AIR France will suspend its four-times weekly flights between Kuala Lumpur and Paris from October 26, just 30 months after launching the route in April 2013.
Explaining the reason behind the suspension, Aude-Lise Combier, country manager for Air France-KLM in Malaysia, said: “While there is good load factor, the yield is low and we don’t see a short term improvement in yield.”
The carrier’s network and connections will still allow passengers from Kuala Lumpur to continue to fly daily from Kuala Lumpur to Paris via Singapore or Amsterdam from October 26 and the Air France–KLM office in Kuala Lumpur will continue to operate as usual.
Abdul Rahman Mohamed, deputy general manager, channel management of Mayflower Acme Tours, said: “With only Malaysia Airlines flying on the Kuala Lumpur–Paris-Charles de Gaulle route from October 26, I foresee a shortage in capacity to Paris during the peak outbound travel period during the year-end school holidays.
“Passengers from Johor will not mind taking an Air France flight from Singapore but for those in Kuala Lumpur and the city outskirts, they will still prefer a direct connection.”
