Published on: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Kota Kinabalu: MASwings plans to fly two new routes, namely Kota Kinabalu-Puerto Princessa, Palawan and Kuching-Balikpapan, under its second phase of expansion to the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines-East Asian Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) region.
This is apart from upgrading the existing Tawau-Tarakan thrice-weekly flight services to daily services effective July 1 and introducing a Coral Triangle Charter Flight for divers to world-class dive spots in the State, Philippines and Indonesia within the Coral Triangle (Celebes Sea).
These follow the encouraging response received from its first three destinations in BIMP-EAGA, namely Tawau-Tarakan, Kuching-Pontianak and Kota Kinabalu-Bandar Seri Bengawan, where altogether it has recorded a load factor average of 60-65 per cent. Its CEO Datuk Captain Mohd Nawawi Haji Awang, who announced this, said they expect to start flying the new Kuching-Balikpapan route, which would be thrice weekly, by the end of October.
"We are in the process of seeking approvals and clearances from the Philippine Government for the KK-Puerto Princessa route Éif everything goes well, we plan to start this new route by the end of October," he said, adding they are all very excited with these new developments.
They are also looking at aircraft utilisation aspects and adjusting timing and so on in preparing for the changes to the Tawau-Tarakan flight service schedules. The company might also increase the number of its aircraft if the need arises.
Mohd Nawawi said this at a press conference in conjunction with the MASwings BIMP-EAGA Golf Challenge 2012 at the MAS administration building in Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA), Wednesday.
bgslah.. penerbangan Maswing pasti akan terus berkembang.
ReplyDeleteSayabs kepada MASwings kerana menambah lagi beberapa destinasi dalam senarai mereka. Ini membolehkan rakyat mengambil penerbangan terus ke destinasi-destinasi ini.
ReplyDeleteKucing-Pontianak? Ada pula tempat yang bernama Pontianak.
ReplyDeleteLebih banyak laluan dibuka akan memberi kelebihan juga kepada industri pelancongan.
ReplyDeleteBagaimana sudah dengan keadaan kewangan MAS sekarang? tahun lalu beberapa laluan telah dibatalkan kerana masalah kerugian meruncing yang dialami oleh MAS.
ReplyDeleteJangan pula memudahkan PATI untuk berulang alik.
ReplyDeleteLagi banyak penerbangan lagi ramai yang akan menggunakan perkhidmatan MasWing.
ReplyDeleteIni akan menambahkan pendapatan dan akan membawa kepada peningkatan mutu dan juga kualiti.
ReplyDeleteI hope the Philippine Government approve the flight. Palawan is a beautiful place to visit.
ReplyDeleteThere surely be more people using MasWing once there are more flight destination.
ReplyDeleteSabah Air the best alternative for Sabah..
ReplyDeleteLaluan yang pasti akan memberi impak kepada Sabah
ReplyDeleteTaniah kepada Maswing kerana menambah lagi destinasi mereka.
ReplyDeleteHarap penerbangan Maswing akan terus berkembang.
ReplyDeletehopefully more new routes in the future by MASwings and other airline operators in this state..
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