Malaysia’s Firefly Has No Plans To Add More Turboprops, Focusing On 737s
Malaysia Airlines Group’s (MAS) subsidiary Firefly has no immediate plans to add new ATRs, even though the group has some on order, and instead it is focusing its efforts on expanding its Boeing 737-800 low-cost carrier operation. Firefly CEO, Phillip…
Malaysia Airlines To Receive Its First Boeing 737 Max 8s Next Year
Malaysia Airlines Group (MAS) will receive its first batch of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft next year and plans to use its Max 8 aircraft to replace its Boeing 737-800s. Capt. Izham Ismail, CEO of MAS, told Smart Aviation Asia…
Malaysia’s Firefly To Resume Subang-Singapore Flights
Firefly, the regional airline of flag carrier Malaysia Airlines, is reinstating flights to Singapore’s Seletar Airport from Malaysia’s Subang Airport using ATRs from mid-June. The low-cost carrier and subsidiary of Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) says in a statement it will…
Malaysia’s Firefly Forsees Full Recovery In Domestic Market Soon
Firefly, the regional airline of flag carrier Malaysia Airlines, is expanding internationally now that it has a positive outlook with regards to the Malaysia overseas airline market recovery. Philip See, CEO of Firefly, tells Smart Aviation Asia Pacific the Malaysian…
Malaysia Airlines Forecasts Domestic Market Will Recover By End Of 2022
Malaysia’s flag carrier Malaysia Airlines projects that the domestic passenger market will start to recover next quarter and achieve pre-pandemic levels by end of 2022, while the international market will fully recover in 2023 at the earliest. Malaysia Airlines group…
Best on the Web | May 2019
Our round-up of Asia-Pacific regional aviation news this month includes interesting stories on Malaysia’s Firefly, TrueNoord in Singapore, FAT Taiwan and Australian charter airline Cobham Firefly aims to add more Seletar-Malaysia routes channelnewsasia.com Malaysian Airlines’ subsidiary Firefly says it is…
