News about flight

FLORIDA (July 21): Florida-based private space company Space Perspective is launching the world's first luxury spaceflight ticket at US$125,000 (RM530,250) per seat, and all the first 350 seats which are reserved for the maiden flight scheduled in 2024 were sold out since the ticket sales were launched last month.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): The National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (NUFAM) urged the government to immediately vaccinate airline workers before dispatching flights to India as they are the most at-risk workers besides frontliners working in hospitals.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 3): The Transport Ministry has clarified today that all Malaysia Airlines Bhd flights from India that are allowed to enter the country only involve cargo flights.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) has called on all airlines to remit any refunds to consumers affected by flight cancellations due to travel restrictions imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 1): AirAsia is introducing counter check-in fees in selected countries and cities effective today, following the deployment of its contactless check-in kiosks and enhanced mobile app features recently.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 17): The Civil Aviation Administration of China has imposed a temporary ban on Thai AirAsia X’s Bangkok-Tianjin flight, after several passengers tested positive for Covid-19 on recent flights.

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 (Feb 20): The Malaysian authorities did examine the possibility of a criminal plot behind the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, said the then prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, but did not make the suspicions public as the plane’s recorders had not been found.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 31): The National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (Nufam) has called for airline companies to immediately suspend all flights to China owing to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in the People’s Republic.

SEPANG (Jan 7): AirAsia Group Bhd will add special late-night flights at fixed one-way all-in fares between Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak from Jan 21 to 31, following feedback from the budget airline's guests for it to have fixed low fares for the upcoming Chinese New Year, which falls on Jan 25 and 26.