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MALINDO AIR TAKES ON SYDNEY
Monday 03/06/2019
PETALING JAYA, June 3 (Bernama) -- Malindo Air will begin its new service from Kuala Lumpur to Sydney, Australia, via Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia, from 14 August 2019. Booking is now available at a promotional one way fare from RM799 for Economy Class and RM2,899 for Business Class, on the Malindo Air website www.malindoair.com, ticketing offices, customer care centre and its preferred travel agents.
The service is available daily from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Flight OD171 will depart at 8:25p.m. and arrive at Ngurah Rai International Airport (Bali) at 9:35p.m. With a stopover for an hour, the flight will depart from Bali at 10:35p.m. the arrive in Sydney Airport at 6:40a.m. in the next morning.
The returning flight, OD0172 from Sydney will depart at 12:00p.m. and arrive in Bali at 4:50p.m. At 6:00p.m. the flight will continue and arrive in Kuala Lumpur at 9:10p.m.
Note: All the timing information is in local time
A Boeing 737-900 aircraft, comprising 12 Business Class and 168 Economy Class seats will be deployed for the flight.
Chandran Rama Muthy, CEO of Malindo Air said, “We are thrilled to have the much anticipated habour city, Sydney as the 5th addition to our Australia network, after Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide. We believe this connection will attract both business and leisure travellers and support greater passengers’ traffic and promote local economy and tourism.”
“Sydney has a strong market on consumer trade with Malaysia; therefore, the new route will encourage more business travellers to travel on this route. Whereas, the new connection will also entice more travellers to visit the iconic Opera House, which is acclaimed to be one of the Wonders of the World,” he continued.
“Our passengers have always enjoyed the comfortable legroom and the business class option that we offer. We look forward to explore on more frequencies to and from Sydney in the near future,” he added.
For updates on Malindo Air’s latest activities and promotions, please connect with us via Twitter (https://twitter.com/malindoair), Facebook (facebook.com/MalindoAirMalaysia) or Instagram (instagram.com/malindoair).
Malindo Air schedule between Kuala Lumpur and Sydney, via Bali
| Sector | Flight No. | ETD | ETA | Frequency | | KUL/DPS | OD171 | 18:25 | 21:35 | Daily | | DPS/SYD | OD171 | 22:35 | 06:40 | | SYD/DPS | OD172 | 12:00 | 16:50 | | DPS/KUL | OD172 | 18:00 | 21:10 |
*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 29 Boeing 737 as of May 2019. 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 56 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
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