PETALING JAYA: With flight tickets to Tawau still costing above RM1,000, Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong wants to know what the Transport Ministry can do to bring down prices.
"Prices can still exceed RM1,000 for Kuala Lumpur to Tawau flights and there are not enough seats to accommodate demand. Can the Transport Minister do more to lower prices and increase the number of seats so that more Malaysians can pay a lower price and have the chance to return home to celebrate the festivities?
"Remember that DAP leaders had previously criticised me when return airfares for flights between Peninsular Malaysia to Sabah and Sarawak exceeded RM1,000," he said on his Facebook account on Monday (April 17).
Responding to Transport Minister Anthony Loke, Dr Wee said that consumers used apps such as the airasia Super App to find deals.
"I also take note that Loke says that MAS did not authorise AirAsia to resell MAS flights. However, many unsuspecting passengers use apps such as this to compare prices to get the best deal.
"Let's be clear here: many consumers use the app as aggregators of pricing for air tickets, in the same way that they use websites such as Agoda and Booking.com to find hotel rooms.
"If there are allegations of unreasonable price hikes for certain airlines' tickets on these apps, isn't it the responsibility of the Transport Ministry and its agencies to check and make sure consumers are not being taken for a ride?" he asked.
@drweekasiong TIKET PENERBANGAN 1. YB Menteri Pengangkutan, Anthony Loke kena faham dulu apa itu fungsi ‘Super App’. 2. Aplikasi sebegini bertujuan memudahkan orang ramai untuk buat perbandingan. 3. Kenyataan YB Menteri berhubung ‘pertikaian komersial’ antara MAS dan AirAsia adalah sesuatu yang mengejutkan. Bagaimana tiket boleh dijual menerusi Super App sedangkan MAS tidak membenarkannya? 4. YB Loke persoal kenapa saya guna 3 telefon. Sebenarnya itu untuk membuktikan bahawa saya merujuk kepada tiket kelas ekonomi, bukan kelas perniagaan seperti yang YB Loke katakan. 5. Kita perlu selesaikan isu pokok. Tak perlu nak sindir saya, saya hanya jurucakap rakyat. Biar sindir saya jika rakyat mendapat manfaat. Terima kasih kepada syarikat penerbangan yang telah mula menurunkan harga tambang. Inilah pentingnya kita bangkitkan isu sebegini. Jika tidak, rakyat terpaksa mengeluarkan belanja yang membebankan. #WeeCare ♬ original sound - DrWeeKaSiong
