News that several airline companies, including Malaysia Airlines (MAS), its subsidiary Firefly, plus AirAsia and AirAsiaX are to link Malaysia’s island of Penang to China, India, Australian, Europe and other s.e. Asian countries, is exciting travellers between these countries. Formerly, anyone wishing to travel between them had to use a hub such as Kuala Lumpur or Singapore, as a connecting point.
The proposed new links will attract more tourism and investment to the region and, it is hoped, turn Penang into the regional hub for civil aviation. This follows on the heels of the recently announced development plan for Kedah, Perak, Perlis and Penang, by the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER).
