Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad 86 >> Our Performance Ma n a g e m e n t D i s c u s s i o n a n d A n a ly s i s Malaysia’s travel restrictions for 2020 pursuant to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 Restrictions on visitors from COVID-19 hotspots from 27 January onwards The Malaysian government imposed a ban on travellers from the city of Wuhan in China and the surrounding Hubei province as a novel coronavirus had begun to spread in the area. This was later extended to travellers from other hotspots in China, Denmark, Korea, Japan, Iran and Italy as the virus spread from country to country. Movement Control Order effective 18 March The Movement Control Order closed Malaysia’s borders to all non-Malaysians, and restricted Malaysians from travelling overseas, and these restrictions continued till the end of 2020, and remain in force at the time of writing of this report. Domestic interstate travel was generally not permitted except in very exceptional circumstances with prior written permission from the police. This grounded almost all flights to and from our airports except for repatriation, charter and cargo flights. Also, effective 3 April 2020, Malaysia imposed a compulsory 14-day quarantine at a government-designated facility on all persons entering the country. Conditional Movement Control Order effective 4 May The travel restrictions under the Movement Control Order above remained unchanged for the general public. This extended over one of Malaysia’s peak travel periods, the Hari Raya Aidilfitri festive period. Recovery Movement Control Order effective 10 June In this period, there was relaxation of travel restrictions with interstate travel and domestic tourism activities allowed to resume, except to areas which had been designated under the stricter Enhanced Movement Control Order. Conditional Movement Control Order effective 12 October As Malaysia experienced a spike in COVID-19 cases, the Conditional Movement Control Order was reimposed, with interstate travel once again restricted to very limited purposes with prior permission of the police. The restrictions on interstate travel were lifted from 7 December until the Movement Control Order was reintroduced on 13 January 2021, effectively reinstating the interstate travel ban. Travel restrictions imposed by the Turkish government led to the temporary closure of SAW Travel restrictions from 28 March till 31 May The government suspended all international flights and restricted intercity travel to stem the spread of COVID-19. As a result, SAW shut down on the night of 28 March after serving its last domestic flight that evening. This was the first time ever in the history of SAW that the airport was closed to traffic since it opened in 2009. The airport reopened for operations on 1 June. In Turkey, our airport in Istanbul, SAW, was also affected by travel restrictions imposed by the Turkish government, which resulted in the temporary closure of the airport.
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