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KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): Malindo Airways Sdn Bhd will temporarily suspend all its international operations from March 18 to 31 in anticipation of the reduced capacity as a result of the nationwide movement control order.

The Malaysian-based airline noted that the Indian authorities have also barred all Malaysian carriers from today till March 31.

"With the enforcement of the movement control order where Malaysians will be barred from leaving the country and restrictions placed on the entry of all tourists and foreign visitors into Malaysia, Malindo Air will cut its flying capacity to all international destinations this month. We will continue to monitor the situation," it said in a statement today.

“Although we are an essential services provider, we fully support the government’s move to restrict movement of people so as to be able to contain the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic," Malindo Air CEO Captain Mushafiz Mustafa Bakri said.

"The drastic cuts to our regular flying schedules are regrettably unavoidable," he added.
 
Malindo Air said it will continue to provide critical connectivity by operating domestic flights between Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu; Kuala Lumpur and Kuching; Kuala Lumpur and Penang; and Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi.

"Passengers who have booked for travel between March 18 and 31 will be given an option to move their travel date within the 12 months at no cost subject to seats availability," the airline said.

The airline operates over 800 flights weekly across a network of 57 routes in the region. Its fleet comprised 13 ATR72-600s and 29 Boeing 737s as of October 2018.

Malindo Air recently asked its staff to take up to a 50% pay cut and two weeks unpaid leave as the Covid-19 outbreak hit the aviation industry.

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