EgyptAir plans more direct India-Kuala Lumpur flights

Spurred by overwhelming response to its recently launched direct flights between Mumbai and Kuala Lumpur, EgyptAir plans to add more direct flights to Malaysia from major Indian cities. EgyptAir’s Mumbai-based regional manager Ahmed Wasfy said the airline will operate direct flights from New Delhi and Ahmedabad, the largest city in Gujarat, to Malaysia from next year. Due to strong demand from Egyptian and Indian passengers the airline will also increase its present twice-weekly services to thrice a week to Kuala Lumpur from July. “Malaysia is a new market for us and our flights are already 90 per cent full on the Mumbai-KL route. People trust EgyptAir as it is safe, cheap and direct to KL, so we expect the demand to be there all season,” Ahmed said. The 75-year-old airline flies its Airbus 330 to Malaysia on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and vice-versa.

Ahmed said the number of people travelling from Malaysia to the Middle East is gradually on the rise while Malaysia is a favourite destination among Egyptians, hence the Cairo-Mumbai-KL route serves as a vital air link connecting these destinations. “KL has been in our long term plan for a long time but due to high operational costs we did not operate but now via Mumbai, we can fly cheaper to KL,” he added. “By adding this route, we are offering convenient connections to the people of Malaysia to fly to Cairo as well as to Mumbai. We see a lot of potential in this route.” EgyptAir, added Ahmed, plans to modify the current schedule of the Cairo-Mumbai-KL route so that the onward connections to Europe and the US will see shorter transit times, such that within two hours of arriving in Cairo, passengers could connect to the European sector. EgyptAir targets about 12,800 passengers to fly the Mumbai-KL sector by year-end.

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