Malaysia will reopen to overseas visitors in April

Malaysia's borders will reopen to international travellers on April 1 after being blocked for nearly two years because to the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to the revised entry guidelines, fully vaccinated passengers will not be required to enter quarantine upon arrival if they take a PCR test two days prior to departure and then a lateral flow test within 24 hours of landing in Malaysia.

International travellers will be needed to fill out a pre-departure form as well, but they will no longer need a MyTravelPass permit.

"We are happy to hear we finally have an official timetable for the full reopening of Malaysia's borders across all of its destinations, which has been long-awaited by all," said Daniel Bainbridge, Malaysia Airlines' UK and Europe regional director.

Malaysia Airlines is the only airline that flies nonstop between London and Kuala Lumpur at the moment.

"We've been working hard for a long time to reach this critical milestone, and we've already doubled our flight capacity to provide greater connections across Malaysia and beyond to Southeast Asia and Australasia," Bainbridge said.

As a result of the reopening of borders, the airline will increase its service between London and Kuala Lumpur to 11 times weekly from March 27 and twice daily from June 30.