Malaysia Airlines Offers More Than 8000 Extra Seats For Chinese New Year

Subang, 14 January 2013 : Malaysia Airlines (www.malaysiaairlines.com) is offering additional capacity to selected domestic and international destinations during the forthcoming Chinese New Year holidays.

A total of 8,348 additional seats are being offered by the national carrier through 36 extra flights and 10 upgraded flights to be operated from 4 February 2013 to 16 February 2013.

The 36 extra flights will be operated on the following routes:

No	Route	No of Extra Flights	Capacity Offered
1	Kuala Lumpur – Kota Kinabalu &; Return	10	2872
2	Kuala Lumpur – Tawau &; Return	2	288
3	Kuala Lumpur – Langkawi &; Return	4	576
4	Kuala Lumpur – Penang &; Return	4	576
5	Kota Kinabalu – Taipei &; Return	12	1992
6	Kuala Lumpur – Kunming &; Return	4	1128
	Total	36	7432

The 10 flights that will be upgraded from the 282-seater B772 and the 144-seater B734 aircraft to the 359-seater B744 aircraft and the 294-seater A330 Aircraft are for the following routes:-

No	Route	Initial Aircraft	Upgraded to	No of flights upgraded	No of Extra Seats Offered
1	Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo &; Return	B772	B744	8	616
2	Kuala Lumpur – Kota Kinabalu &; Return	B734	A330	2	300
	Total			10	916

The national carrier is providing the extra capacity to enable Malaysians to return home or take the opportunity to go on a short holiday during the festive season.

Malaysia Airlines will continue to monitor the situation and add more capacity on sectors where there is further demand.

Customers can book their travel on Malaysia Airlines through all distribution channels mainlywww.malaysiaairlines.com, Malaysia Airlines 24 hours toll free number 1 300 88 3000, MHBuddy in Malaysia Airlines Facebook, MHmobile, Malaysia Airlines ticket offices and appointed agents throughout Malaysia.  MASholidays packages can also be booked online at holiday.malaysiaairlines.com

-Malaysia Airlines.