KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 (Bernama) -- After a brief shutdown due to a nationwide lockdown, Malindo Air will resume its domestic services from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang from 27 April 2020 with a single daily flight to each of the domestic destinations that it operates to in Malaysia.   

Fares are from RM199 one-way for domestic travel within Peninsular Malaysia from Subang to Penang; Langkawi; Alor Setar; Kota Bharu; Kuala Terengganu; and Johor Baharu. 

Fares from KLIA to Kuching are at RM299 one-way economy class and RM499 oneway business class; RM399 one-way economy class and RM699 one-way business class from KLIA to Kota Kinabalu; whereas fares from KLIA to Penang are at RM159 one-way economy class and RM399 one-way business class. 
 
Malindo Air will resume its first services flight OD 1012 from KLIA to Kota Kinabalu and from flight OD 1606 from KLIA to Kuching, with both flights departing simultaneously at 07:15am on 27 April. The flights are deployed to meet the demands and ease the journey back home by our fellow Malaysians especially students who have been stranded in campuses since the lockdown began.  Passengers are required to have face masks with them failing which they have to purchase one before being allowed boarding. 

Malindo Air, which serves most of the airports in Peninsular Malaysia and in Sabah and Sarawak, had shut down its operations during the lockdown period since March 18, 2020. Its operation during the lockdown period was strictly meant for rescue flights with Wisma Putra repatriating Malaysians stranded overseas and medical supplies cargo movement from China.    

However, for the time being, all international flights from KLIA remain banned. 

Schedule for Malindo Air’s ATR & 737 from 27 Apr 20 - 15 May 20. 

B737 from KLIA 
 

ATR from Subang 

Malindo Air is a Malaysian-based airline with main hubs at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and Subang Skypark, the convenient KL downtown city airport 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 Oct 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. 
 
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). 

SOURCE: Malindo Air

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: 
Name: Raja Sa’adi Bin Raja Amrin
Director, PR & Gov’t Affairs
Tel: +6019 266 0078
Email: saadi@malindoair.com
 
--BERNAMA