SIBU, 20 November 2019: Royal Brunei Airline inaugurated flights from Bandar Seri Begawan to Sibu last week.
The new service opens the central region of Sarawak to Royal Brunei’s home-base city of Bandar Seri Begawan.
It connects Sibu to Beijing and Shanghai in China, London in the United Kingdom and Melbourne and Brisbane in Australia all served directly by Royal Brunei.
“With the connectivity provided by Royal Brunei, Sibu can now look forward to being accessible to the world through another important hub, Bandar Seri Begawan. Not only it serves as a link for the local business community to the outside world but also facilitating the growth of tourism into Sibu and the Central region”, said STB’s chief executive officer, SharzedeDatuHj Salleh Askor.
She added that the connection augurs well for the central region as the board is currently pursuing an aggressive promotion campaign in Europe.
Earlier, on 5 November, Royal Brunei celebrated its inaugural flight to Bintulu.
Royal Brunei’s six times weekly flights toSibu and the five times to Bintulu are operated by Malindo Air using its new ATR 72-600 aircraft.
(Source STB)
