18th March, 2013
Indian airlines keen to fly to Malaysia.
MUMBAI: Airlines from India, which have yet to make a foray
into Malaysia are now keen to do so, says Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB)
general manager for marketing Mohamed Sallauddin Mat Sah. "We have had
discussions with several Indian airlines that are keen to fly to
Malaysia," he said.
The airlines might start flying to Malaysia by year-end,
said Mohamed Sallauddin but he, however, declined to give details. "We
can't reveal their names as yet as usually we give the benefit of announcing
the new routes to the airlines themselves," he told Bernama on the
sidelines of Routes Asia 2013, an annual networking gathering for airports,
airlines, tourism authorities, policy leaders and exhibitors.
As for Indian Airlines which is currently operating in
Malaysia, he said MAHB would try to see if there is an opportunity to increase
capacity and expand its services.
Currently, only Air India Express operates direct flights to
Malaysia while Jet Airways has ceased operations into Malaysia but continues
its code-sharing for the Kuala Lumpur-Chennai sector with Malaysia Airlines.
Besides the flag carrier, Air India, other major airlines in India are Indigo,
Spicejet, GoAir, Jet Lite, Jet Airways.
Two of the fast expanding airlines are Indigo and Spicejet. -
Bernama
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