MUMBAI: India has actually become the single most significant market for Malaysia Airlines Berhad and the provider has actually included capability in this market by taking out its flights from the Asean and domestic networks.
Presently running 77 weekly flights to 10 cities in India, the airline company has actually flown 13 lakh individuals in & & out of the nation in the very first half of this fiscal year. It will raise the frequency to 80 weekly flights this Dec and after that include more next year.“India is the top market for us in terms of both revenue and passenger numbers among the 24 countries and 67 territories that we fly to. Australia and Europe are the second and third biggest markets for us after India,” Izham bin Ismail, group MD of Malaysia Aviation Group Berhad, informed TOI.With the flying rights to cities tired under the existing India-Malaysia bilaterals, the airline company prepares to include flights to the non cities here next year as it sees a great deal of traffic capacity from there too. “India is a very important market to us. And we intend to grow (in) India in the future. We are evaluating other non-metro cities where we could deploy. We have also been increasing frequency on some India routes. We have a code share with IndiGo that helps passengers connect to their domestic network,” Ismail, who had actually signed up with the airline company as a pilot in 1979, and after that increased through the ranks, stated.
He sees India as a “very promising” market with travel needs from all quarters like leisure, premium and checking out buddies and loved ones. “The Indian economy is growing at a truly impressive pace. Urbanisation here is on the rise. Indian carriers have over 2,000 aircraft on order. Middle class income here is growing. We see the Indian population predominantly has very stable disposable income,” he stated.“So, we put more capacity into India by sacrificing our capacity into Asean & domestic Malaysia. We redirected those capacities to India. I am glad we took a bet on India at the right time,” he stated.