MAS boosts Asia Pacific capacity
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Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has continued its recent expansion with plans to add more flights on a series on Asia Pacific routes.
Following the recent launch of flights to Dubai and Kochi, and its planned return to Darwin, the Kuala Lumpur-based national carrier has unveiled plans to add extra seat capacity to a series of international destinations across the region, including Singapore and Sydney.
Already in recent weeks, MAS has expanded capacity on its KL-Bandar Seri Begawan route, with the deployment of a 160-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft to the capital of Brunei, in place of the smaller B737-400. And just last week MAS added a third daily flight from KL to the Indonesian city of Medan.
The airline will also be adding a new daily flight between KL and Singapore, as well as expanding its KL-Sydney service from 14 to 18 flights per week from 21 November 2013, and then to 21 weekly flights from 5 February 2014. Finally MAS will boost its KL-Melbourne service from twice to three times a day from 21 November 2013.
“In the recent weeks, we launched flights to Dubai and Kochi and increased capacity and frequencies to Bandar Seri Begawan and Medan. Soon, we will be flying more often to Singapore, Sydney and Melbourne, as well as putting Darwin back in our network map,” said MAS’ group CEO, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya.
“People are travelling more, and Malaysia Airlines is strengthening our footprint across Asia and beyond in response to these market needs,” he added.
MAS undertook a major reduction of its international capacity in early 2012, to stem severe losses. But the airline is now focusing on expanding key regional routes in Asia Pacific as part of its turnaround strategy.
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