Malaysian Airlines’ no frills subsidiary, Firefly, has innaugarated flights from it’s main hub airport at Subang-Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bahru in the south of Malaysia and Alor Setar in the north of the country.
The expansion does not stop there as within the coming weeks Firefly is opening up a further four new routes. May sees the introduction of flights from Subang to Phuket and Padang on a daily basis with Batam seeing Firefly three days per week.
In June the airline introduces services from Singapore to Kuala Terengganu, again three times each week.
Reports in the Asian press indicate that Firefly is also looking to strengthen it’s Singapore network with flights to Ipoh, Kuantan, Malacca and Kuantan being considered. Should the airline get the go ahead these could also start as soon as June/july this year.
Firefly operates from it’s hubs in Subang and Penang and with the newly announced destinations the budget carrier will operate to 15 airports in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore.
All routes are operated by new ATR 72-500 aircraft with a seating capacity for 72 passengers in a single class layout. Currently the fleet consists of five ATR’s with a further five on order.
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