Public varsity students to get RM300 subsidy for domestic flight tickets

 

The government has introduced a subsidy initiative worth RM300 for the purchase of flight tickets for public university students travelling between the peninsula, Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan that will begin on Aug 15.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said this will be implemented through a credit shell where participating airlines will issue a digital voucher worth RM300 to each eligible student to redeem while 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 in Putrajaya today.

Loke said the initiative, which the cabinet agreed to at today’s meeting, will benefit over 56,000 public university students nationwide, with the overall cost estimated to be RM16.8 million.

He said that if the ticket costs less than RM300, the balance of the digital voucher can be used for the next ticket purchase.

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 is Oct 31.

To apply for the subsidy, students must check their eligibility through the Transport Ministry’s website, which will be notified later, the minister added.

“If they are not eligible, they can appeal to the Higher Education Ministry through their respective varsities or apply for the subsidy on the websites of the selected airlines.”

- Bernama