FIREFLY TO ROLL OUT E-TICKETING

By Alan Ting

SUBANG (Malaysia), June 5 (Bernama) -- Firefly Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned
subidiary of Malaysia Airlines (MAS), is set to roll out electronic ticketing
(e-ticketing) in a month's time.

Its managing director, Eddy Leong, said the e-ticketing would enable travel
agents worldwide to issue e-tickets for Firefly.

"As an example, a Russian can fly here on Aeroflot and use 'MH' code as we
have code-sharing arrangement with MAS. It's like our telecommunications
companies' roaming service," he told Bernama.

Leong said the e-ticketing, to simplify passenger travel, would enable
customers to print their own tickets and make changes to their travel itinerary.

He said Firefly would join its parent airline to have inter-lining
e-ticketing agreements with other carriers, including Singapore Airlines,
Emirates, Cathay Pacific Airways and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

"This will allow a passenger to check in all the way to the final
destination with just one ticket even when using different airlines along the
journey," he said.

Firefly currently flies to seven international and nine local destinations.

-- BERNAMA