As a part of its ongoing restructuring exercise, Malaysia Airlines is making some changes to its Indian routes that may not be welcomed by passengers looking to travel there.
Cutting Down KL-Delhi and Switching a Boeing 737 on Mumbai Flights
Namely, MAS is cutting down one of its Kuala Lumpur-Delhi flights and will also fly smaller Boeing 737s on two if its Mumbai flights.
These changes will take effect on 1st September.
What this basically means is that, while Malaysia Airlines now has double daily flights (it was 12 a week), the carrier has fewer seats on offer. In addition, there will now only be night-time flights from Delhi and Mumbai.
At the moment, MAS uses Boeings 737 and 777 on the route between Kuala Lumpur and Mumbai. With this, two of those flights will be operated by a smaller Boeing 737 aircraft.
MAS Kochi Route is Already Cancelled
The carrier has seized flying to Kochi a couple of months back, so this leaves only Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad, along with the already mentioned Delhi and Mumbai, as the only services Malaysia Airlines operates to and from India.
However, the airline will not be cutting just its Indian routes. Service to other international destination such as Brisbane, Australia and Istanbul, Turkey has also been suspended as a part of the restructuring programme.
Malaysia Airlines has been under dire financial straits for a few years, but the problems really culminated last year when the carrier lost two planes in tragic accidents.
The MH370, flying from KL to Beijing disappeared in the Indian Ocean on 8th March, with 239 on board and the MH17 was shut down over Ukraine on 17th July. The plane was carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew members on a return flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian carrier has owners now, the wealth fund Khazanah, and they have already revealed a 12-step recovery plan. One part of it is moving all MAS assets to a new company called Malaysia Airlines Berhad on 1st September this year.
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