MIRI: Rural folks in Sarawak will now pay a flat RM10 ticketing agent fee, instead of RM40, when they fly with Malaysia Airlines subsidiary MASWings to the interior destinations in the state.
Malaysian Association for Travel and Tour Agents (Matta) has agreed to reduce the ticketing fee after the rural folks protested against the newly introduced charges which was highlighted in The Star last week.
In rural Sarawak, MAS and MASWings do not have branches in interior areas and are represented by tour and ticketing agents. The ticketing agents impose the fee as part of their services when selling the tickets.
These tour agents introduced the RM40 fee after MASWings took back the services from AirAsia to serve the rural destinations.
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