Melaka tourism to get a boost with direct flights from Penang and Pekanbaru


MELAKA: Melaka International Airport (LTAM) is busy again after almost three years of Covid-19 induced hiatus - thanks to direct flights from Penang and Pekanbaru, Indonesia to here.

Batik Air’s Melaka station manager Hemala Arang Kannal said she and her colleagues were kept busy after the flights to both destinations resumed on Monday (Sept 12).

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