Firefly Holiday launches seven CNY online holiday packages

KUALA LUMPUR: Firefly Holiday will launch seven online holiday packages from Jan 16 until the end of the month mainly to domestic and neighbouring beach destinations covered by the airline's network. Packages start from RM509 for three days/ two nights Subang to Langkawi, inclusive of flights on Firefly with twin share accommodation at Awana Porto Malai Langkawi.

"We're providing customers with a selection of beach and island getaways, each with their own attractions and charms. "We"re also promoting Singapore as there are some fairly new attractions in the Lion City such as Resorts World Sentosa and the Singapore Flyer," said head of marketing & communications Angelina C Fernandez in a statement today.

Other packages, inclusive of flights and accommodation, include : 3 days/ 2 nights Penang free & easy at Hard Rock Hotel Penang from RM689; 3 days/ 2 nights Phuket free & easy at Baramee Resort from RM619; 4 days/ 3 nights Medan Lake Toba full board package at Inna Parapat & Sibayak/ Grand Mutiara Hotel Berastagi & Best Western Asean International Hotel in Medan from RM819; 3 days/ 2 nights Koh Samui free & easy at Samui Cliff View Resort & Spa from RM979; 3 days/ 2 nights Singapore free & easy at Concorde Hotel Singapore from RM1,139; 4 days/ 3 nights fly and cruise with SuperStar Libra (Penang - Phuket - Krabi - Penang) with return flights departing from Subang to Penang, from RM1,249.

"We realise that parents with young children may want to combine their holiday with an educational visit to some attractions such as Singapore Night Safari and Science Centre Singapore, to name a few," she added. The wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines said the packages were offered in conjunction with the Chinese New Year holiday season. Firefly operates a fleet of 12 ATR 72-500 turboprop out of Penang and Subang, connecting secondary destinations within the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle as well as providing air linkages between Malaysia and Singapore.

Meanwhile Bernama reported from Singapore Jetstar has announced new routes and services which will see the budget airline kicing off the year with an additional 8,500 seats for its hub here. The extra capacity includes over 40 new weekly services to popular destinations in Australia, Japan, Vietnam and Greater China.

Today the airline announced a second daily service on the Singapore-Taipei-Osaka route and three new weekly services between Singapore and Darwin, bringing the weekly offering to 10.
The airline is also adding a new Darwin-Manila-Narita service. This new capacity follows the commencement last month of new routes to Guangzhou and Hanoi and additional services to Ho Chi Minh City.

Jetstar Group chief executive officer, Bruce Buchanan, said adding services on popular routes was contributing to the carrier's "critical mass" across Asia-Pacific. "The growth in low-fare services from our hub here is creating new travel demand in the region, which then fuels more growth and gives us economies of scale to keep the low fares coming," he said at the launch of the new services here today. Buchanan said this year, the airline would focus on joining more dots on its route map, particularly in terms of a revitalised Vietnam presence and a new network with Jetstar Japan. "Our goal is to be the number one low-cost carrier in all of the markets we operate by combining low fares, customer choice and great service," he said.

Meanwhile, Jetstar Asia chief executive officer, Chong Phit Lian, said new fleet capacity had allowed the carrier to focus both on expanding capacity on existing routes but also on new market opportunities. She said boosting services on its popular routes like Singapore-Taipei-Osaka would give Jetstar Asia great momentum to start 2012.

As part of network changes announced today, Jetstar will suspend services between Singapore and Macau from Feb 5, 2012. Jetstar, which flies to almost 60 destinations in 17 countries, is the fastest growing low-cost airline in Asia-Pacific.
-Bernama.