Rayani Air suspends operations

Malaysia’s first syariah-compliant airline, Rayani Air has suspended operations with immediate effect since yesterday as part of its restructuring plan.

The matter was told by Rayani Air owner Ravi Alagendrran in an email to staff on Friday, and confirmed by a spokesperson from the airline when contacted by Astro AWANI this morning.

"Please be informed that we have suspended our operations with immediate effect until further notice. This is an effort as part our company restructuring plan / exercise.

"You may instruct their sub-coordinates to close down the operations and re-count back the company assets," he said in the email.

Rayani Air's email to its staff on the suspension.

Yesterday, passengers expressed their anger towards the company on social media after the last minute cancellation of several scheduled flights on Friday.

The affected flights were RN130 from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu, RN153 and RN154 from Kuala Lumpur to Kuching and RN182 from Kuala Lumpur to Langkawi.