KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is using the 283-seater A330-300 aircraft for flights to five Australian destinations as from yesterday.
In a statement, MAS said the aircraft upgrade aimed to give the passengers a more comfortable journey.
“The upgrade follows the final B777 service which was phased out from the KL-Sydney route yesterday,” it said.
Its head of network and revenue management, Shihaj Abdulla Kutty, said the Australia/New Zealand segment of MAS network remained an important market for operations, especially for the connectivity it provided on the Kangaroo route to and from Europe.
“With the switch, we have also adjusted some flight timings and days of operations to provide better connectivity for our customers travelling beyond Kuala Lumpur,” Shihaj said.
Currently, MAS operates twice daily KL-Melbourne and KL-Sydney flights, ten weekly flights between KL-Perth, daily flights between KL-Adelaide and five weekly flights between KL-Brisbane. — Bernama