Great news for people traveling out of Subang airport. Community
airline Firefly has taken delivery of the first of 20 ATR72-600
turboprop aircraft it ordered last December, bringing the total number
of aircraft in its fleet to 13. The other 12 aircraft in the Firefly
fleet are the 70-seater ATR72-500s.
The
ATR72-600s will be delivered in phases within the next five to six
years. Besides the 20 confirmed orders, Firefly has an option to acquire
16 more of the ATR72-600s.
Firefly
chief executive officer Ignatius Ong received the aircraft from ATR
chief executive officer Filippo Bagnato in a simple ceremony here.
The
aircraft was ferried home out of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport yesterday.
The flight will make four stops - three night stops in Greece, Oman and
Maldives and one refuelling stop in Bahrain - before arriving Subang
Airport on Sunday evening. The new aircraft will begin operations on
July 12 to Johor Baru.
Ong
said the new aircraft is part of Firefly's growth and expansion plan
“as well as our continuous effort to serve our customers better”. “Our
exclusive ATR72 fleet has allowed us to develop a unique high frequency
network out of Subang, Penang and Johor Baru. The ATR aircraft are
unrivalled in terms if passenger comfort and environmentally
friendliness. This will further improve guests' experience."
The
wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines currently operates out of
Subang and Penang, connecting secondary destinations within the
Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand growth triangle as well as providing air
linkages between Malaysia and Singapore.
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