Malindo aims to fly 2.25m passengers
Published on: Wednesday, October 01, 2014
SEPANG: Malindo Air aims to attract about 2.25 million passengers by year-end following the introduction of new routes, including to Singapore and Bandung, Indonesia, by November and mid-December, respectively.The hybrid airline's target is lower than the one made late last year, which aimed to achieve over three million passengers by end-2014.Chief executive officer, Chandran Rama Muthy, said late last year the airline had about one million passengers.
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"Currently, we managed to get more than half of the target and since the last three months of the year are high peak season we are confident to achieve the target," he said.Chandran said this at a media briefing after the launch of Malindo's new ticketing office by Malaysia Airports Bhd's senior general manager (operations), Datuk Azmi Murad, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) here Tuesday. For next year, he said, the airline planned to spread its wing to China, focusing on the southern region.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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"We also took delivery of our 10th ATR-72-600 last week to operate even more flights and destinations via our Subang hub," he said. –Bernama
