PETALING JAYA, Feb 18 (Bernama) -- Malindo Air will begin its new service to Hokkaido from 23 March 2019. Booking is now available at a promotional fare of RM799 for Economy Class and RM1,999 for Business Class, on Malindo Air website www.malindoair.com, ticketing offices, customer care centre and its preferred travel agents.

There are 3 flights from Kuala Lumpur weekly, on every Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. Flight OD0888 will depart from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 7:40a.m. and arrived at Taoyuan Airport at 12:30p.m. At 1:45p.m. The flight will continue and arrived in Chitose Airport at 6:20p.m.

Flight OD0889 from Chitose Airport will depart at 7:20p.m. and arrive in Taoyuan Airport at 11:00p.m. At 12:05a.m. the following day, the flight will continue and arrive in KLIA at 4:55a.m.

Note: All the timing information is in local time

A narrow-body Boeing 737-800 aircraft, comprising of 12 Business Class and 150 Economy Class seats is deployed for the daily flight.

Chandran Rama Muthy, CEO of Malindo Air said, “We are pleased to announce Hokkaido as our first destination in Japan, which marks a new milestone, being the 17^th country that we service in our network.  Travellers can now travel in comfort on full-service airline at value fare with us.”

“We are anticipating good response to this route and looking at increasing the frequencies in the near future. With this, we also hope to bring in more international traffic to Malaysia, in supporting the local tourism and airport arrivals,” he added.

Hokkaido is the second largest island, located at the northernmost of Japan. The cooling weather and unspoiled nature are the main attractions. The city is known for its volcanoes, natural hot springs and ski resorts.

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*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 and Australia. The fleet itself has grown exponentially to 13 ATR72-600 and 30 Boeing 737 as of Feb 2018. The airline also obtained the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA).
 
Today, the airline operates over 800 flights weekly across a continuously growing network of about 57 routes in the region. Also an IATA airline member, Malindo Air codeshare with Turkish Airline, Lion Air, Batik Air, as well as an interlining partner to Xiamen Air, All Nippon Airways (ANA), Turkish Airline, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways and Oman Air.
 
Malindo Air has recently won Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) 2019 and Best International Flight Ad of “The Exquisite Pic Award” by Thomas Edison Advertisement (TEA) Awards. Previous awards included Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) 2018 Four Star Major Regional Airline Recognition and Malaysia Best Employer Brand Awards 2018,  CAPA’s 2016 Asia Pacific Regional Airline of the Year, New Comer of the Year, Australia 2016/17 by Expedia.com., TOP Recognition - Malaysia SME® Preferred Airline Partner, Airline of the Year (Passenger) at the KLIA Awards 2014 and Top Performing Airline 2015 by Travelport.
 
SOURCE : Malindo Air       

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
PR & Communications Department, Malindo Air        
Name : Andrea Liong
Head of PR & Communications                     
Tel : +603 2035 6699 ext. 1312
Email : andrea.liong@malindoair.com
 
--BERNAMA