AVIATION - Thai Air Asia To Fly To Langkawi From Next Month

(Bernama) Dec 9, 2006

Thai Air Asia will introduce four-times-a-week Bangkok-Langkawi direct flights from next month, Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said.

He said the airline would be making more announcements on this at the end of this month.

"For the Kedah government, we support and welcome this direct flight service as it will help to increase tourist arrivals to Langkawi island," he told reporters after presenting wings to 23 cadet pilots of HM Aerospace Sdn Bhd's flying course 03/2005 here.

Mahdzir said the airline had requested for a one-year landing fee subsidy at the Langkawi International Airport in Padang Matsirat for introducing the direct-flight service.

He said the state government and the Langkawi Development Authority had agreed to bear half the cost of extending the subsidy, and had requested the Tourism Ministry to pay the remaining 50 per cent.

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