PETALING JAYA: After a brief shutdown due to a nationwide movement control order (MCO), Malindo Air will resume its domestic services from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang from April 27, 2020 with a single daily flight to each of the domestic destinations that it operates to in Malaysia.
Fares are from RM199 one-way for domestic travel within Peninsular Malaysia from Subang to Penang; Langkawi; Alor Setar; Kota Baru; Kuala Terengganu; and Johor Baru.
Fares from KLIA to Kuching are at RM299 one-way economy class and RM499 oneway business class; RM399 one-way economy class and RM699 one-way business class from KLIA to Kota Kinabalu; whereas fares from KLIA to Penang are at RM159 one-way economy class and RM399 one-way business class.
Malindo Air will resume its first services flight OD 1012 from KLIA to Kota Kinabalu and from flight OD 1606 from KLIA to Kuching, with both flights departing simultaneously at 7.15am on April 27.
“The flights are deployed to meet the demands and ease the journey back home by our fellow Malaysians especially students who have been stranded in campuses since the MCO began. Passengers are required to have face masks with them failing which they have to purchase one before being allowed boarding,“ it said in a statement.
Malindo Air, which serves most of the airports in Peninsular Malaysia and in Sabah and Sarawak, had shut down its operations during the MCO period since March 18, 2020. Its operation during the MCO period was strictly meant for rescue flights with Wisma Putra repatriating Malaysians stranded overseas and medical supplies cargo movement from China.
However, for the time being, all international flights from KLIA remain banned.
