The Transport Ministry will be compiling and looking at notes and data from the airline sector to find ways to handle the impact caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. Read more here:
The new Transport Minister said the information would also be made available to other ministries for reference.
He said apart from transportation, other ministries such as tourism and spin-off sectors from the latter were also affected. "I have been tasked to get MOT to prepare notes that are clear enough to look at the effects due to Covid-19 and that can be made as a reference by other ministries such as Finance so we can come up with strategies to handle the impact.
"That will be my initial task as a minister," said Dr Wee in a press conference on Wednesday shortly after clocking into his ministry.Malaysia Airlines, for one, had about 63% cancellation while AirAsia suffered about 70% cancellation due to Covid-19, while Malindo Air suspended 510 flights. He added that the ministry would be calling top officials from the airlines to get detailed information.
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