SEPANG, Aug 6 — Malaysia Airlines (MAS) began its daily flights to Dubai, with its inaugural flight taking off from the KL International Airport (KLIA) at 11.30pm yesterday.
MAS commercial director Dr Hugh Noel Dunleavy said: “Dubai is a tourism, trade and logistics hub which has earned itself the reputation as being the gateway between the east and the west.”
He said Dubai, home to just over two million people of more than 200 nationalities, is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world.
“With world-class shopping and leisure facilities, Dubai is a popular destination for business and leisure,” he told Bernama after a simple send-off reception at the KLIA last night.
“As we expand our network, we want to prepare our products and services to serve our guests better each time they fly with us.
“Our focus is ultimately customer satisfaction.” he added.
In the meantime, MASholidays, the travel and tour arm of MAS, is also offering two tour packages to Dubai in conjunction with the national carrier’s commencement of services to the United Arab Emirates’ capital.
Customers can choose from two packages of either group or individual departure.
The five-day and three-night packages are priced at RM3,499 and RM2,840, respectively, for inaugural date departures.
The packages would take guests to experience several iconic landmarks in Dubai including the famous Burj Khalifa.
A two-class configured Boeing 777-200 aircraft would be operated on this Kuala Lumpur-Dubai-Kuala Lumpur route and it would offer a total capacity of 282 seats on each flight, equivalent to 3,948 seats weekly. — Bernama
