MAS BANKING ON ASEAN, ASIA PACIFIC DESTINATIONS

KOTA BAHARU (Malaysia), April 14 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Airline System Bhd
(MAS) is confident that its new Asean and Asia Pacific destinations will
strengthen the company's financial standing by yearend.

Managing Director Tengku Azmil Zahruddin Raja Abdul Aziz said flights
to these destinations like China and India had shown an increase in the number
of passengers, especially tourists.

Those to Europe and United States, meanwhile, were still not encouraging.

"Hopefully by yearend, the economic situation will recover and return to
normal so that flights to various destinations worldwide can be expanded again,"
he told reporters after a function here today.

He said things seemed to be better this year after a difficult period due to
the global economic crisis.

With the number of tourists flying to various destinations in Asia Pacific
showing an increase, "this is good for us," he said.

Tengku Azmil said the new destinations that MAS was presently studying,
would promise good returns but it did not necessarily mean a significant
increase in revenue.

"I am confident the destinations to be selected in these regions will give
MAS profits," he said and added that the new destinations would be announced
soon.
-- BERNAMA


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