Malaysia Aviation Group Gives Booster Shot To Sarawak’s Tourist Arrivals For 2022 – with Event Video

By Anthony Tan
VIRGIN Communications 

email: anthonykhtan@yahoo.co.uk

 

Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) has partnered Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) to woo more tourist arrivals into Sarawak in 2022, moving in tandem with the recent increase in air connectivity to more destinations within the Land of the Hornbills from Peninsular Malaysia, and other countries to come in the near future.

Standing from left: Captain Izham Ismail, Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, 

Dennis Ngau and Hii Chang Kee
Sitting from left: Sharzede Salleh Askor and Lau Yin May 

The collaboration between them was formalised via the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) group chief marketing and customer experience officer Lau Yin May and STB chief executive officer (CEO) Sharzede Salleh Askor on 19 February in Kuala Lumpur. 

The signing ceremony was witnessed by Sarawak Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, the ministry’s permanent secretary Hii Chang Kee, STB chairman Dennis Ngau and MAG group CEO Captain Izham Ismail.

Sia Sitok Sarawak Plus is officially launch

STB and MAG will be jointly marketing and promoting events as well as working together on inter-organisational partnerships for Sarawak’s tourism activities, corporate social responsibility activities, and other collaborative opportunities.

Under MAG’s wing, the parties involved are Malaysia Airlines, Firefly, MASwings and MHholidays.

One of the objectives of their year-long partnership is to promote Sarawak as a choice favourite tourist destination in 2022 through the launch of the Sia Sitok Sarawak Plus Interstate Travel Campaign. Sarawak is targeting 1.2 million domestic tourists this year.

The full recording of the event can be viewed below:-

AirAsia Adds Four New Routes In January 2022

By Anthony Tan
VIRGIN Communications

email: anthonykhtan@yahoo.co.uk

Encouraging more domestic travel at the start of 2022, AirAsia Malaysia (flight code AK) has scheduled launches of four new routes connecting East and West Malaysia. 

Its Kuching-Langkawi flight took off on 5 January while three other routes will take off towards end-Jan.

AirAsia Malaysia CEO Riad Asmat says with the festive season upon us, AirAsia is excited and fully ready to offer our guests more routes between more major towns and cities in Malaysia. 

“These new routes will further strengthen our tourism footprint in Malaysia, providing more options for international visitors to travel between the states.

“We look forward to explore even more new routes across Malaysian airports from other parts of our Asean network. 

“From an operational standpoint, we have extensively prepared to ensure all of our guests can travel safely, seamlessly and with peace of mind. 

“AirAsia guests are always assured of the stringent health and safety protocols enforced on all of our flights with our highly trained and fully vaccinated crew continuing to deliver the world’s best service during the pandemic.”

AirAsia’s Four New Routes 

Routes	2022 Launch Dates	Weekly Frequency	All-in one-way fare from
Kuching – Langkawi	5 January	Wednesday and Sunday	RM99
Penang – Sibu	27 January	Thursday and Saturday	RM139
Johor Bahru – Bintulu	28 January	Friday	RM119
Kota Kinabalu –Kuala Terengganu	30 January	Sunday	RM159

Langkawi International Airport

Besides having only fully-vaccinated employees operate flights and be on-duty at airport terminals, only fully-vaccinated guests are accepted onboard its flights.

To add value to these new routes, AirAsia’s passengers can purchase great value flights and hotel deals from RM239 via the SNAP icon on the airline’s Super App from now until 16 January for travels from 25 January to 30 June.

Those who prefer to book their hotels separately may check out the Hotels icon in the app and get an extra 10% off with the promo code, AAHOTEL10.

Sultan Mahmud Airport – Kuala Terengganu

As part of its robust Covid-19 mitigation plan, AirAsia has made it mandatory for guests to check-in via its Super App and launched a unique FACES facial recognition boarding system that makes the entire journey fully digital and contactless.

The airline has spent the downtime period in travel over the past 20 months to further improve and revamp its flight procedures and processes in the interest of safety and well-being of all its guests and employees.

Its aircraft are properly maintained according to procedures set by the manufacturer, claims AirAsia, which has set up an in-house maintenance, repair and operations unit, Asia Digital Engineering, that provides services not only to AirAsia but also other airlines. 

Likewise, its pilots and cabin crew are regularly trained for mandatory refresher courses and ongoing retraining so that they are always on top of their job.

For more information on AirAsia’s safety measures and travel SOPs, please read its latest travel advisory here.