AirAsia to launch Kuching-Macau route on Nov 15

Budget carrier AirAsia will launch its first international connection from Sarawak when it inaugurates the Kuching-Macau daily flight on Nov 15.

Its Kuching station manager Shanmugamnathan Suppiah said the carrier would add more flights if there was more demand from travellers.

"If the Kuching-Macau flight is a success, we may consider introducing a Kuching-Shenzen route," he said when meeting state Urban Development and Tourism Minister Datuk Wong Soon Koh on Thursday.

Wong said the Kuching-Macau service as opened "a window" for Sarawak to the rest of the world.

The Land of the Hornbills was "cut off" from the outside world when Malaysia Airlines ceased its direct flights from here to certain Australian cities, London and Frankfurt, a year ago under its rationalisation exercise.