Malaysia Airlines to introduce Digital Travel Health Pass reopening travel to the world
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Malaysia Airlines is excited to announce its plans to introduce the Digital Travel Health Pass, available exclusively on the Malaysia Airlines mobile app.
Incorporating modules from the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Travel Pass will help passengers to enjoy a safe and streamlined journey as global travel resumes.
For example, the Digital Travel Health Pass will allow passengers to make appointments with certified medical partners to carry out a COVID-19 RT-PCR test or upload their COVID-19 vaccination certificate. In addition to this, passengers can verify their travel eligibility with the airline before departure, to ensure that they are complying with global travel restrictions, and share their status with local authorities.
The fund will have three direct/co-investment separate managed accounts (SMA) of US$200mil each.
Each will be managed by three private equity fund managers – BlackRock, HarbourVest Partners LLC, and Partners Group AG.
Japan’s Denso Corporation is investing RM160mil to expand the production capacity of its automotive semiconductors in Malaysia.
The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) said the investment, via its subsidiary Denso Malaysia Sdn Bhd, has been approved and it scheduled to start in April.
It will be venturing into the production of automotive semiconductors, ASIC named “exposed package (Ex-PKG)”, which is superior and competitive in terms of high functionality, efficient high heat dissipation, miniaturisation and cost reduction.
Airlines have been urged to provide refunds for cancelled flights due to Covid-19 restrictions. - AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star Offering full refunds for cancelled flight tickets should be a convention among airlines, says the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta). It is a matter of principle to provide refunds for cancelled air tickets as most services are still not rendered due to the extraordinary situation, ” said Matta vice president (Air Transportation) Shazli Affuat Ghazali.
He was commenting on the recent demand made by the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) for airlines to issue full refunds on flight tickets cancelled because of Covid-19 restrictions.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24: National carrier Malaysia Airlines plans to introduce a Digital Travel Health Pass to enable safer air travel in a post-pandemic.