KUCHING: The Sarawak government has\u00a0liaised with airlines operators to provide special flights for its students studying in Sabah, said state Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin.<\/p>\n
He said\u00a0his ministry have received requests from students who are studying in Sabah for flights from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu and from Miri to Kota Kinabalu.<\/p>\n
Lee said based on the requests, the state government had liaised with Malaysia Airlines, Air Asia, Malindo and Maswings to consider operating special flights to the said destinations to help the students.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor this purpose, we advise our students to contact\u00a0the airlines directly to book their flight tickets so that the airlines will apply for special permission from the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) to these\u00a0destinations.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope this approach will be able to help our students to return to their respective campuses and resume their new semester in time, which will commence on April 5,\u201d he said in a statement today.<\/p>\n
Currently, the Sarawak government has reduced the number of flights coming into the state with only approved\u00a0flights are allowed in, partly due to COVID-19 situation.
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