Firefly Going to Kota Kinabalu & Kuching in 2011

Firefly now flies from Main Terminal Building, KLIA to Kuching and Kota Kinabalu on B737-800 aircraft.

This is actually something new for frequent flyer who always see Firefly as small airplane flying only short routes.

The Price is RM9 ticket + RM30 service charge. You can upgrade to Premium class with additional RM30.

There are 50,000 seats up for grabs, so get yours now. Booking period: 8 Nov - 14, ’10; travel period: 15 Jan to 31 May, ’11.

Example of flight schedule.

(KLIA)(KUL) - Kota Kinabalu (BKI)

Flight	Departs	Arrives
FY 502	06:55 AM (KUL)	09:30 AM (BKI)
FY 514	01:05 PM (KUL)	03:40 PM (BKI)
FY 528	07:15 PM (KUL)	09:50 PM (BKI)

Kota Kinabalu(BKI) to Kuala Lumpur (KLIA)(KUL)

Flight	Departs	Arrives
FY 501	10:00 AM (BKI)	12:25 PM (KUL)
FY 513	04:10 PM (BKI)	06:35 PM (KUL)
FY 527	10:20 PM (BKI)	12:45 AM (KUL)+

MAS makes Kota Kinabalu its Eastern Hub

Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines is making Kota Kinabalu its eastern hub to tap into major international destinations from the Far East to Australia.

MAS would operate 3 new non-stop weekly services to Haneda & 2 weekly non-stop flights to Osaka, Japan starting NOV 15, 2010 and Jan 15, 2011 respectively.

Other new direction flights to destinations in China, Indonesia and Australia would be announced later. In addition, he said MAS would also double its service to Seoul, South Korea, from 2 to 4 flights a week.

Kuching would have more access to these international destinations as flights connecting it to Kota Kinabalu are increased to 25 flights weekly from the current 14 flights by Malaysia Airlines.