pic). “There has been a downward trend in the demand from domestic and international travellers starting on March 1 this year. "The demand has dropped from 280,321 passengers a day in January to 59,378 a day in September, ” he said. Hasbi said this in reply to Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid (BN-Padang Terap) who asked what was being done by the Transport Ministry to assist and revive low-cost airline industry. He said based on the outlook for passenger traffic for Malaysia this year, the Malaysian Aviation Commission (MavCom) expects a drop of between 26.6 million and 29.7 million or between 72.8% and 75.6%. "This is compared to passenger traffic of some 109.2 million last year," he said.