Malaysia's air safety rating said to be downgradedA man watches planes at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, on July 22. (Reuters photo)KUALA LUMPUR: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has downgraded Malaysia's air safety rating, restricting the country's airlines from adding flights to the United States, four sources familiar with the matter and a US government official told Reuters on Monday. The FAA's safety rating is based on a country's aviation oversight regime and is an assessment of the country's civil aviation authority. The new rating means the air carriers from the country cannot start new services and are restricted to current levels of any existing service to the US. The downgrade places Malaysia in the same FAA category as Thailand, which was downgraded to Category 2 in December 2015 and has since tried unsuccessfully to restore the Category 1 rating.

Source: Bangkok Post November 11, 2019 11:52 UTC