The Ashgabat-Kuala Lumpur flight, which is operated by the Boeing 777-200 aircraft will fly once a week with a seating capacity of 291 passengers on each flight.
To celebrate this special occasion, the passengers on the inaugural flight were welcomed by the Director of International Promotions Division (America/Europe/Oceania) of Tourism Malaysia Datin Normasila Musa, along with Malaysia’s Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi and the Turkmenistan Ambassador to Malaysia Yazkuli Mammedov. They were also greeted by a Malaysian cultural group and received goodie bags from Tourism Malaysia.
Deputy Chief Executive of the “Turkmenhovayollary” National State Service of Turkmenistan Tanryguly Gurbanmuhammedov; Deputy General Director of Ashgabat International Eduard Muradov; and Head of the Department of International Relations of the State Tourism Committee of Turkmenistan Abdyrahman Mammetniyazov were also among the passengers on board the inaugural flight.
In addition, Turkmenistan Airlines has also invited 12 Turkmenistan tour agents and two media representatives to participate in this inaugural flight. They will get to experience Malaysia’s tourism offerings through a nine-day fam trip to Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Melaka, and Langkawi from 13 to 20 February.
Besides that, they will also be attending a ‘Get to Know Malaysia’ session organised by Tourism Malaysia at the Saloma Theatre Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, which will give them an opportunity to meet and network with the Malaysian tour agents. The session will also include presentations by Tourism Malaysia, the Malaysian Association of Tour & Travel Agents (MATTA), and the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH).
-Tourism Malaysia.
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