Call for better connectivity

Workers loading luggage into a Fokker 50 before the plane takes off from Miri Airport to Mulu. The airport is also a major hub for MASWings and AirAsia. - Filepic

MIRI: Miri wants more international direct flights connecting it to major cities in Asia.

Its mayor Adam Yii Siew Sang said the cities that Miri was keen to have air connectivity with were Chengdu and Chongqing in China, Seoul and Pusan in South Korea, Tokyo and Osaka in Japan, Taipei in Taiwan and Sydney and Melbourne in Australia.