Photo: Two airport workers walking in front of an Air Asia plane on the tarmac at a Kuala Lumpur airport on June 27, 2019. Farrel Zafran FG/Shutterstock

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Malaysia’s Air Asia mulling hajj and umrah, other Muslim-friendly travel services


Malaysia-based Air Asia says it aims to start a service to cater to hajj and umrah pilgrims.

The low-cost airline said it aims to “offer the full suite of services required”, according to its 2019 annual report filed with Bursa Malaysia on Wednesday (July 29).

“Moving forward, we are actively assessing the prospects of a number of products that cater to niche travel. For example, we aim to launch Muslim-friendly services including packages to perform the Haj and Umrah,” said the company.

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