Malaysia Airlines discount air fares to 35 cities

Malaysia Airlines launched its MAS Stimulus Package today, announcing discounts of up to 55 per cent to 35 cities worldwide.Malaysia Airlines’ offer will be valid till May 3, 2009.

In the current money crunch, Malaysia Airlines is all set to make the best of the situation.

“Never waste a good crisis. While we cannot control the operating environment, we can control the way we run our business,” Malaysia Airlines’ chief executive officer Datuk Seri Idris Jala said.

He said that the deals, under the MAS Stimulus Package, have been tailored to meet what the customers want and stimulate travel demand.

“This is the best time for the public to travel as such incredible offers are given only during a downturn. Customers are the ones to truly benefit during this time as we are looking for innovative ways to boost load factors and revenue,” he added.

The MAS Stimulus package includes deals such as Premium Match, Business Companion, Economy +, Weekend Getaway, Kids Fly Free, MHFlex 1+1 and 80 per cent discount domestic/Asean.

Two of the offers, Grab-A- Deal and Balik Kampung have been available, since March 2009.

“In just slightly over a month, sales for Grab-A- Deal and Balik Kampung have hit more than RM17.5 million – RM12 million for Grab-A- Deal, and more than RM5.5 million for Balik Kampung.”

That’s incredible considering the economic situation we are in. This shows that if you give the public what they want — they will travel,” Jala said.

Malaysia Airlines Travel Fair (MATF) offers reasonable prices for travels to the Indian sub-continent.

The airline will run nine  weekly flights ex-Delhi with return airfares to Kuala Lumpur or Penang at Rs 19,775 and Langkawi at Rs 20,808. The cost of flying to Singapore is Rs 15,545 and that to Hong Kong is Rs 19,500.

Similarly, Malaysia Airlines will launch three weekly flights from Hyderabad to Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi, Penang, Singapore, Bali, and Hong Kong.

The flights will be priced as follows:

Hyderabad-Kuala Lumpur flight Rs 15,600

Hyderabad – Langkawi flight Rs 19,755

Hyderabad – Penang Rs 17,650

Hyderabad-Singapore Rs 17,120

Hyderabad-Bali Rs 24,000

Hyderabad-Hong Kong Rs 20,000

Exit flights out of Mumbai will cost:

Mumbai-Kuala Lumpur Rs 15,600
Mumbai-Langkawi Rs 19,755
Mumbai-Penang Rs 17,650
Mumbai -Singapore Rs 17,120
Mumbai-Hong Kong Rs 20,000

Malaysia Airlines will run similar flights from Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The airlines’ from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to Australia and New Zealand are also available at decent airfares, thus providing travelers with a lot of options.