RIYADH, Dec 28 — Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the extension of the suspension of international commercial flights for an additional week.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has renewed its call on governments to ensure that employees in the aviation sector are considered as essential workers during the impending Covid-19 vaccine campaign, once healthcare workers and vulnerable groups have been protected.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — The Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) has offered an early retirement scheme for employees while negotiations are ongoing with creditors and lessors over Malaysia Airlines Bhd’s (MAB) restructuring plans.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz has reiterated that the government will not pump in any more fund into Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) and it is purely up to its sole owner, Khazanah Nasional Bhd to sort it out.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 — The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) has appointed Raja Azmi Raja Nazuddin as its new chief operating officer (COO) effective September 15.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — The government will not get involved in any bailout of airline operators although they are badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic as their business is run commercially, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.