Budget airline Firefly started flying to East Malaysia on Saturday with the commencement of its inaugural return flights from Kota Kinabalu & Kuching

Firefly begins flying to Kota Kinabalu and Kuching
P. ARUNA

PETALING JAYA: Budget airline Firefly started flying to East Malaysia on Saturday with the commencement of its inaugural return flights from Kota Kinabalu and Kuching to Kuala Lumpur.

The first flight from Kota Kinabalu took off at 6.55am while the flight from Kuching departed at 10.05am.

Both routes started off with two daily flights but the frequency will be increased to three from Kota Kinabalu and four from Kuching beginning Jan 24.

The flights depart from Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

This is the first time the low-budget airline is operating from East Malaysia after recently setting up new ticketing offices in Kuching and Kota Kinabalu, a spokesperson for the budget airline said.

Passengers have been offered a special promotion with one-way tickets priced at RM59 for the travel period of Monday to May 15 this year.

The booking period for the promotion ends Sunday.