News & Reviews:   malaysia airlines

Starting on 1 July 2023, Malaysia Aviation Group announced its airlines (Malaysia Airlines, Firefly, and MASwings) have been granted regulatory approval by the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) to enable Gate-to-Gate connectivity for passengers. In other words, you don't exactly need to turn off your phones anymore before the plane lifts off.

The Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) recently launched the EnrichMoney Visa Prepaid Card and application for hassle-free travel. Powered by Merchantrade Asia Sdn Bhd, it has a multi-currency wallet which allows travellers to buy and sell up to 20 foreign currencies in-app anytime, anywhere.

Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri yesterday announced that RM2.7 million worth of e-vouchers has been allocated for Malaysians to purchase domestic flight tickets online. The e-vouchers, worth between RM25 and RM100 can be redeemed by 45,879 Malaysians until the end of 2022.

Did you know that before the pandemic, the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore air route was the busiest international air route in the world? Well, the route may become more environmentally-friendly if all of the flights would follow this maiden passenger flight by Malaysia Airlines using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

With the recent announcement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob that our country’s border will reopen this 1 April 2022, now's the perfect time for us Malaysians to plan for a trip overseas. In fact, most airline companies are currently offering discounts and other promotions to attract people to use their services again following the announcement.

One of those companies is national carrier Malaysia Airlines, which today announced a special partnership with hoolah that allows for travellers to pay for flight tickets by spreading the cost over 3 monthly interest-free instalments. In case you didn’t know, hoolah is Asia’s leading omnichannel Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform which makes the whole thing possible.

Back in February, we reported that Malaysia Airlines is planning to integrate a Digital Travel Pass this year. But it's not just Malaysia, but many other countries are coming together to better facilitate air travel which might be ready in the middle of this month.

Yesterday, Malaysia has already begun taking the first wave of vaccination and it will be rolled out to the second and third wave in the following months. On top of that, it seems that we will have to use a new Digital Travel Health Pass in the future after the pandemic.

Today, Waze has announced a new feature for Wazes to simulate their own “pilot experience”! Apparently, Waze has collaborated with Malaysian Airlines for this feature. So how do you enable it? Read below to find out.