MAHB: Airlines from India to fly to Malaysia

MAHB: Airlines from India to fly to Malaysia
Business & Markets 2013
Written by Bernama
Tuesday, 19 March 2013 18:38


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MUMBAI (March 19): Airlines from India, which have yet to make a foray into Malaysia are now keen to do so, says Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) General Manager for Marketing Mohamed Sallauddin Mat Sah.

"We have had discussions with several Indian airlines that are keen to fly to Malaysia," he said.

The airlines might start flying to Malaysia by year-end, said Mohamed Sallauddin but he, however, declined to give details.

"We can't reveal their names as yet as usually we give the benefit of announcing the new routes to the airlines themselves," he told Bernama on the sidelines of Routes Asia 2013, an annual networking gathering for airports, airlines, tourism authorities, policy leaders and exhibitors.

As for Indian Airlines which is currently operating in Malaysia, he said MAHB would try to see if there is an opportunity to increase capacity and expand its services.

Currently, only Air India Express operates direct flights to Malaysia while Jet Airways has ceased operations into Malaysia but continues its code-sharing for the Kuala Lumpur-Chennai sector with Malaysia Airlines.

Besides the flag carrier, Air India, other major airlines in India are Indigo, Spicejet, GoAir, Jet Lite, Jet Airways.

Two of the fast expanding airlines are Indigo and Spicejet.

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