FINNAIR and Malaysia Airlines (MAS) have established a new codeshare agreement, paving the way for more Scandinavian travellers to visit Kuala Lumpur.
Applicable for travel from December 1, selected MAS services between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong will carry the Finnair flight code. Likewise, MAS’ flight code will be used on selected Finnair services between Helsinki and London, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam.
MAS senior vice president of government & international affairs, Germal Singh, said: “The arrangement with Finnair is part of our strategy to develop commercial cooperation with oneworld alliance members as we prepare towards becoming a full member of the alliance next year. This is also our initiative towards enhancing air connectivity with key priority markets overseas for increased tourist arrivals into Malaysia as required by our government’s Economic Transformation Programme.
“Through this partnership we can expand our reach in Europe without operating our own flights between Malaysia and the Scandinavian region.,,We are confident that more tourists from the Scandinavian region will use this codeshare and visit Malaysia.”
On February 1, 2013, MAS will join the oneworld alliance, of which Finnair is a member.
To promote these codeshare services, MAS is offering all-inclusive return fares starting from RM4,396 (US$1,438) for economy class and RM13,363 for business class.
