News about air

KUALA LUMPUR (March 21): Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali has given assurance that the new international airport to be built in Kulim, Kedah, will be entirely funded by the private sector.

  PETALING JAYA (March 15): Residents of Mont’Kiara are seeking a judicial review on Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) approval for a 51-storey commercial building in the Kuala Lumpur neighbourhood.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 14): As the debate on whether or not to shut down Malaysia Airlines Bhd hots up after Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s remark about the government exploring various options, including closing down the national carrier, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng made an attempt to clear the air that the government has not decided on its options.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is of the opinion that the government should not sell off the loss-making national carrier Malaysia Airlines Bhd, and that the turnaround plan mooted during his tenure as prime minister to save the airline was working.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): Women hosts on Airbnb make up almost 50% of all hosts in Malaysia, and they earn an average annual income of RM5,793.

PETALING JAYA (March 13): A flight from Saudi Arabia was forced to return to the Jeddah airport en-route to Malaysia when it was discovered that a passenger had left her baby at the airport’s terminal.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): The government is evaluating various options on the fate of national carrier Malaysia Airlines Bhd and a decision will be made "soon", according to Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): The richest man in Malaysia, Robert Kuok has slipped from 96th place in the world's top 100 richest people, to the 104th place.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): The total combined net worth of Forbes' world's billionaires list in 2019 have contracted to US$8.

KUALA LUMPUR: The spotlight is on Gamuda Bhd and its peers which own highway concessions once again as the government is working on ways to honour its promise to abolish tolls in stages.