Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) announced it will relocate the jet aircraft operations of its regional subsidiary Firefly at Subang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (Subang) to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) from August 19.
In a statement, MAG stated the jet operation operated by Boeing 737-800 aircraft currently operated at Subang that will be shifted to KLIA 1 will start with its flights to Tawau on August 19 followed by a phased rollout to key domestic and regional destinations. Flights to Kuching and Kota Kinabalu will start on August 21, followed by Singapore Changi (August 22), Johor Bahru (August 23), Kota Bahru and Terangganu (August 30), Sibu (September 3).
Along with the shift of the jet operations to KLIA, Firefly will increase its existing flights between KLIA to Penang from two-times weekly to six-weekly starting August 23 before further increasing it to 10-times weekly in November.
Meanwhile, flights operated by ATR turboprop aircraft from Subang will continue to destinations including Alor Setar, Johor Bahru, Kota Bharu, Langkawi, Penang, Kuala Terengganu, and Singapore Seletar.
Speaking about the shift of jet operations from Subang to KLIA, MAG's Group Managing Director Datuk Captain Izham Ismail said: “The move to KUL allows Firefly to scale its jet operations more efficiently, improve passenger connectivity and better leverage MAG’s shared capabilities in engineering, ground handling and catering.”
Regarding the future of Firefly's operations at Subang, Ismail added: “SZB will continue to play an important role in Firefly’s network through its turboprop operations, which provide essential connectivity across key domestic and regional routes.”
From the two Kuala Lumpur-area hubs, Firefly will operate more than 260 weekly flights to 15 destinations within Malaysia and Southeast Asia.
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