Malaysia Airlines has cancelled its evening MH74 flight from here to Hong Kong on Tuesday due to bad weather conditions on the island city.

In a statement here on Tuesday, MAS said the MH74 flight had been scheduled for departure at 6.45pm.

Datuk Tajuden Abu Bakar, MAS director of operations, said, "We took this decision in the interest of passenger safety on receiving updates regarding the deteriorating weather situation around Hong Kong arising from typhoon Hagupit."

"We expect the situation to normalise after midnight today (Tuesday) and will upgrade our morning service MH72 tomorrow (on Wednesday) to a Boeing 747-400 flight. This is to accommodate all passengers of MH74 today to reach Hong Kong by 1pm tomorrow on MH72."

Those who need more information, can call MAS’ 24-hour call centre at 1300 88 3000.