Saturday, August 11, 2012

Firefly to ply Penang - Koh Samui and Kota Bharu - Singapore routes

PETALING JAYA: Firefly will introduce two new routes, Kota Baru–Singapore and Penang–Koh Samui, from Aug 10 and 11 respectively. The airline will also restart its Subang–Hat Yai route on Aug 17.
The Kota Baru–Singapore and Subang–Hat Yai routes will have flights every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
Flights between Penang-Koh Samui will be on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Ticket can be purchased from www.fireflyz.com.my, Firefly’s airport and city ticketing offices, Firefly’s call-centre and travel agents.
In conjunction with the new routes, Firefly is offering special promotional airfares from RM99 for the Kota Baru–Singapore and Subang–Hat Yai routes, and RM199 for the Penang–Koh Samui route. Prices are an all-in, one-way fare.
These rates are for bookings made from July 2 to 15 for travel starting from respective commencement dates to March 30, 2013.
Firefly chief executive officer Ignatius M.C. Ong said they were mounting these new flights as they saw demand in the various respective markets.
“As such, we intend to meet the needs of our loyal customers for direct flights with convenient timings both ways,” he said.
Effective Aug 10, Firefly is also increasing the frequency of several of its flights, including Singapore–Kuantan to seven flights weekly, Subang–Pekanbaru to four flights weekly, Subang–Johor Baru to 25 flights weekly and Subang–Kota Baru to 58 flights weekly.
The other flights are Subang–Langkawi, which has been increased to 19 flights weekly, Subang–Penang to 66 flights weekly, Penang– Kota Baru to seven flights weekly and Kota Baru–Johor Baru to seven flights weekly.
SOURCE: The Star Online | 3 July 2012 | 

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