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Dragonair to launch Kuala Lumpur daily flights in March
IN a move to strengthen its regional network, Dragonair announced that it will operate four daily flights between Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur next March.
The new flights will be phased in between March and May 2017 and Kuala Lumpur will become Dragonair's third destination in Malaysia - the airline already operates 11 weekly flights to Penang and five weekly flights to Kota Kinabalu. Together with Kuala Lumpur, Dragonair will be operating 44 weekly flights to Malaysia, according to the airline statement.
Cathay Pacific will cease its four daily flights to Kuala Lumpur upon the launch of the new Dragonair service. Additionally, five of Cathay Pacific's Airbus A330 aircraft will be transferred to the Dragonair fleet to support the airline's operation and growth.
"We continually review the expansion and growth plans for both Cathay Pacific and Dragonair, the latter of which will be renamed Cathay Dragon in November," said Cathay corporate development chief Paul Loo.
"Cathay remains committed to grow with the Malaysian market, and will continue to provide the same high level service to and from Malaysia," he said.
While Dragonair launches services to Kuala Lumpur, Cathay is growing its network of destinations, as reflected by the launch to Madrid in June and the service to Gatwick in London next month.
More long-haul flights are planned for 2017, said the company. The airline is expanding its fleet with the delivery of two state-of-the art Airbus A350 aircraft already and expects to take delivery of 20 more A350s by the end of 2017.
The new flights will be phased in between March and May 2017 and Kuala Lumpur will become Dragonair's third destination in Malaysia - the airline already operates 11 weekly flights to Penang and five weekly flights to Kota Kinabalu. Together with Kuala Lumpur, Dragonair will be operating 44 weekly flights to Malaysia, according to the airline statement.
Cathay Pacific will cease its four daily flights to Kuala Lumpur upon the launch of the new Dragonair service. Additionally, five of Cathay Pacific's Airbus A330 aircraft will be transferred to the Dragonair fleet to support the airline's operation and growth.
"We continually review the expansion and growth plans for both Cathay Pacific and Dragonair, the latter of which will be renamed Cathay Dragon in November," said Cathay corporate development chief Paul Loo.
"Cathay remains committed to grow with the Malaysian market, and will continue to provide the same high level service to and from Malaysia," he said.
While Dragonair launches services to Kuala Lumpur, Cathay is growing its network of destinations, as reflected by the launch to Madrid in June and the service to Gatwick in London next month.
More long-haul flights are planned for 2017, said the company. The airline is expanding its fleet with the delivery of two state-of-the art Airbus A350 aircraft already and expects to take delivery of 20 more A350s by the end of 2017.
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