Transport minister Loke Siew Fook said Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) had completed all necessary technical tests and has submitted a full report to the Land Public Transport Agency (Apad) for evaluation and safety verification.

“It is expected that the aerotrain will resume 24-hour operations by the end of this month after it receives Apad’s certification,” said Loke, reported Bernama.

“At present, the service is still running, but we have to halt operations for several hours at night to allow for maintenance work and track inspections,” he told reporters after launching the MyKLIA and MyPutrajaya Monthly Travel Card (MTC) campaign at KLIA Terminal 2 today.

Last November, MAHB said it was committed to enhancing the reliability of KLIA’s aerotrain system through a comprehensive plan aimed at fully resolving technical issues that surfaced after services resumed last July.

Deputy transport minister Hasbi Habibollah previously said 19 minor incidents involving the aerotrain were recorded between July 2 and Sept 30 last year, involving the signalling system as well as cases where passengers attempted to manually force open the train doors, among others.

Since operations resumed on July 1, the aerotrain system has transported about seven million passengers and completed more than 53,000 round trips, achieving an operational service availability (OSA) rate of 98.41%.