PETALING JAYA, March 18 (Bernama) -- Malindo Air has announced its new services from Langkawi to Phuket starting 26 March 2019 and Johor Bahru to Guangzhou from 2 April 2019 respectively. Booking is now available for these flights on Malindo Air website www.malindoair.com, ticketing offices, customer care centre and its preferred travel agents.

Flights from Johor Bahru to Guangzhou are offered at a promotional fare of one way RM259 for Economy Class and from RM699 for Business Class. A narrow-body Boeing 737-800 aircraft, comprising of 12 Business Class and 150 Economy Class seats is deployed for this flight which flies on every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Flight OD0664 from Senai Airport, Johor Bahru will depart at 10:15p.m. and arrives in Guangzhou Baiyuan International Airport at 2:20a.m. the next day. From Guangzhou Flight OD0665 will depart at 4:55a.m. and arrives in Johor Bahru at 7:15a.m.

Currently, Malindo Air is serving daily flights between Kuala Lumpur and Guangzhou. This new route will allow passengers to plan on a twin city tour and take advantage of Johor Bahru as the gateway to Singapore by land transfer.

On the other hand, an ATR600-72 aircraft will be deployed for the flights from Langkawi to Phuket on every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Seats are sold at a promotional fare from RM89 one way.

Flight OD1720 will depart from Langkawi International Airport at 10:15a.m. and arrives at Phuket International Airport, Thailand at 10:45a.m. At 11:35a.m. Flight OD1721 will depart from Phuket and arrives Langkawi at 2:10p.m.

Note: All the timing information is in local time

Chandran Rama Muthy, CEO of Malindo Air said, “In the mood of celebration during our anniversary month, we are thrilled to announce these new international routes. We are constantly innovating and diversifying our products to suit our passengers’ needs. The Johor Bahru and Guangzhou route complement the network and opens more options to our passengers when planning their trip.”

“Whereas, in our continuous effort to promote Langkawi, we are hoping the connection between Langkawi and Phuket will attract tourist from Phuket to also visit Langkawi. As a result to both efforts, we are anticipating growth in tourist and passenger’s arrival into Malaysia,” he added.

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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 29 Boeing 737 as of Mar 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 55 destinations 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