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FIREFLY PLANS NEW DESTINATIONS IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA
SIBU, July 1 (Bernama) -- Community airline, Firefly, plans to add new
destinations in Northern and Southern Asia within the next five years to offer
potential customers more destinations, said managing director Eddy Leong.
He said the company would explore new routes in North Asia, including
Taiwan, Japan and South Korea and the Indian sub-continent in South Asia.
"We will fly beyond Asean as part of our long term plan by offering
passenger flights to popular destinations," he told reporters at the launch of
Firefly's inaugural flight to Sibu, in the east Malaysian state of Sarawak, here
Friday.
Under a code share partnership with its parent company, Malaysia Airlines,
Firefly will operate the Kuala Lumpur-Sibu route, utilising its B737-800
aircraft and the Kuala Lumpur-Sandakan sector from Aug 1.
Leong said Firefly would also look at other new domestic destinations such
as Kuala Lumpur to Kuching, Miri and Bintulu and at the same time, turn the
Johor airport into its hub to connect flights to Kuching, Sibu and Surabaya,
Indonesia.
"All this is still in the early stages of planning because we must discuss
with our parent company, the best way to grow the load factor of existing
routes," he added.
He said the commencement of the twice-daily flights between Kuala Lumpur to
Sibu, signified Firefly's commitment to provide a direct access from the
nation's capital to the central region of Sarawak.
He said the service offered travel convenience between Sabah, Sarawak and
Peninsular Malaysia while also providing an easy domestic connectivity for
foreigners visiting the country.
Sibu is Firefly's second destination in Sarawak after Kuching. Flights
depart the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 7.20am and 6.40pm respectively
and from Sibu at 9.45am and 9.05pm.
"We are upgrading our system to enable us to offer interlining facilities
with Malaysia Airlines for passenger and baggage checks through to the final
destination of customers," he said, adding, this would commence by Sept1.
-- BERNAMA
destinations in Northern and Southern Asia within the next five years to offer
potential customers more destinations, said managing director Eddy Leong.
He said the company would explore new routes in North Asia, including
Taiwan, Japan and South Korea and the Indian sub-continent in South Asia.
"We will fly beyond Asean as part of our long term plan by offering
passenger flights to popular destinations," he told reporters at the launch of
Firefly's inaugural flight to Sibu, in the east Malaysian state of Sarawak, here
Friday.
Under a code share partnership with its parent company, Malaysia Airlines,
Firefly will operate the Kuala Lumpur-Sibu route, utilising its B737-800
aircraft and the Kuala Lumpur-Sandakan sector from Aug 1.
Leong said Firefly would also look at other new domestic destinations such
as Kuala Lumpur to Kuching, Miri and Bintulu and at the same time, turn the
Johor airport into its hub to connect flights to Kuching, Sibu and Surabaya,
Indonesia.
"All this is still in the early stages of planning because we must discuss
with our parent company, the best way to grow the load factor of existing
routes," he added.
He said the commencement of the twice-daily flights between Kuala Lumpur to
Sibu, signified Firefly's commitment to provide a direct access from the
nation's capital to the central region of Sarawak.
He said the service offered travel convenience between Sabah, Sarawak and
Peninsular Malaysia while also providing an easy domestic connectivity for
foreigners visiting the country.
Sibu is Firefly's second destination in Sarawak after Kuching. Flights
depart the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 7.20am and 6.40pm respectively
and from Sibu at 9.45am and 9.05pm.
"We are upgrading our system to enable us to offer interlining facilities
with Malaysia Airlines for passenger and baggage checks through to the final
destination of customers," he said, adding, this would commence by Sept1.
-- BERNAMA
