to initiate rapid mobilization of medical staff and professionals as well as
other (non-COVID-19) patients to support MOH's capacity/resource management
efforts across Malaysia.
Passengers looking for
flights to return home on Malaysia Airlines may book their tickets on Malaysia
Airlines’ official website at www.malaysiaairlines.com or
via Malaysia Airlines’ app with some departure dates available for booking from
30 March 2020 onwards.
-Malaysia Airlines.
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