KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- In anticipation of the reduced capacity as a result of the nationwide movement control order declared by the government of Malaysia, Malindo Air will temporarily suspend all its international operations from March 18 to March 31, 2020.
 
With the enforcement of the movement control order where Malaysians will be barred from leaving the country and restrictions placed on the entry of all tourists and foreign visitors into Malaysia, Malindo Air will cut its flying capacity to all international destinations in the month of March 2020, and at the same time will continue to monitor the situation. 
 
The Indian authorities have also just a while back barred all Malaysian carriers from today till 31 March. 
 
However, during this period, Malindo Air will continue to provide critical connectivity by operating domestic flights between Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu; Kuala Lumpur and Kuching; Kuala Lumpur and Penang; and Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi.
 
CEO of Malindo Air, Capt. Mushafiz Bin Mustafa Bakri said, “Although we are an essential services provider, we fully support the government’s move to restrict movement of people so as to be able to contain the pandemic. The drastic cuts to our regular flying schedules are regrettably unavoidable.”
 
Passengers who have booked for travel between 18 and 31 March will be given an option to move their travel date within the 12 months at no cost subject to seats availability.

About Malindo Air

Malindo Air is a Malaysian-based airline with main hubs at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and Subang Skypark, the convenient KL downtown city airport in Selangor, Malaysia. The airline took to the skies in March 2013 with domestic flights and has since grown to operate routes to all major airports in Malaysia and across the continents of Asia and Australia. The fleet itself has grown exponentially to 13 ATR72-600 and 29 Boeing 737 as of Oct 2018.  The airline also obtained the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA).

Today, the airline operates over 800 flights weekly across a continuously growing network of about 57 routes in the region. Also an IATA airline member, Malindo Air codeshare with Turkish Airline, Lion Air, Batik Air, as well as an interlining partner to Xiamen Air, All Nippon Airways (ANA), Turkish Airline, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways and Oman Air.
 
For updates on Malindo Air’s latest activities and promotions, please connect with us via Twitter (https://twitter.com/malindoair), Facebook (facebook.com/MalindoAirMalaysia) or Instagram (instagram.com/malindoair). 

Source: Malindo Air

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Name: Raja Sa’adi Bin Raja Amrin 
Director, PR & Gov’t Affairs
Tel: +6019 266 0078
Email: saadi@malindoair.com

--BERNAMA