According to a report in etravelblackboardasia.com, Malaysia Airlines will reinstate two additional flights between Kuala Lumpur and Brisbane on March 28, 2010. Peter Lawlor, Tourism Minister, Queensland said that the two flights will be reinstated in 2010 following their withdrawal in 2007.

The new services will add to the existing five flights per week between Kuala Lumpur and Brisbane via Sydney. Lawlor said the non-stop Boeing 777 services from Kuala Lumpur will operate on Fridays and Sundays, adding 564 weekly seats into Queensland on top of the 705 already provided via Sydney.






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Holding Malaysian Airlines responsible for mishandling a passenger’s baggage, a consumer court here has asked it to pay Rs.315,000 - the price of the damaged luggage - alongwith with the cost of litigation.The Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission headed by Justice J.D. Kapoor earlier this week upheld a District Consumer Forum order asking the airlines to compensate Rakesh Bawa, a resident of Gurgaon, for his damaged baggage.

The airlines had filed an appeal in the state consumer commission, challenging the 2007 district forum order.

The district forum had held the airlines deficient in service in not handing over the wheel chair purchased by Rakesh from the US, which was a check-in luggage upto New Delhi, in perfect condition.



As the electronic controller of the wheel chair was found missing, the consumer forum had directed the airlines to refund the full value of the wheel chair amounting to $6,668 (Rs.315,000) with additional compensation of Rs.20,000 and Rs.2,500 as cost of litigation.

Rakesh had booked four pieces of baggage from the US to be delivered at New Delhi but only three pieces were delivered. Two pieces of baggage were damaged, the cost of one of the bag was claimed in the Property Irregularity Report to be equivalent of Rs.2,000 and the bag was stated to be two years old.



Initially, Rakesh had claimed award of $1,500 as compensation for loss of the electronic controller of the wheel chair. He later amended the amount to $6,668 on the plea that the supplier of the wheel chair in the US had informed him that he would be required to take the chair to the US to programme it and its controller together since there was no authorised dealer for the product in India.

Thaindian.com, Thailand

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Malaysia Airlines (MAS) passengers can now enjoy Indian cuisine on flights between Malaysia and India.
The new menu is complimentary in all classes of its international medium and long-haul flights.
"We deliver outstanding inflight food and beverage offerings to position our brand as a 5-star value carrier using inflight meal standards as well as halal quality," said MAS general manager for inflight services Hayati Datuk Ali in a statement.
"This initiative is the outcome of our established partnerships and relationships with internationally renowned brands, restaurants, celebrity chefs and catering personalities for related premium products and services to be featured on our flights."
Passengers will get to enjoy dishes like Chettinad chicken, Kerala vegetarian curry, Kodaikaanal mutton, Chettinad cauliflower/mushroom curry, Gongra lamb, Chettinad garlic chicken and vegetable rice briyani.
Sun2Surf, Malaysia

Beginning October 28 Malaysia Airlines will launch a twice-a-week daytime flight between Chennai and Kuala Lumpur.

The airline currently operates seven night flights every week from Chennai. The additional service will be on every Thursday and Sunday, leaving Chennai at 12.50 p.m. and reaching Kuala Lumpur at 7.10 p.m. local time.

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