Malaysia Airlines relaunches Dubai service

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Malaysia Airlines has announced the relaunch of its service to Dubai starting August 5. The daily Dubai-Kuala Lumpur return services - MH163 and MH162, using a Boeing 777-200 aircraft - offers a total capacity of 282 seats in each flight, equivalent to 3,948 seats weekly. In conjunction with the re-introduction of service after a gap of 18 months, Malaysia's national carrier is offering attractive promotional fares that start from only Dh1,765 for an all-inclusive economy-class return travel. Business class starts from as low as Dh7,265 for an all-inclusive return journey. Bookings for the promo fares are open until July 22 and applicable until September, the airline said in a statement. Beginning August 6, flight MH163 will depart Dubai daily at 4:10am to arrive at Kuala Lumpur at 3:25pm. The return flight, MH162, departs Kuala Lumpur daily at 11:30pm and will arrive in Dubai at 2:20am the next day. Malaysia Airlines group chief executive officer, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said: "Dubai was one of the routes that were suspended in our route rationalisation exercise in January 2012. We continuously monitor market demand, and are happy to be able to add back Dubai into Malaysia Airlines network to extend our reach and strengthen our offering to customers," he said. Malaysia Airlines offers direct non-stop service to Malaysia with connectivity to others such as the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from Dubai. The carrier received its five-star airline certification at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2013, joining an elite group of airlines for their truly consistent and high quality of product and service. Malaysia Airlines has been steadily growing its reach and capacity in the past year. The introduction of the A380 fleet in July 2012 now sees the new aircraft put on thick routes to London, Paris and Hong Kong. The carrier's network footprint has also been deepened with increased frequencies, daily and weekly, to key business and leisure cities around Asia. In addition, the network is expanded through its various code share agreements and its membership in the oneworld airline alliance since February 2013. Al Rais Travel & Shipping Agencies is the general sales agent for Malaysia Airlines in the UAE.