Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and AirAsia X (D7) have signed a re-accommodation agreement following the cancellation of four D7 routes to Mumbai, New Delhi, London and Paris.
D7 will use excess capacity on MAS flights as it begins to tackle its extensive financial problems .“The related revenue from this arrangement is pure incremental revenue for the airline and would significantly contribute to the profitability of Malaysia Airlines,” MAS said in a statement, adding that it has already received MYR20million ($6.53 million) as prepayment.
Separately, MAS and Bangkok Airways (PG) began a codeshare agreement on selected domestic flights and international routes between Thailand and Malaysia, the Kuala Lumpur-based airline said.
The agreement, effective March 25, allows MAS to set its MH marketing flight code on PG’s services for Bangkok (BKK)-Koh Samui (USM) (31 weekly flights), BKK-Phuket (HKT) (14 weekly flights), BKK-Chiang Mai (14 weekly flights), USM-HKT (14 weekly flights) and the daily USM-Kuala Lumpur (KUL) service.
MAS is also using its new schedule to increase frequencies between KUL and Beijing, Manila, Phnom Penh, Los Angeles, Taipei, BKK, Medan and Jakarta, taking advantage of anticipated increasing demand on these routes.
These sectors will see a gradual increase in capacity from 19,540 seats to 24,820 seats by May 1 and will be operated using mainly Boeing 737-800 and 777-200 aircraft.
Article Source : ATW Daily News
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