Firefly to take over MAS ops between Kota Kinabalu, Penang

4 Mar 2022 • 10:16 AM MYT
Daily Express
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Kota Kinabalu: Firefly, a subsidiary of Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), will take over present MAS operations between KK and Penang using new Boeing 737-800s from April 11.

Firefly Chief Executive Officer Philip See said the expansion plan of Firefly was supposed to be executed in May last year but shelved due to the surge of Delta Covid variant and the of Movement Control Order (MCO) 2.0 imposed by the government.