Friday, November 24, 2006

Have more combi-flights, FAX urged

MIRI: More 'combi-flights' are needed on a regular basis into rural settlements in Sarawak to deliver important consignments of food, essential household items and medical supplies every week.

These combi-flights - aircrafts that carry a combination of passengers and cargo - are now only being conducted twice a week by Fly Asian Xpress (FAX), the airline operating the rural air service in Sarawak and Sabah.

Community leaders in northern Sarawak have complained that two combi-flights a week are not enough.

State Assemblyman for Ba'Kelalan Nelson Balang Rining said village heads in his constituency want FAX to arrange for more such flights.

Continue reading at: Have more combi-flights, FAX urged

No comments: