News about air

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is of the opinion that the government should not sell off the loss-making national carrier Malaysia Airlines Bhd, and that the turnaround plan mooted during his tenure as prime minister to save the airline was working.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): Women hosts on Airbnb make up almost 50% of all hosts in Malaysia, and they earn an average annual income of RM5,793.

PETALING JAYA (March 13): A flight from Saudi Arabia was forced to return to the Jeddah airport en-route to Malaysia when it was discovered that a passenger had left her baby at the airport’s terminal.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): The government is evaluating various options on the fate of national carrier Malaysia Airlines Bhd and a decision will be made "soon", according to Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): The richest man in Malaysia, Robert Kuok has slipped from 96th place in the world's top 100 richest people, to the 104th place.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): The total combined net worth of Forbes' world's billionaires list in 2019 have contracted to US$8.

KUALA LUMPUR: The spotlight is on Gamuda Bhd and its peers which own highway concessions once again as the government is working on ways to honour its promise to abolish tolls in stages.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) allegedly lost RM258 million by selling the Royal Malaysian Air Force base in Kinrara, Puchong at a 34% discount to tycoon Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary in a politically motivated land swap deal, said sources contacted by The Edge Financial Daily yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): There are currently no registration forms for Airbnb hosts to register their properties with municipal authorities, despite amendments having been made to the Tourism Industry Act recently to extend registration requirements to all homes, said Airbnb.

GEORGE TOWN (Jan 29): Non-residents of Penang are now allowed to purchase affordable homes in the state as the authorities here attempt to fix the “overhang situation”.