Malaysia Airlines-American Airlines Codeshare Allows New Flights

In the second phase of their codesharing, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and American Airlines have extended their arrangement, enabling fliers in Malaysia and the USA book tickets on code share flights directly with MAS. 

The initial phase of the arrangement was launched earlier this year and saw both operators commence codesharing on 136 weekly flights between Kuala Lumpur and the USA cities of Chicago, Dallas, New York, Miami and Raleigh through the three European stations, namely London, Paris and Frankfurt. 

Announcing the second phase of the agreement in the first week of July, 2013, all codeshare flights will be marketed as MAS flights, thus making it easier for those seeking flight tickets on the routes. This will allow tickets seekers in Malaysia and the USA to book air tickets directly with the flag carrier of Malaysia and take advantage of the services between Kuala Lumpur and the American cities of Atlanta, Houston, Washington, Boston, Portland, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas and San Diego. These flights will run via the Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas and Miami gateways. 

In addition, the codeshare agreement will be expanded to Singapore and Bangkok via the Kuala Lumpur gateway, allowing people in the USA to book tickets for seamless connection to travel to other parts of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). 

The management at the MAS Group feels that the code share enables them to expand its USA network without having to commence its own flights to the country.

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Malaysia Airlines Begins Daytime Flights to India

British travellers looking for daytime flights between India and Malaysia will certainly be a happy lot as Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has launched new daytime flights connecting South India’s popular city of Chennai with Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur (KL).

Malaysia’s national carrier, Malaysia Airlines started operating four new weekly daylight flights between the destinations from 1 September 2012. The new flights are being operated on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday and are complementing its current daily night-time flights services to India from KL.

As per airline’s press release, Flight MH182 is departing KL at 09:35 hours and arriving in Chennai, India at 10:45 hours. The return flight is leaving Chennai at 11:45hours and landing in KL at 18:15 hours.

The airline has deployed B737-800 aircraft to operate its newly launched daytime flights to India. With the addition of new flights, passengers will now have an added option of 1280 seats on the route apart from the existing capacity of 3206 seats with A330-200 on daily evening flights to India

Apart from offering flexibility to leisure travellers on India-Malaysia route, the new flights will particularly be beneficial for corporate travellers who are often to be seen in a look out for day flight services in order to attend to their urgent businesses or meetings.

The airline plans to enhance the frequency of its newly launched flights to India to twice daily with a choice of morning and evening departures by 5 January 2013 to cater to the increasing travel demand on the route, says the airline press release.

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Airline welcomes India flight growth

Following a rise in air traffic in India, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is planning to increase its operations in 2011.

The airline is set to increase its flights to India by up to 40 per cent and revamp aircraft used on its services.

MAS's regional senior-vice president for South Asia, Azahar Hamid, explained that the airline has enjoyed almost full capacity flights from Indian airports since the start of the year.

"For next year we are looking at 30 to 40 per cent growth rate in load. We are going very strong in India. Based on our market projections, traffic going out of India is very strong and positive," he told Bernama.

The airline currently offers flights to Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai but is planning to expand into services to other Indian cities in the future. Malaysia Airlines handles around 50,000 passengers per day and flies to 100 destinations.

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Malaysia Airlines offering cheap flights in sale

Travellers seeking cheap flights to Australia could be in luck with Malaysia Airlines' latest sale.

Starting on January 23rd, passengers will be able to book seats for flights to Thailand, Australia and India, among other destinations for bargain prices.

Holidaymakers could pick up flights to Australia for £679 or to find fares to a range of south-east Asian destinations from £579.

The discounted prices are available on flights before March 26th or between April 4th and June 30th this year.

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Malaysia Airlines offers cheap flights to India

Malaysia Airlines has announced that it is holding a sale on flights to south-east Asia and Australasia to mark the beginning of the new decade.

Passengers who are looking for cheap flights to warmer climes this winter may want to investigate the carrier's routes and availability before booking.

The sale will run from January 2nd to 18th, with return fares to south-east Asia starting from £519 and prices of £639 on offer for return routes to Australasian destinations.

Dates of travel must fall between April 15th and May 31st if passengers want to take advantage of the deals.

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