KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 (Bernama) -- Malindo Air, CAPA 2016 Asia Pacific Regional Airline of the Year, announces today that all bookings are now open for its new Kuala Lumpur-Brisbane-Kuala Lumpur service which will now commence on 31 March 2017. The daily service marks the airline's second destination into Australia in its expanding international network. Malindo Air launched its inaugural flight from Kuala Lumpur to Perth on 19 November 2015.

Promotional fares for one-way on this new route KUL – Brisbane start from RM1049 for Economy Class and RM2369 for Business Class, all inclusive of perks such as free baggage allowance, in-flight entertainment, and meals.  
 
Flight OD157 will depart Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) daily at 6.05pm to Brisbane via Denpasar, Bali, and with a flight time of 3 hrs and 5 mins, it arrives Ngurah Rai Airport, Denpasar at 9.10pm. The flight then departs Denpasar at 10.00pm and arrives Brisbane at 5.40am, a journey that takes 5 hrs and 40 mins.
 
The returning flight OD158 departs Brisbane at 7.15am and arrives Denpasar at 11.45am. After a one hour transit, the flight departs Denpasar at 12.45pm and arrives KLIA at 3.45pm.
 
The narrow-body Boeing 737-900ER aircraft with a seat capacity of 180, which includes 12 Business Class and 168 Economy Class seats, will be deployed on this new route.  
 
CEO of Malindo Air, Chandran Rama Muthy said, “We are very delighted to launch the only service between Kuala Lumpur and Brisbane with one stop in the famous island of Bali. There are immense opportunities for future growth associated with this new connectivity as Brisbane is a significant commercial business hub and tourism gateway to one of Australia’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Great Barrier Reef, and the beautiful Gold Coast. We will certainly work on building beneficial relationships with Malaysian and Australian tourism players and Brisbane Airport authorities, to ensure the success of this new route.” 
 
Chandran also said that this new route will attract business from VFR (visiting family and relatives), the business community, diplomatic services and the tourism industry.

For bookings and enquiries, visit www.malindoair.com, write in to Customer Care at customer_care@malindoair.com or call +603-7841 5388 from 8am to 10pm daily.

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Malindo Air Scheduled Flights KUL (KLIA)-BNE (Brisbane)-KUL (Daily) 

All timings stated are local time in 24-hour format.

About Malindo Air

Malindo Air is a Malaysian airline with main hubs at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and the convenient KL downtown city airport Subang Skypark in Selangor, Malaysia. The airline took to the skies in March 2013 with domestic flights and has since grown to operate routes to all major airports in Malaysia and across the continents of Asia, Australia and Middle East. The fleet itself has grown exponentially to 16 ATR72-600 and 26 Boeing 737NG as of February 2017. 

Today, the airline operates over 800 flights weekly across a continuously growing network of about 42 routes in the region. More recently, the airline won CAPA’s 2016 Asia Pacific Regional Airline of the Year, Airline of the Year (Passenger) at the KLIA Awards 2014 and Top Performing Airline 2015 by Travelport. 

SOURCE : Malindo Air

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Name : Ili Nabilah
PR & Communications Department, Malindo Air   
Asst Mgr PR & Communications                                                         
Tel : +603 2035 6699 ext. 1322                              
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