PETALING JAYA: Bargain hunters will be spoilt for choice when selecting deals now with the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) Fair kicking off today after more than a year-long hiatus.
Malaysia Airlines, which is the official airline for the two-day event, as well as its sister company Firefly, will offer discounts of up to 35% on airfares to all holiday destinations in Malaysia and selected international destinations within its network.
From now until Nov 28, customers can purchase their discounted tickets via the Malaysia Airlines and Firefly websites for immediate travel up to June 30.
Holidaymakers can plan their travel from as low as RM79 all-in one-way to all destinations within Peninsular Malaysia via its Economy Lite fare and the national carrier will also be offering airfares as low as RM579 all-in return to 10 international destinations.
This includes London, Sydney, Melbourne, Kathmandu, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Phuket, Bali, Jakarta and Bangkok.
Malaysia Airlines group chief marketing and customer experience officer Lau Yin May said the airlines, which received a seven-star rating for Covid-19 health and safety measures from Airline Rating, remained committed to providing the best and safest experience for customers.
“We want to assure passengers that we continue to take all the necessary precautions to ensure the safety of our customers and our crew so that we can all have peace of mind and continue to #FlyConfidently.
“As air travel gradually picks up domestically and internationally following the Malaysia-Singapore Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) announcement, we look forward to welcoming guests to experience enhanced and dedicated Malaysian Hospitality while continuing to play our role to revitalise the travel industry,” Lau said.
The MATTA Fair offers free admission and only allows fully-vaccinated visitors to be in the hall but visitors should avoid bringing young children to the fair, as advised by the Health Ministry.
Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines (SIA) will also reactivate their codeshare agreement between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur and expand it to 15 domestic destinations in Malaysia, seven cities in Europe, and two cities in South Africa.
This follows the announcement that Malaysia and Singapore will introduce a VTL arrangement from Nov 29, allowing customers to travel seamlessly for business or leisure.
The significant expansion of codeshare arrangements within Malaysia and beyond the two countries came amid the gradual reopening of international borders and increasing demand for air travel, the airlines said in a joint statement.
Customers of SIA will be able to take advantage of Malaysia Airlines flights to and from Kuala Lumpur as the airline adds 15 new codeshare destinations in Malaysia.
The destinations are Alor Setar, Bintulu, Johor Baru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Terengganu, Kuantan, Kuching, Labuan, Langkawi, Miri, Penang, Sandakan, Sibu and Tawau.
Meanwhile, from Jan 1 next year, Malaysia Airlines customers will be able to book flights from Singapore to cities such as Barcelona, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Moscow, Munich, Rome, Zurich, Cape Town and Johannesburg on SIA.
These codeshare agreements will gradually be expanded to include other points on the Singapore Airlines or Malaysia Airlines network.
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