Malaysia airlines to increase Chennai, Bangalore flights

KUALA LUMPUR: Anticipating higher tourist influx from India during the coming holiday season, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has decided to increase its flight frequencies to Chennai and Bangalore.
    
As part of its new winter schedule, MAS will add two weekly flights to Chennai to the existing seven and will fly to Bangalore four times a week now.
    
The Malaysian national carrier will also use Airbus 330-300 and Airbus 330-200 aircraft, increasing the seating capacity from the current 2,920 to 3,607.
    
The additional service to Chennai will be operational from October 28, on Thursdays and Sundays, while the extra Bangalore flight will start from November three and is scheduled for Saturdays.
    
MAS regional manager for South Asia Christopher Yek said that Bangalore and Chennai were among the prominent growing gateways for the airline in the region.
    
With these additional services, Malaysia Airlines would be operating 30 weekly flights to its five gateways in India, he said.
    
MAS is already operating flights to New Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad.