Malaysia

Over 80% of low-cost airline tickets sold out for Aidilfitri

Kuala Lumpur-Tawau, Johor Baru-Kuching among popular routes, says AirAsia Malaysia CEO

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 14 Apr 2023 10:13PM

Over 80% of low-cost airline tickets sold out for Aidilfitri
The newest low-cost airline MYAirline Sdn Bhd received a positive response when between 85 and 90% of its tickets for all destinations were sold in conjunction with the festival. – ABDUL RAZAK LATIF/The Vibes file pic, April 14, 2023

KUALA LUMPUR – More than 80% of low-cost airline tickets have been sold out one week before Aidilfitri.

AirAsia Malaysia chief executive officer, Riad Asmat said as of yesterday, the company has managed to sell about 82% of the 11,400 additional seats for the period from April 19 until April 22.

He said among the most popular routes are Kuala Lumpur-Tawau, Johor Baru-Kuching, Johor Baru-Sibu and Kuala Lumpur-Kuching.

“However, there are still seats available for low-cost fixed-price tickets such as Kota Kinabalu to Johor Baru, Johor Baru to Kota Kinabalu, Bintulu to Kuala Lumpur, Kuching to Johor Baru, Miri to Johor Baru, Sibu to Johor Baru and Kuala Lumpur, and Tawau to Kuala Lumpur for the same period,” he said.

Seats for special additional flights at fixed low-cost prices for flights between April 28 and May 1 are still available.

On March 7, the company launched 124 special additional fixed low-cost flights for Aidilfitri between April 19 and May 1.

Meanwhile, the newest low-cost airline MYAirline Sdn Bhd received a positive response when between 85 and 90% of its tickets for all destinations were sold in conjunction with the festival.

Its chief executive officer Rayner Teo said Kota Baru, Tawau and Kota Kinabalu received high demands to date.

“For now, there are still seats available but they are selling fast.

“We will also be adding two additional flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Baru from April 19 to April 21.

“We have already increased flights from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau from once a day to twice a day following high demand,” he added. – Bernama, April 14, 2023

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