AirAsia, the low-coast airline based in Malaysia, has announced that it is starting daily, direct flights from Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, to the Indian cities of Kolkata (West Bengal ) and Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi (Kerala) from November 2009.
AirAsia X, the long-haul, low-cost carrier based in Kuala Lumpur, has announced that it will increase the number of flights between Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, and the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, by two return flights a week.
Malaysia Airlines, the flag-carrier airline of Malaysia, has decided to suspend its thrice-a-week flights from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) to New York (the United States) via Stockholm (Sweden) and vice-versa from October 2009.
Qatar Airways, the flag-carrier airline of Qatar, has said it is exploring the possibility of enhancing the frequency of daily flights between Sri Lanka and Doha from two to three.
Emirates Airlines, the national airline of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will start double-daily services from Dubai to Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia, from May 1, 2009.