MAS to bring more tourists

MAS to bring more tourists

JAKARTA (JP): Malaysian Airlines System (MAS) plans to carry three tourist package groups monthly to Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi, starting this month, an executive said.

The chief of the MAS Ujungpandang office, Chalik Abdul Samad, was quoted by Antara as saying Saturday that the airline started serving the Kuala Lumpur-Ujungpandang route twice weekly in mid 1995 but the occupancy rate never reached 50 percent.

"That is why we are proactive in promoting this route," said Chalik.

He said that under the promotion, for example, in late October MAS transported 120 bank employees from Malaysia to Ujungpandang on a five-day package tour.(10)