The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) has observed that most airfares during the 15th general election (GE15) travelling period have decreased since the initial spike following the polls’ announcement.

Based on the commission’s review, one-way average domestic airfare across all airlines for routes within Peninsular Malaysia is RM185, while the average airfare for routes within East Malaysia is RM188, and RM296 for routes between Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia, it said in a statement today.

However, Mavcom’s analysis further indicates that...