Firefly Opens New Regional Malaysian Base

FIREFLY, the low-cost subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines, is to open a new regional base at Senai International Airport in Johor Bahru this summer. It will offer a twice daily service to Kuching from 19MAY11 and a twice daily link to Kota Kinabalu from 16JUN11, with plans to offer international connections to Indonesia – Jakarta, Surabaya and Bandung – before the emd of the year. Further expansion will take place at its existing bases too. A three-times weekly Kuala Terengganu – Singapore route will be launched from 27MAR11, while from 15MAY11 frequencies on its trunk Kuala Lumpur - Kota Kinabalu link will be increased from three-times daily to six-times daily. From 01JUN11 it will serve Kuala Lumpur - Kuching seven times every day (up from four flights per day), while new flights from Kuala Lumpur to Miri and Sibu will be launched on 01JUL11 and 01AUG11 respectively.