Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Malaysia Airlines will expand in China with the launch of flights to Chengdu in January 2026 as part of broader network growth aiming to tap regional demand.

Kuala Lumpur International Airport says increasing service to China is driving a rise in international passenger traffic, which grew 10.3% from June to July.

Batik Air Malaysia is planning a significant boost to Australasian services as a key part of efforts to expand international connecting traffic, the CEO says.

All the important data related to Kuala Lumpur International Airport in recent years.

AirAsia parent Capital A has identified Saudi Arabia as a “top priority market” for expansion, beginning with new routes from Kuala Lumpur to Riyadh and Dammam.

AirAsia is pulling its only two routes from Malaysia's Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, also known as Subang Airport, six months after resuming operations there.

Twenty-five organisations are being recognised in this year’s edition of the Routes Asia Awards. Meet our finalists.

Exhibiting at Routes World 2024 in Bahrain, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad showcased recent successes and core target markets for expansion.

Malaysia Airlines will reintroduce service linking Kuala Lumpur with Paris next year, nine years after the flag carrier suspended the route in 2016.

Kuala Lumpur-Singapore ranks as the busiest international route by capacity during 2023 with almost 5 million seats offered between the destinations.

New routes to Melbourne and Perth are being launched by Batik Air Malaysia and AirAsia.

Malaysia Airlines is operating the new routes to ATQ and TRV twice weekly with Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Emirates passengers will be able to connect at Kuala Lumpur via the carrier’s flights from Dubai.

Amritsar, the Indian city home to the most famous Sikh temple in the world, will become a new point in Malaysia Airlines’ network from November.

Traffic rights have been awarded for new services to destinations including Tashkent and Almaty.

LCC group AirAsia announced the launch of three new routes from Malaysia to China, flying from Kuala Lumpur to Quanzhou, Guilin and Chengdu, starting in June.

Batik Air Malaysia currently operates nonstop Australian flights to Melbourne and Perth.

This year’s edition of the event in Chiang Mai will see the return of the Awards ceremony dedicated to recognising excellence in route development across Asia Pacific's airlines, airports and destinations.

Kuala Lumpur-based airline deepened its codeshare relationship with Qatar Airways earlier this year.

Passenger figures for February show how COVID-19 is affecting the country.

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In the second of a two-part feature, Routesonline takes a closer look at the large airports and destinations shortlisted in two categories of the Routes Asia 2019 Marketing Awards.

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