PRICES of flight tickets have been reduced by more than 30% after the Malaysian Aviation Commission agreed to cooperate in lowering the fares during the festive season.

Transport Ministry secretary-general Isham Ishak, however, said the commission will issue a detailed statement on its efforts to get airlines to reduce their fares.

“Some people say the prices (flight tickets) have increased by 70%, but we have managed to reduce them. Prices have already gone down as of this morning,” he told reporters after a ceremony to send off Express Rail Link staff to assist the Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro Line operation for the 2022 haj season at KL Sentral today.

“This is because we have managed to increase flight frequency by having the planes redeployed to focus on this (festival) sector.”

Yesterday, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob reminded airline operators not to make excessive profits by raising the prices of flight tickets to Sabah and Sarawak exorbitantly during this festive season.

Of late, the issue of high air fares to Sabah and Sarawak has become a hot topic after they were displayed on an airline’s website, which were said to have increased to RM2,000 for return flights to Sabah or Sarawak, compared with the usual price of RM300 for the same trip. – Bernama, April 18, 2022.