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Tue, 07/28/2009 - 17:18
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MAS SEES PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR BACK TO NORMAL
PETALING JAYA (Malaysia), July 28 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's national carrier
Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) sees its passenger load factor as being back
to normal following initiatives to stimulate demand.
Managing director Idris Jala said the national carrier had undertaken an
aggressive plan to attract travellers to fly with MAS.
"We came out with an aggressive stimulus package and as a result, we have
seen an increase in our passenger load factor for June and July this year," he
told reporters after the launch of the airline's latest product called Asean
Pass here Tuesday.
MAS' passenger load factor in June and July recovered by 67 percent and 76
percent respectively compared with the same months last year.
Idris also said that the recent bombing incident in Jakarta did not have any
significant impact on the airline's flights to Indonesia.
On the Asean Pass, he said that MAS hoped to sell about 15,000 seats by the
end of this year with the product.
The Asean Pass is a set of four prepaid ticket vouchers that enable
passengers to travel on a maximum of four flights within Asean countries for
US$229 (US$1.00=RM3.52) on economy class and US$729 on business class.
Since the introduction of the product in early June, a total of 5,000 seats
valued at RM1.2 million had been sold.
MAS chairman Dr Munir Majid said the airline decided to develop the Asean
Pass based on the positive growth in this region.
Last year, tourist arrivals from Asean countries totalled 16.6 million, an
increase of 6.5 percent from 15.6 million in 2007, and contributed RM32.9
billion in tourist receipts.
"In line with the Tourism Ministry's efforts to promote intra-Asean tourism,
we believe this new product will help to stimulate travel into Malaysia," Munir
said, adding that MAS had also made some enhancements in the menu served on
Asean flights.
The airline will soon be introducing popular local dishes such as nasi
briyani, satay, nasi goreng, nasi lemak, roti canai and murtabak for these
flights.
-- BERNAMA
Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) sees its passenger load factor as being back
to normal following initiatives to stimulate demand.
Managing director Idris Jala said the national carrier had undertaken an
aggressive plan to attract travellers to fly with MAS.
"We came out with an aggressive stimulus package and as a result, we have
seen an increase in our passenger load factor for June and July this year," he
told reporters after the launch of the airline's latest product called Asean
Pass here Tuesday.
MAS' passenger load factor in June and July recovered by 67 percent and 76
percent respectively compared with the same months last year.
Idris also said that the recent bombing incident in Jakarta did not have any
significant impact on the airline's flights to Indonesia.
On the Asean Pass, he said that MAS hoped to sell about 15,000 seats by the
end of this year with the product.
The Asean Pass is a set of four prepaid ticket vouchers that enable
passengers to travel on a maximum of four flights within Asean countries for
US$229 (US$1.00=RM3.52) on economy class and US$729 on business class.
Since the introduction of the product in early June, a total of 5,000 seats
valued at RM1.2 million had been sold.
MAS chairman Dr Munir Majid said the airline decided to develop the Asean
Pass based on the positive growth in this region.
Last year, tourist arrivals from Asean countries totalled 16.6 million, an
increase of 6.5 percent from 15.6 million in 2007, and contributed RM32.9
billion in tourist receipts.
"In line with the Tourism Ministry's efforts to promote intra-Asean tourism,
we believe this new product will help to stimulate travel into Malaysia," Munir
said, adding that MAS had also made some enhancements in the menu served on
Asean flights.
The airline will soon be introducing popular local dishes such as nasi
briyani, satay, nasi goreng, nasi lemak, roti canai and murtabak for these
flights.
-- BERNAMA
