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Coming Soon: Better Meals from Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines 9M-MLQ 2014-07-15 09.28.21

Malaysia Airlines will revamp its economy class meals to give more value for its customers. Yes, you heard it right. Economy class passengers will enjoy better meals in the future.

Malaysia Airlines Chief Commercial Officer, Paul Simmons has said the new menu have improvement in ingredients by having more than double the protein size and bigger portions. Besides, overall presentation of the meal will also be improved.

Passengers for short-haul flights will be able to enjoy better in-flight dining experience as hot meals will be introduced for them. All these improvements have added 20% of the overall meal cost.

“This (hot meal) includes dishes such as Japanese inspired appetiser shrimp salad with spring onion, sesame seed chicken teriyaki served with Japanese rice and also Korean influenced kimchi chicken with Asian greens and deep fried queen fish and Kung Pao sauce for North Asian destinations”, said Malaysia Airlines in a statement.

“More Malaysian dishes will also be served on flights between Kuala Lumpur to Australia including curry and rendang as part of the airline’s move to provide a truly Malaysian experience to reflect the cultural richness of the national airline,” it added.

Source: The Star

[ AirAsia Deal ] Flights as cheap as RM 0.59

In conjunction with Malaysia’s 59th National Day which falls on 31 August 2016, AirAsia has a special deal for domestic and international destinations. Destinations include but not limited to Johor Bahru, Miri, Siem Reap, Palembang, Macao, Osaka and Shanghai.

AirAsia - RM 0.59 promotion (Picture from AirAsia Facebook Page) — AirAsia – RM 0.59 promotion (Picture from AirAsia Facebook Page)

Of note, airport tax is not included in the price. BOOK NOW at airasia.com!

[ MH370 Update ] Search Will Conclude in December 2016

9M-MRO, the aircraft involved in MH370. Picture by planespotters.net. — 9M-MRO, the aircraft involved in MH370. Original picture by planespotters.net.

Canberra, August 24th 2016: The Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre (JACC) said the Australian-led search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is expected to wrap up in December.

The search will be suspended indefinitely if there is no new evidence found. It was originally scheduled to finish in August, but bad weather and unexpected search vessel maintenance has pushed forward the schedule.

The latest statement, jointly released by JACC as well as Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said over 110,000 square kilometers out of 120,000 square kilometers total search zone has been thoroughly explored.

About MH370: On March 8th 2014, the airplane vanished while it is on its way to Beijing, China. No major piece of wreckage has found. It is believed to be crashed at a remote location in Indian Ocean.

Malaysia Airlines Alert: Rescheduling of flights to/from London

Malaysia Airlines Logo

Malaysia Airlines, from its Facebook page, has posted an announcement about its flights to/from London. Below is the announcement:

[ALERT] FLIGHT OPERATIONS TO/FROM LONDON
Due to the current severe weather conditions across the United Kingdom, Malaysia Airlines flight operations to/from London Heathrow may be retimed.
Please check status of your flight with us at http://bit.ly/MHflightstatus or call us at toll free number 1 300 88 3000 (within Malaysia) or +603 7843 3000 (from outside Malaysia) for updates.

The weather disruption is due to the severe accumulation of snow. LANDASAN would like to advise our visitors to check with your respective airlines for rescheduling and keep yourself updated with current information.

Airport Authority Hong Kong sets Record Profit

Hong Kong International Airport (Terminal 1) Internal view 2012-08-26

Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK), a statutory body in charge of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) earned USD 725 million in profit for fiscal year ending March 31st 2013, according to a BERNAMA news article, citing China’s Xinhua News Agency as the source.

In terms of revenue, the increase is stands high at 8.1%. Passenger throughput, flight and cargo movements have also increased compared to the previous year. The revenue increase is said to be mostly contributed by the increased spending at retail concessions located throughout the airport.

Hong Kong International Airport provides comfortable seating areas as well as vast array of food choices available, catering different dietary needs and preferences. Besides, its toilets are also serviced frequently. Like Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), HKIA also provides free Wi-Fi at most areas.