MAS' new charter carrier on track for operations by 2019
A new charter carrier, under Malaysia Airlines's Project Hope, is on track to start operating by 2019. MAS said the new airline, which has yet to be named, would operate all six of its double-deck wide-body Airbus A380 aircraft. It is understood that the new carrier will be the first commercial airline in the world to serve only the Umrah and Hajj pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia and Jeddah using the A380s. According to MAS' former CE Peter Bellew, Project Hope is expected to be approved by MAS' sole shareholder Khazanah Nasional Bhd by end-2017.<br/>
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MAS' new charter carrier on track for operations by 2019
A new charter carrier, under Malaysia Airlines's Project Hope, is on track to start operating by 2019. MAS said the new airline, which has yet to be named, would operate all six of its double-deck wide-body Airbus A380 aircraft. It is understood that the new carrier will be the first commercial airline in the world to serve only the Umrah and Hajj pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia and Jeddah using the A380s. According to MAS' former CE Peter Bellew, Project Hope is expected to be approved by MAS' sole shareholder Khazanah Nasional Bhd by end-2017.<br/>
