Mavcom to monitor ticket prices

Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong launching the Taxi4u app in Kuala Lumpur, October 20, 2022. With him are (from left) Land Public Transport Agency director general Datuk Azlan Shah Al Bakri. Taxi4u director Kamarudin Mohd Hussain and Malaysian Muslim Consumer Association (PPIM) chief activist Datuk Nadzim Johan. - GLENN GUAN/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Flight tickets will be monitored by the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) to ensure airlines do not raise prices arbitrarily as the 15th General Election approaches, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.

“Mavcom can intervene if airlines have unreasonably increased prices of flight tickets.