Despite the Covid-19 pandemic affecting business, Malaysia Airports continued to serve its obligations to the community.

PETALING JAYA:

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the country’s main airport operator knew that tough times were looming. Business operations would be greatly disrupted because borders would be closed.

However, while hurriedly putting into place plans to counter declining revenue, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) continued to serve its social obligations.

For the past two years, Malaysia Airports has reached out to over 5,000 members of the community by organising back-to-school activities, dispensing aid packs, and distributing iftar meals to frontliners during the holy month of Ramadan.

Through the years, the airport operator has spent a total of RM52 million to support local communities, particularly through programmes like Joyful Homes and MYAirportCARES.

For this year, they conducted four community outreach programmes, concentrating on the welfare of students and bottom 40 (B40) families in the wake of the reopening of schools and the country’s transition to the endemic phase of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In March and April, Malaysia Airports distributed back-to-school care packs to over 1,600 students in Manjung, Perak and Lawas, Sarawak comprising school uniforms, shoes, bags and stationery items worth more than RM250,000.

The students were from schools close to the Sultan Azlan Shah Airport and the Pulau Pangkor short take-off and landing airport (STOLport) in Perak, as well as the Lawas STOLport.

Malaysia Airports raises RM27,000 for MYAirportCARES Back-to-school packs. Seen here is Miri Airport Manager Mohd Jauhari Abdullah (fourth from left) with his team at Lawas, Sarawak.

Malaysia Airport’s aim was to motivate them as they adapted to physical classes again after nearly two years of online classes.

Since 2018, Malaysia Airports has supported more than 3,600 students by providing them with basic necessities and monetary assistance.

Apart from students, Malaysia Airports also focused on B40 families and airport workers living in the vicinity of its 39 airports who were affected by the pandemic.

Malaysia Airports’ senior management team distributes iftar meals to frontliners at the airport.

Last month, the airport operator donated shopping vouchers worth RM120,000 to 240 families living within the KL International Airport (KLIA) and Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang. Each family received RM500 for the Hari Raya festivities.

Concerned about the wellbeing of the communities living there, the airport operator wanted to make sure that everyone could grow together with them now that things were returning to normal.

Since 2013, Malaysia Airports has spread Hari Raya cheer to over 2,000 families living close to its airports nationwide.

The airport operator remains committed to giving back to the broader community through active engagement with local communities.

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Despite tough times, Malaysia Airports lends a hand

For the past two years, Malaysia Airports has reached out to over 5,000 people through various programmes.