Malaysia Airlines Offers More Flights For Chinese New Year

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 (Bernama) -- Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is offering an additional 32 flights from January 17 to February 1, to cater to the additional demand from customers during the forthcoming Chinese New Year holidays. In a statement issued Saturday, MAS said the offer of additional flights for the year of the dragon was to enable Malaysians to return home or take the opportunity to go on a short holiday during the festive season. "MAS will continue to monitor the situation and add more capacity on sectors where there is further demand," it added. For now, there will be additional of 14 flights using the 144-seater Boeing 737-400 aircraft from to and from Kuala Lumpur to Sibu, seven times to and from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu, six times to and from Kota Kinabalu to Taipei, and three times to and from Kota Kinabalu to Hong Kong. The national carrier is also offering two flight times using the 294-seater Airbus A330 aircraft for the Kuala Lumpur-Kunming route. Customers can call MAS' toll free number 1-300-88-3000 or log on to www.malaysiaairlines.com for bookings and best deals for travel. They can also book via MH Buddy on http://facebook.com/malaysiaairlines. -- BERNAMA