News about air

GEORGE TOWN (March 30): There will now be stricter MCO rules imposed on Penang’s Air Itam market, reported Malay Mail.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): Airbnb will provide free or subsidised housing for up to 100,000 relief workers in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, AFP reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20):  The government has actually already banned the export of face masks effective March 18 in light of the COVID-19 situation in the country, says the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): BDO Governance Advisory Sdn Bhd, appointed by the board committee of AirAsia Group Bhd and AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) to assist in undertaking an independent review on  corruption allegations related to the Airbus scandal against their co-founders Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, has given the duo the all clear.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Malaysia Airlines Bhd said that its airline will “significantly reduce its overall network” during the nationwide Movement Control Order from now until March 31.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Water supply resumed at 10.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Velesto Energy Bhd said today it has undertaken the necessary precautionary and hygiene measures at its Kuala Lumpur office, following news that its chairman Datuk Abdul Rahman Ahmad has been tested positive for COVID-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): Sime Darby Bhd said its chairman Datuk Abdul Rahman Ahmad has been preliminary tested positive for COVID-19 and is now put in a healthcare facility.

KUALA LUMPUR (March16): The COVID-19 outbreak has now come under the purview of the National Security Council (MKN), said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): Malaysia Airlines Bhd has warned that travel bans and plummeting demand around the world due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak have put many global airlines at risk of going bankrupt including the loss-making national carrier.