SINGAPORE, Feb 11 — Singapore Airlines (SIA) began operating flights on Thursday with full sets of crew members vaccinated against Covid-19 as the city-state seeks to rejuvenate its status as an international travel hub.

LANGKAWI, Dec 20 — The domestic tourism sector on this duty-free island, which has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, is finally coming alive, with more flights touching down at the Langkawi International Airport (LIA) each day.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — British Airways has resumed flights to Kuala Lumpur from yesterday after a gap of six months.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — Airline companies have agreed to reschedule the flights for varsity students affected by the postponement of university registration process until Dec 31, 2020, the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) announced.

PUTRAJAYA, July 3 — Flight ticket prices have to return to normal as airlines have been allowed to operate at full passenger capacity.

PUTRAJAYA, June 11 — The decision to do away with social distancing onboard aircraft was made after taking into account international standards and guidelines of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — All public transport services, including flights and express buses, as well as e-hailing services and private vehicles, are now allowed to operate at full capacity while abiding by the standard operating procedure (SOP) under the recovery movement control order (RMCO) at all time.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — Malindo Air is resuming flights to almost all its domestic destinations in Malaysia beginning tomorrow as the government gradually relaxed rules on travel and social restrictions.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has assured travellers that all its airports are safe and well-prepared for the recovery movement control order (RMCO) which sets the stage for the reopening of domestic tourism, as well as flights.

PUTRAJAYA, June 9 — Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd has no authority to change regulations on social distancing in its trains and stations, said Senior Minister (security cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — Aviation industry players are ramping up collaborations to tackle the ‘new normal’ in the day-to-day operations of the industry, as well as reviving the people’s confidence in air travel while simultaneously ensuring their safety.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — AirAsia has announced that it would waive flight change fees for any new bookings made between June 3 and October 31.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — The demand for global air freight has dropped by 27.7 per cent in April compared to the same period in 2019, the sharpest fall ever recorded, revealed the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Governments are urged to quickly implement the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO’s) global guidelines for restoring air connectivity, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA) director-general and chief executive officer Alexandre de Juniac.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published a roadmap, which outlines its proposed temporary layered approach to biosecurity for re-starting passenger flights amid the Covid-19 crisis.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) supports the wearing of face coverings for passengers and masks for the crew while on board aircraft as a critical part of a layered approach to biosecurity to be implemented temporarily when people return to travelling by air.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — Malaysia is among the priority countries in Asia Pacific that need to take action to support local airlines to survive the Covid-19 pandemic as the impact on the industry worsens, says the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — AirAsia Group Bhd will resume its scheduled domestic flights starting April 29, before gradually adding international destinations, subject to approval from the authorities.

BANGKOK, April 15 — Thailand has extended a ban on incoming passenger flights until the end of April in a bid to curb the coronavirus outbreak, the country's aviation body said today.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 — Airbus is temporarily adapting commercial aircraft production and assembly activity at its German sites in Bremen and Stade and pausing production at its A220/A320 manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama in the United States.