KUALA LUMPUR, 21 FEB 2017 – Malindo Air, CAPA 2016 Asia Pacific Regional Airline of the Year, announced its new services from Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah, with a 1-hour stop-over in Ahmedabad, India, thereby offering a new option for connectivity between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.

Bookings are now open for this new service, and the introductory promotional fares for the new route are as follows:
• Kuala Lumpur – Jeddah: Business Class starts from RM3,999.00 & Economy Class starts from RM2,899 return all-in

The promotional fares include perks such as free baggage allowance, in-flight entertainment and two inflight meals.

Malindo Air will fly to King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Jeddah from KLIA Main Terminal Building twice a week starting 21 February 2017 until 25 March 2017.

This new route will be operated by Boeing 737-900ER narrow body aircraft with a seat capacity of 180, which includes 12 Business Class and 168 Economy Class seats.

From 21 February until 25 March 2017, Malindo Air flight OD267 will depart Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday and Saturday at 1.30am and arrive Ahmedabad, India at 4.30am. It will then depart Ahmedabad at 5.25am and arrive Jeddah at 8.15am. The return flight OD268 will depart Jeddah at 9.45am and arrive Ahmedabad at 5.35pm. After one hour transit, the flight will depart Ahmedabad at 6.35pm and arrive KLIA at 2.30am.

Chandran Rama Muthy, CEO of Malindo Air said “The commencement of this new route by Malindo Air to Jeddah is to enter the main gateway to the Saudi Arabian holy cities of Makkah and Madinah. This will create another affordable option for our Muslim guests to perform Umrah and Hajj.”

“Malindo Air is thrilled to add our first Middle Eastern destination to our network. We are very optimistic that the response would be very good for this route, and we already have plans to progressively increase our frequency from twice to four times weekly and daily flight during the month of Ramadan,” added Chandran.

For bookings and enquiries, visit www.malindoair.com, write in to Customer Care Centre at customer_care@malindoair.com or call +603-7841 5388 from 8am to 10pm daily.

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