KUCHING: The Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) was told to provide more flights to Sarawak for the 15th General Election (GE15).
State Transport Minister Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin said he has called MAVCOM’s executive chairman to relay Sarawak’s demands.
“This was to request the airlines to have extra flights or use bigger aircraft such as Airbus A350 which can carry between 300 to 400 passengers. My Ministry has also officially written to MAVCOM and all the airlines on this request.
“We trust that this will help to reduce the flights fare, lighten the public financial burden and ensure the voters will return home to cast their democratic rights in the coming GE-15”, he said in a statement today.
He also urged the public, especially voters to plan ahead their journey for the coming 15th General Election and purchase their flight ticket in advance rather than buying at the last minute.
“This is because most of the airlines are using the dynamic pricing mechanism in their Revenue Management System where prices will respond to demand as informed by MAVCOM”, he said.
In addition, he added that the Ministry of Transport trusts that airlines will reciprocate to the decision made by the Ministry of Transport, Malaysia and MAVCOM in approving more flights frequency into Sarawak.
“This is the time for the airlines to stage their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and play their pivotal role in facilitating the movement of people and goods at reasonable rates as well as supporting the government initiatives to accelerate the revitalization of our economy”, he said.
Lee believes that with the increase in flight frequency coming to Sarawak, it will generate a healthy competition among the airline operators.
“This creates alternatives and more choices of flights with a very competitive and reasonable fare to the voters, public, tourist and business travellers especially in the coming GE-15,” he said.
