{"id":204571,"date":"2022-05-10T02:15:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T19:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?p=204571"},"modified":"2022-05-10T03:21:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T20:21:57","slug":"royal-brunei-flies-to-borneo-neighbours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/royal-brunei-flies-to-borneo-neighbours\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Brunei flies to Borneo neighbours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SINGAPORE, 10 May 2022: Royal Brunei Airlines has resumed flights to neighbouring Sarawak and Sabah, two of Malaysia&#8217;s top heritage and nature destinations that share Borneo island with Brunei and Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline relaunched the 40-minute flights to Kota\nKinabalu, the state capital of Sabah, from its home base in Brunei Darussalam\nafter Malaysia was added to its green list countries for non-essential travel\nlast week. Services will initially operate twice weekly on Friday and Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Royalbrunei-600x347.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173503 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/347;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline&#8217;s acting CEO Sabirin Abdul Hamid, said in a\nmedia statement: &#8220;RB is finally reopening flights to Kota Kinabalu. As one\nof our top pre-pandemic destinations.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is part of our restart plans as governments from\naround our network gradually ease travel restrictions. Over time we will increase\nour flight frequencies and reintroduce more of our destinations back to guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment of\nSabah cum Chairman of Sabah Tourism Board Datuk Joniston Bangkuai; Permanent\nSecretary of Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment of Sabah Datuk Sr\nHaji Mohd Yusrie Abdullah and Sabah Tourism Board CEO Noredah Othman welcomed\npassengers arriving on the inaugural flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are pleased to welcome the return of this flight.\nThe connectivity from Brunei will definitely help with transiting international\npassengers, especially from routes that were previously in service from\nAustralia, the UK, the Middle East and Japan. We hope that eventually, the\nBrunei-Kota Kinabalu-Tawau flight may also be reinstated,&#8221; said Datuk\nJoniston Bangkuai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, a week earlier, Royal Brunei Airlines resumed\nflights from Bandar Seri Begawan to Kuching starting 1 May with two flights\nweekly scheduled on Thursday and Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the airline offered daily\nflights to Kuching the state capital of Sarawak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This initiative is the beginning of stronger relations between Negara Brunei Darussalam and Sarawak, thus boosting air connectivity for a great business (partnership), investment and tourism activities,&#8221; said Minister for Transport Dato Sri Lee Kim Shin in a media statement at the time of the relaunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Source: Sabah and Sarawak&#8217;s tourism boards)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE, 10 May 2022: Royal Brunei Airlines has resumed flights to neighbouring Sarawak and Sabah, two of Malaysia&#8217;s top heritage and nature destinations that share Borneo island with Brunei and Indonesia. 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