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By T. S. Shankar
CHENNAI, NOV. 18. Effective December 16, Malaysia Airlines, the national carrier of Malaysia, will launch return direct flights from Ahmedabad to Kuala Lumpur. With this new service, the seat capacity will increase to 8,128 per week from 5,844 seats and the total number of flights to 26 per week from 23. The airline will operate the Airbus 330-300 series aircraft with a total of 290 seats per flight, comprising 42 Business class seats and 248 Economy class passenger seats. The tri-weekly services from Ahmedabad will be on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The five-hour-and-five-minute flight will depart from the Sardar Vallabhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, India, at 2335 hrs (Local time) and arrive at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), Kuala Lumpur at 0705 hrs (Malaysia Time). The return flight will depart from KLIA, Kuala Lumpur at 1930 hrs (Malaysia Time) and arrive at 2205 hrs (Local time) at Ahmedabad. With the return direct flight, Malaysia Airlines will have direct connectivity from six different routes in India. The Area Manager, Malaysia Airlines, Zainal Abidin Sulaiman, said "The State of Gujarat plays a significant role in the Indian outbound air traffic. The Marketing Manager, South Asia, Malaysia Airlines, Sonia Dutt, said the leisure and business segment in Gujarat contributed almost 70 per cent of the air traffic. We expect the air traffic to grow by 12-16 per cent annually with the new service." "The new route is part of our expansion plan in India and demonstrates our commitment to an emerging economic giant like India," she added. Malaysia Airlines at present operates daily (seven times per week) from Chennai, four weekly flights from New Delhi and Mumbai, twice-weekly flight from Bangalore and once weekly flight from Hyderabad. Globally, the airline has a fleet of over 100 planes connecting more than 100 destinations. The airline started its operations in India in 1972 from Chennai.
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