KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 12): Malaysia Aviation Group Bhd (MAG) subsidiary Firefly Airlines will start narrow-body jet operations next month (January 2021) from its northern hub in Penang to Kota Kinabalu (KK), Kuching and Johor Bahru (JB) as part of MAG’s strategy to respond to Covid-19 pandemic-driven challenges in the global aviation industry.
TTG Asia, quoting Firefly chief executive officer Philip See, reported yesterday (Dec 11) that FireFly, which currently only operates turbo-propeller service in the form of ATR-72 500 aircraft, will start its narrow-body jet operations with twice-daily services between Penang and KK and Kuching, and thrice-daily services between Penang and JB. These services will be operated with a trio of Boeing 737-800 narrow body jets using excess aircraft from sister company, Malaysia Airlines (Bhd),” TTG Asia reported, quoting See, who was speaking at the fifth edition of [email protected], a two-day virtual conference organised by the Penang Convent
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