MAS Offers Special Fares And Holiday Packages At MATTA Travel Fair

March 14, 2012 20:50 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 (Bernama) -- Malaysia Airlines System Bhd (MAS) is offering attractive domestic and international travel airfares, MASholidays packages and travel-related products at the MATTA Travel Fair from March 16-18, 2012.

In a statement Wednesday, MAS said all-inclusive discounted airfares for economy and business class would be available through its appointed agents participating in the fair while MASholidays would offer domestic and international holiday package promotional fares.

"Business class travellers can enjoy all-inclusive return air fares from RM1,899 to Phnom Penh, Manila and Hanoi, RM3,699 to both Beijing and Hong Kong, RM4,899 to Seoul and Male and RM10,015 to Los Angeles.

"Similar fares to London start from RM20,999 and passengers will enjoy the travel comfort of the Airbus A380-800 on selected days starting from July 2012," it said.

MAS said its unit, Firefly, would also offer great deals to destinations like Koh Samui, Langkawi, Terengganu, Kota Bahru, Penang, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching. MAS said those interested and not be able to make it to the PWTC to grab these deals could get them via its website at www.malaysiaairlines.com, call centre at 1-300-88-3000 and ticket offices nationwide.

-- BERNAMA

MAS Launches The Big Flight Competition

March 23, 2012 19:04 PM

Malaysia Airlines' A380 'The Big Flight' competition. Pic: Courtesy of Malaysia AirlinesKUALA LUMPUR, March 23 (Bernama) -- Malaysia Airlines today launched 'The Big Flight' competition at its official YouTube brand channel which will see the winners earning a joyride on the airline's A380 plane.

In a statement, MAS said those interested in the competition need to submit a short video by April 22, stating why they are unique and deserve to fly on the Malaysia Airlines A380 Joyride.

Participants must be Malaysian, aged 18-years and above with a valid passport. Twenty shortlisted videos will be chosen based on creativity, originality and overall impression.

The shortlisted videos will then be put up on YouTube for voting by the public, and the top eight most voted videos will win the joyride tickets.

Its Marketing and Promotions Senior Vice President, Al-Ishsal Ishak said the competition was part of the airline's "A380 Pride of Nation" campaign, launched earlier this month.

Details on the competition and video submissions can be found at http://www.youtube.com/MalaysiaAirlines.

Malaysia Airlines is expected to receive the first of six A380 aircraft in mid-June this year.

The aircraft will have 494 seats in a three-class configuration comprising eight First Class, 66 Business Class seats and 420 Economy Class seats.

The A-380 will fly the Kuala Lumpur-London route from July. -- BERNAMA