MAS gets RM20m to re-accommodate AirAsia X passengers for cancelled routes

UPDATED @ 09:44:45 PM 27-03-2012

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal

Mar 27, 2012

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar twenty-seven Malaysia Airlines pronounced currently it has already earned RM20 million to re-accommodate AirAsia X's passengers who have purchased tickets for recently cancelled routes Mubai, Delhi, London as well as Paris.

The inhabitant conduit pronounced it entered a re-accommodation agreement (RA) with AirAsia X, which will ensure a moody send for manage to buy as well as premium class passengers holding confirmed AirAsia X tickets issued prior to Jan 31. The moody transfers would take place in between Mar 28 to October twenty-seven this year.

Under a terms of a RA, MAS will embrace upfront money payments or pre-payments on tickets for a re-accommodated passengers prior to departure as well as which to date,it has received a prepayment of RM20 million in cash.

"Malaysia Airlines benefits as it is able to achieve higher passenger numbers on a flights which would be incremental to a normal load patterns. Hence, a related income from this arrangement is pure incremental income for a airline as well as would significantly contribute to a profitability of Malaysia Airlines," pronounced a matter from MAS this evening.

The matter combined which a new arrangements were motionless after considering excess seats accessible as well as concluded costs, as well as denied which a understanding would be unfavourable to a inhabitant carrier.

"Recent reports which Malaysia Airlines may have re-accommodated AirAsia X passengers without remuneration or during rates unfavourable to a inhabitant airline are unfounded as well as untrue," it said.

The Malaysian Insiderreported final Dec plans by AirAsia X to stop a renouned budget flights to London, Paris, Delhi as well as Mumba! i due to mounting losses. The long-haul affiliate of AirAsia additionally announced final week which it would stop flights to as well as from New Zealand by a end of May.

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