His tenure ends on Dec 31.

According to a statement, CAAM said Voo had expressed his desire to quit in October.

“However, he was requested to put his resignation on hold until Dec 31.”

CAAM said this was to facilitate a smooth transition of leadership to Voo’s successor.

It added Voo had agreed with CAAM’s request.

In the statement, CAAM chairman Khairul Adib Mohd Rahman said Voo submitted his resignation to transport minister Loke Siew Fook, who accepted it.

Khairul added that Voo had been instrumental in CAAM’s various achievements since he took office as its CEO in June 2020.

Khairul said CAAM was confident that the efforts carried out by Voo to transform the civil aviation authority over the past two years had put it on the “right track” to carry out its responsibility to ensure that air traffic is safe.

He added that CAAM would continue the momentum which helped it to achieve several objectives including regaining its US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) Category 1 certification.

In October, the FAA restored the air safety ranking for CAAM to Category 1, three years after downgrading it.

In 2019, FAA downgraded the air safety ranking for CAAM to Category 2 after the International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) found that it had failed to comply with aviation safety standards.

As a result of the downgrade, Malaysian carriers were not allowed to establish new services to the United States but were allowed to continue their existing services.

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