PUTRAJAYA – The government has introduced a subsidy initiative for public university students worth RM300 for the purchase of flight tickets for domestic routes between Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, and Labuan that will begin on August 15.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke said this would be implemented through a credit shell where participating airlines will issue a digital voucher worth RM300 to each eligible student to redeem for purchasing flight tickets for domestic routes.
“This subsidy is only valid for the purchase of one-way and return economy-class flight tickets between the students’ place of origin and place of study,” he told a media conference here, today.
Loke said the initiative, which the cabinet agreed to at today’s meeting, would benefit over 56,000 public university students nationwide, with the overall cost estimated to be RM16.8 million.
He said that if the purchased ticket costs less than RM300, the balance of the digital voucher could be used for the next ticket purchase.
He said the vouchers can only be used to purchase Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Batik Air, Firefly and MYAirline flight tickets, and the deadline to redeem the vouchers for the purchase of flight tickets is October 31.
To apply for the subsidy, public university students must check their eligibility through the Transport Ministry’s website, which will be announced later, he said.
“If they are not eligible, they can appeal to the Higher Education Ministry through their respective varsities or apply for a subsidy for the purchase of flight tickets on the websites of the selected airlines,” he said. – Bernama, July 12, 2023
