Thursday 28 Mar 2024
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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 27): AirAsia Bhd has introduced the Shenzhen-Kuching and Singapore-Bintulu direct flights in line with Sarawak's effort to improve the tourism industry and flight connectivity into the state.

Budget airline AirAsia said this in a statement in conjunction with the inaugural Shenzhen-Kuching and Singapore-Bintulu flights today.

"The inaugural Shenzhen-Kuching flight which landed at Kuching International Airport at 7:50am this morning was greeted with a water cannon upon parking at the bay," AirAsia said. The airline said the Singapore-Bintulu flight landed at 11:00am at Bintulu Airport.

"AirAsia now flies to 12 destinations from Kuching with a total of 229 weekly flights one way. In addition to Shenzhen, the airline also flies from Kuching to Singapore, Pontianak, Miri, Sibu, Bintulu, Kota Kinabalu, Johor Bahru, Kota Bharu, Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi. AirAsia also flies to three destinations from Bintulu namely Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Kuching with a total of 39 weekly flights one way," AirAsia said.

At Bursa Malaysia, AirAsia shares were traded at RM3.31 at 2:48pm for a market value of RM11.06 billion. The stock saw 841,200 shares transacted.

 

 

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