Malaysia Airlines to capitalise on China demand
Malaysia Airlines believes that traffic from China could further drive its business and will launch more new routes to capitalise on that demand. "It is quite remarkable the number of people travelling from China to all over Southeast Asia and that looks set to grow massively over the next 10 years," says the airline's CE Peter Bellew. As part of its expansion into China announced in Nov 2016, the airline will launch 11 new routes by end-2017, representing the most number of new routes launched within a period in the carrier's history. The majority of these routes are to high growth tier-2 cities such as Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou and Tianjin. Bellew adds that MAB will cut capacity on its domestic routes due to the "huge price wars" between the 3 local carriers, and redeploy this capacity on services to China. <br/>
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Malaysia Airlines to capitalise on China demand
Malaysia Airlines believes that traffic from China could further drive its business and will launch more new routes to capitalise on that demand. "It is quite remarkable the number of people travelling from China to all over Southeast Asia and that looks set to grow massively over the next 10 years," says the airline's CE Peter Bellew. As part of its expansion into China announced in Nov 2016, the airline will launch 11 new routes by end-2017, representing the most number of new routes launched within a period in the carrier's history. The majority of these routes are to high growth tier-2 cities such as Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou and Tianjin. Bellew adds that MAB will cut capacity on its domestic routes due to the "huge price wars" between the 3 local carriers, and redeploy this capacity on services to China. <br/>
