Peter Bellew, the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Malaysia Aviation Group as well as Malaysia Airlines Berhad, says the group is looking to operate some leisure flights from Kuala Lumpur International's low-cost airline terminal, KLIA2, in 2017.
Announcing plans to further cut costs, Bellew said use of the budget terminal would result in savings of MYR33 (USD8.25) per passenger per flight or MYR1.975 million (USD500,000) per annum.
"We will pass on these savings to customers with lower fares," he said. "Each and every cost of everything we do will be minutely checked daily without changing any quality."
Additionally, Malaysia Airlines will also look at starting new routes from various local airports to new unserved destinations across ASEAN, Bellew added.
KLIA2 is currently home to: Air India Express; Cebu Pacific Air; AirAsia X; Indonesia AirAsia; Indonesia AirAsia X; Jetstar Asia Airways; Philippines AirAsia; Thai AirAsia; Tigerair; and VietJetAir. AirAsia has been in a dispute with airport authorities over its decision to market the terminal as "LCCT-KL" (Low-Cost Carrier Terminal-KL) as opposed to the official "KLIA2".
