KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 15): Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) said today the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) had last month welcomed back Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd after a three-year hiatus, and KLIA is also looking forward to the inaugural flight of Taiwan-based Starlux Airlines from Taipei in January 2021 as air travel slowly returns to normalcy while the industry continues to contend with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a statement today, MAHB said the gradual resumption of airline operations and introduction of new routes continue to provide the group with an optimistic outlook of recovery in the aviation sector.
MAHB upbeat on recovery with new flights, ops resumption 15 Dec 2020 / 11:21 H. KL International Airport has welcomed back Cathay Pacific after a three-year hiatus last month. AFP
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) remains confident on the gradual recovery of the passenger traffic at its airports with another airline starting operations along with the resumption of flights by other airlines.
In a statement today, MAHB said its flagship airport, the KL International Airport has welcomed back Cathay Pacific after a three-year hiatus last month.
Cathy Pacific is offering weekly flights to Hong Kong from Kuala Lumpur and is looking forward to the inaugural flight of Starlux Airlines from Taipei in January 2021.
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Tuesday, 15 Dec 2020 11:16 AM MYT
A view of the KLIA departure hall in Sepang. MAHB remains confident on the gradual recovery of the passenger traffic at its airports. Picture by Saw Siow Feng
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 ― Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) remains confident on the gradual recovery of the passenger traffic at its airports with another airline starting operations along with the resumption of flights by other airlines.
In a statement today, MAHB said its flagship airport, the KL International Airport has welcomed back Cathay Pacific after a three-year hiatus last month.
Passenger movements at MAHB airports in November down 84% from a year ago REUTERSPIX
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s (MAHB) network of airports recorded 1.8 million passengers in November 2020, a decline of 84.2% compared with November 2019, mainly due to the Covid-19 lockdown extension affecting traffic recovery.
Domestic and international passenger movements recorded 1.3 million and 500,000 passengers with a decline of 78.3% and 90.6% respectively compared with the same period in 2019.
On a last-12-month basis, the total MAHB network of airports fell by 61.9% with 53.6 million passengers. Overall aircraft movements dopped by 73.2% over November 2019. Domestic and international aircraft movements contracted by 68.3% and 80.8% respectively.
Airports in Malaysia registered 300,000 passenger movements in November 2020, a 96.4% year-on-year drop due to the extension of the conditional movement control order (CMCO). Domestic and international sectors recorded 2