Malaysia Airlines has high hopes for its India business, with the group chief executive saying it plans to operate flights to the country at pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2023. Bounce what people had to other destinations. We still have some things to cover, but hopefully things will change by the end of the year.
return to pre-pandemic levels
of Malaysia Airlines Group CEO Ismail Ismail hopes the airline will resume flights to India at pre-pandemic levels by the end of this year. In an interview with Businessline, Ismail said he was optimistic about India’s strong economic outlook and how it could give foreign airlines like Malaysia Airlines a leverage in the market. The report quotes him as saying:
“We aim to reach nearly 100% capacity in the Indian market by the end of this year…With GDP and healthy growth in India, we feel strongly that the CPI index is encouraging.”
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Malaysia Airlines flies to many major cities in India, including Delhi and Mumbai. But there are also plans to explore other destinations such as Tiruchirappalli and Thiruvananthapuram in South India.
slow growth
Malaysia Airlines’ India business is growing from last year’s 25 weekly flights Flight. With India opening its borders to international travelers on 27 March 2022, followed by Malaysia on 1 April, it’s the perfect time for the airline to begin a major redeployment of its fleet to the country. became.
Last year, Ismail told Simple Flying that the response to India flights was positive and airline bookings were strong. He spoke of reviewing the Indian market opportunities and gradually adding new routes, increasing frequency and upgrading. aircraft Available wherever needed to meet these demands, especially during peak travel periods.
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In fact, the company currently operates more than 50 weekly flights to India to destinations such as Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi.an important part of passenger Malaysia Airlines from India has connections to other destinations, especially Australia and New Zealand.
Open up more possibilities
There is definitely room for more flights between India and Malaysia. According to Simple Flying Route Analyst James Pearson, Five airlines to operate direct flights between Malaysia and India this summer, all from Kuala Lumpur. There are 5,027 departures between the two (doubling the number of round trips).
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However, this is still more than a quarter lower than the same period in 2019. Air flights from India to many other markets show much more growth by comparison. For example, Qatar increased by 18.4%, UAE by 12.9% and Singapore by 5.5%. Malaysia Airlines plans are expected to improve figures for the Malaysian market by the end of 2023.
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Malaysia Airlines
- IATA/ICAO code:
- MH/MAS
- Airline type:
- full service carrier
- Hub:
- Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Founded year:
- May 1, 1947
- Alliance:
- one world
- CEO:
- Izam Ismail
- Country:
- Malaysia
