MAS to double flights to HK

MAS to double flights to HK

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will double its non-stop services between Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur to 14 times a week effective on Sunday, the carrier said.

The increased service, using Airbus aircraft, will offer a total of 1,668 seats in each direction, the airline said in a statement carried by the national news agency, Bernama.

The state-controlled Malaysian carrier said it will also increase its Boeing 737 flights to Hong Kong from Kota Kinabalu, in Sabah state on northern Borneo island, from four to six times a week.

The new flight frequency increases the airline's seating capacity on Hong Kong flights by 60 percent.-- AP