Malaysia
Airlines, celebrating its 40th anniversary flight operations between
Kuala Lumpur and the Thai capital of Bangkok, commences its 5th daily
service on this route effective 28 October 2012.
In
addition to the existing 4 daily services, the new daily flight MH796
will depart Kuala Lumpur at 9.55pm to arrive Bangkok at 11.00pm while
the return
flight from the Thai capital departs daily at
6.20am to arrive Kuala Lumpur at 9.30am. This flight will be operated
using a 160-seater B737-800 aircraft comprising 16 in Business
Class and 144 in Economy Class seats.
Together
with the existing 4x daily flights and the new daily flight from 29
October 2012, Malaysia Airlines will offer a total weekly capacity of
5568 seats in each direction, a 25% increase from the current
capacity of 4448 seats.
In
addition, Malaysia Airlines will continue with its twice daily
B737-800 services between Phuket and Kuala Lumpur and also its code
share operations with Bangkok Air for Bangkok-Koh Samui (31 times
weekly flights), Bangkok-Phuket (14 times weekly flights),
Bangkok-Chiang Mai (14 times weekly flights), Koh Samui-Phuket (14
times weekly flights) and Koh Samui-Kuala Lumpur (daily
flight).
Customers
planning their travel on the above services can book and
pay through all distribution channels mainlywww.malaysiaairlines.com,
Malaysia
Airlines 24 hours toll free number 1 300 88 3000, Malaysia Airlines
ticket offices and appointed agents throughout Malaysia.