Sabah requests MAS international links
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Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has been asked to consider creating international air links to the country’s Sabah region, Bernama has reported. Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister, Datuk Masidi Manjun, said he wanted to lure more foreign tourists to Sabah.
“Currently, MAS does not provide direct linkages to Australia and European countries. Therefore, MAS may want to consider working together with other airlines to bring foreign tourists to Sabah,” Masidi said.
“For example, Royal Brunei Airlines has flights between Bandar Seri Begawan and Australia and to other parts of Europe. Brunei is just our next door neighbour and perhaps MAS can play a role in bringing the travellers to Brunei to also visit Sabah and Sarawak,” he told reporters.
Masidi said the national carrier could also consider flying between Kota Kinabalu, Sarawak, and international cities.
“One such country is South Korea which operates its Korean Air and Asiana carriers between Seoul and Kota Kinabalu, resulting in the high number of Korean tourists coming to Sabah,” he said.
Masidi added that Sabah would be adopting an open sky policy from January next year.
“Initially, it is going to be a capital-to-capital arrangement, but eventually an airline can fly to other areas of a country,” Masidi began. “In the case of South Korea, perhaps MAS can operate flights between Sabah and other cities in South Korea where their airlines are not flying,” he added.
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