Malaysian Supreme Head of State Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah and his consort Tuanku Hajah Haminah on Sunday conveyed their condolences to the families of the passengers and crew of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly written to Malaysian Mohammad Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak and expressed solidarity over the loss of lives in the Malaysian plane tragedy.
Malaysia Airlines said Sunday in a statement that MH17 flight number would be replaced by MH19, which would take effect on July 25, 2014.
A government team led by Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Anifah Aman will be departing for Ukraine Sunday night, according to an official statement said.
India's two air companies which fly international flights, Air India and Jet Airways, Friday stopped using the Ukrainian airspace following the crashing of a Malaysian airliner that claimed 298 lives Thursday, said aviation sources.
Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah sent condolence messages on Friday to Malaysian and Dutch leaders following the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in east Ukraine, with all 298 people on board killed on Thursday.
Iran condoled with Malaysia on the deadly plane crash which left 298 people dead, official IRNA news agency reported on Friday.
The Indian government Friday asked its national carrier, Air India, to avoid flying over the troubled Ukrainian airspace in the wake of the Malaysian plane crash in which some 298 people were killed, sources said.
China's civil aviation authorities told Xinhua on Friday it has ordered all Chinese aircraft flying over Ukraine to avoid airspace over the area where a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed.
The Polish Airlines (LOT) has said it will avoid flying over the eastern Ukraine after a Malaysian plane crash, killing 295 people on board, a statement of the airlines said on Thursday.