Public transport operators ordered to reduce service frequencies and capacity to fight pandemic


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 22 May 2021

KUALA LUMPUR: Air passenger and cargo services are exempted from the Government announcement for public transport operators to further cut their capacity as well as service frequency, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.

"This is because aviation is already having very low passenger capacities," he said of the National Security Council’s (NSC) decision to tighten various standard operating procedures (SOP) to address the pandemic.

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