Penang-Singapore air route opening up

I read yesterday that the air route between Penang and Singapore will be filled with more traffic very soon. Starting 1 Jun 2009, more airlines will be connecting the two premier island cities in this part of the world. Now, what could be more exciting than that, other than the 3-2 aggregate win that Manchester United had carved from Porto early this morning?

According to a statement by Singapore's Ministry of Transport, their carriers will have increased traffic rights to operate a total of 70 services a week to Penang. Currently, Singapore carriers operate only 18 miserable weekly services to Penang.

On the Malaysian side, the main beneficiary of this decision will be AirAsia but I suppose Malaysia Airlines will also want their share of the pie. I saw this little piece of news in The Star print version but could not find it online. So there you have it...AirAsia will fly from here to Changi airport twice daily from 1 Jun 2009 too.