(CNN) -- Following last week's Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster, the carrier says it will offer full refunds to travelers who wish to cancel their tickets, while those wanting to postpone their flights can do so without penalty. "In light of the MH17 incident, Malaysia Airlines will be waiving any change fees for passengers who wish to make changes to their itinerary to any MH destinations," said the airline in a statement. This includes non-refundable tickets. The airline says passengers have until Thursday, July 24 to cancel or change their tickets, valid for travel until December 31, 2014. Meanwhile, the airline announced that it's retiring the MH17 flight number out of respect for the 298 people killed on the Boeing 777, believed shot down by a missile in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine last Thursday.
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Malaysia Airlines offers full refunds, waives change fees following MH17 crash
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Airline says daily Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur services to continue, but it's retiring the MH17 flight number
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Singapore Airlines responds to criticism of tweet/FB post concerning Ukraine airspace
Since the @placeholder tragedy, all flights operated by Malaysia Airlines that passed through Ukrainian airspace have been rerouted.