Advisable for travellers to check with SDMC if flights are approved before buying tickets

Recently, travellers who are planning to come into Sarawak are advised to check with Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) if the flights are approved by the committee before buying their tickets. This is important because our Ministry of Transport is working closely with Federal Ministry of Transport and other relevant authorities to ensure airlines strictly comply with decisions made by SDMC to curtail the spread of COVID19 in Sarawak.

SDMC's decisions in approving flights frequency into Sarawak was made after considering the alarming COVID19 situation in other states as well as the quantity of rooms and centres locally. There is also the need to facilitate movements of goods, people and our state's medical capacity in managing screening test.

For the convenience of those concerned, it is therefore advisable for future travellers to actually check first on the status of their flights which must be approved first by SDMC. Thus, the cooperation and support from everyone involved are much appreciated especially airline and airport operators as well as passengers who must play their roles in curbing the spread of COVID19 in Sarawak.