KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 (Bernama) -- Malindo Air, CAPA 2016 Asia Pacific Regional Airline of the Year, has teamed up with All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest and only 5-Star airline, to offer passengers seamless travel and greater connectivity when travelling between ASEAN and over 200 routes on ANA’s network. 

ANA is the fifth addition to Malindo Air’s interline partners, after Turkish Airline, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways and Oman Air. The new bilateral interline agreement allows seamless travel with the convenience of a single reservation across both airlines’ network. The partnership allows ANA passengers to tap into Malindo Air’s growing regional network out of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).  Malindo Air currently serves over 46 cities across 16 countries, including 13 major airports in Malaysia. 

Malindo Air CEO Chandran Rama Muthy, said, “We are delighted to partner with ANA, one of the world’s leading airlines for its excellence in hospitality. It is indeed crucial for us, as a premium airline, to expand our route network and bring our passengers beyond KLIA with great airline partners. With ANA, our passengers will be connected to more than 200 global and domestic destinations through ANA’s hubs in Narita & Haneda.”
 
“Through our interline partnership, we are connecting travelers from a larger network to visit Malaysia and enjoy the renowned Malaysian hospitality through the diversified and warm culture, as well as our eco-tourism. At the same time, this will also increase the number of transit passengers at KLIA. Our extensive route network provides better options for passengers who travel for both the business and leisure segments,” Chandran added.

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About Malindo Air

Malindo Air is a Malaysian airline with main hubs at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and the convenient KL downtown city airport Subang Skypark in Selangor, Malaysia. The airline took to the skies in March 2013 with domestic flights and has since grown to operate routes to all major airports in Malaysia and across the continents of Asia and Australia. The fleet itself has grown exponentially to 16 ATR72-600 and 29 Boeing 737NG as of 31 July 2017.

Today, the airline operates over 800 flights weekly across a continuously growing network of about 45 routes in the region. More recently, the airline won CAPA’s 2016 Asia Pacific Regional Airline of the Year, TOP Recognition - Malaysia SME® Preferred Airline Partner, Airline of the Year (Passenger) at the KLIA Awards 2014 and Top Performing Airline 2015 by Travelport. 

About ANA
 
ANA is the largest airline in Japan by revenues and passenger numbers. Founded in 1952, ANA flies today on 87 international routes and 121 domestic routes. The ANA group has about 35,000 employees and a fleet of about 250 aircraft. In FY2015, it carried 50.8 million passengers and generated revenues of 1.79 trillion Japanese yen. ANA has been a member of Star Alliance since 1999, and has joint-ventures with United Airlines on trans-Pacific and Asia routes, and with Lufthansa, Swiss International Airlines and Austrian Airlines on Japan-Europe routes. Its Frequent Flyer Program, ANA Mileage Club, has more than 26 million members. ANA was voted Airline of the Year for 2013 by Air Transport World Magazine, and in 2017 was awarded five stars for the fifth consecutive year by the world's leading Airline and Airport review site, SKYTRAX. ANA is the launch customer and biggest operator of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. 

SOURCE : Malindo Air

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: 
Name : Sharmila Vella 
PR & Communications Executive 
Tel : +603 2035 6699 ext. 1322 
Email : sharmila.valiasamy@malindoair.com

Name : Suresh Vanan
PR & Communications Manager
Tel : +603 2035 6699 ext.  1435
Email : suresh@malindoair.com

Name : Andrea Liong 
Head of PR & Communications
Tel : +603 2035 6699 ext. 1312 
Email : andrea.liong@malindoair.com

Name : Naheel Dajany
All Nippon Airways (ANA)
Tel : +81-3-6735-1111

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