Include Penang airport in VTL, Putrajaya urged

GEORGE TOWN: Penang has urged Putrajaya to include the Penang International Airport (PIA) in the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) between Malaysia and Singapore, which will take effect from Nov 29. State Tourism and Creative Economy Committee chairman Yeoh Soon Hin said PIA’s inclusion in the VTL would attract more air traffic from the city-state, which will, in turn, boost Malaysia’s economy, particularly for Penang, Kedah, Perlis and Perak. “As a manufacturing hub boasting the label of the ‘Silicon Valley of the East’, introducing the VTL in PIA will see benefits to our manufacturing landscape that comprises multinational companies,” he said yesterday.