MALAYSIA Airlines is offering reduced airfares for its Yangon-Kuala Lumpur route to mark Visit Malaysia Year 2007.

“We are offering return fare for US$200, down from the normal charge of $220 each way, until December 31 this year” said Ma Sanda, the reservation ticketing officer at the Yangon branch office of Malaysia Airlines.

“The special fares are ideal for people who want to visit Malaysia for shopping or for spending a holiday,” she said.

The return flight must be made within one week of the outbound flight, she said.

However, she added that the fare deal is not valid for people who only want to buy airline tickets.

“To get the special airfare, travellers must also make hotel reservations through us for at least two or three nights,” she said, adding that reservations must be made in person at the office, which is located in Central Hotel in downtown Yangon.

“We do not accept online reservations through the Yangon office at the moment but we might start by the end of this year,” Ma Sanda said.

Malaysia Airlines is one of only two airlines offering direct flights between Yangon and Kuala Lumpur. The other is Myanmar Airways International.
Malaysia Airlines offers flights on the route daily except Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Meanwhile, the main office of Malaysia Airlines offered “super low” airfares for tickets booked online last week for travel between January and May 2008, AFP reported on August 13.

Fares were offered at up to 75 percent off to all destinations except Australia.
The “super low” airfare program was not valid in Yangon due to the lack of online booking services.