31 Mar 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 follow:
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 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.
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About Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines is the national carrier of Malaysia, offering the best way to fly to, from and around Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines carries up to 40,000 guests daily on memorable journeys inspired by Malaysia's diverse richness. Malaysia Airlines embodies the incredible diversity of Malaysia, capturing its rich traditions, cultures and cuisines via its inimitable Malaysian Hospitality across all customer touch points.
Since September 2015, the airline has been owned and operated by Malaysia Airlines Berhad. It is part of the Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), a global aviation organisation that comprises of different aviation business portfolios aimed at serving Malaysian air travel needs. Via our alliance with oneworld®, Malaysia Airlines offers superior connectivity with seamless journeys to 1,000 destinations across 150 plus countries, and access to over 650 airport lounges worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.malaysiaairlines.com
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