MALACCA: The Malacca government is considering opening up several domestic and international flight routes to spur the tourism sector and the aviation industry in the state.
State Transport, Project Rehabilitation and International Trade Committee chairman Datuk Lim Ban Hong said one of the domestic routes was to Kota Bharu which was hitherto handled by Malindo Air.
A new domestic route under consideration was to Langkawi in Kedah, he said at a press conference on the resumption of flights between Pekanbaru in Indonesia and Malacca by Indonesia's Xpress Air.
Also present at the press conference were Xpress Air commercial director Swadono Poernomo and Malacca Airport manager Suhaimi Abdul Sani.
Lim also said that discussions were ongoing on a new international route between Malacca and Batam in Indonesia, which was most likely to be handled by Xpress Air.
He said the Malacca Airport currently handled domestic flights between Melaka and Penang and international flights between Melaka and Pekanbaru as well as between Melaka and Guangzhou in China, provided by Malindo Air, Xpress Air and China Southern Airlines, respectively.
Lim said tourists from Malacca could also transit at Palembang, Lampung and Tanjung Pinang, all in Indonesia, on the route to Pekanbaru handled by Xpress Air.
State Transport, Project Rehabilitation and International Trade Committee chairman Datuk Lim Ban Hong said one of the domestic routes was to Kota Bharu which was hitherto handled by Malindo Air.
A new domestic route under consideration was to Langkawi in Kedah, he said at a press conference on the resumption of flights between Pekanbaru in Indonesia and Malacca by Indonesia's Xpress Air.
Also present at the press conference were Xpress Air commercial director Swadono Poernomo and Malacca Airport manager Suhaimi Abdul Sani.
Lim also said that discussions were ongoing on a new international route between Malacca and Batam in Indonesia, which was most likely to be handled by Xpress Air.
He said the Malacca Airport currently handled domestic flights between Melaka and Penang and international flights between Melaka and Pekanbaru as well as between Melaka and Guangzhou in China, provided by Malindo Air, Xpress Air and China Southern Airlines, respectively.
Lim said tourists from Malacca could also transit at Palembang, Lampung and Tanjung Pinang, all in Indonesia, on the route to Pekanbaru handled by Xpress Air.
Source: Bernama | 20 November 2016
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