Malaysia
The commercial partnership between Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines is gaining...
The first tangible outcome of the partnership between Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines: the launch of joint fare products for travel between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. These new joint fare offerings build on the existing codeshare partnership between the two airlines, enabling Malaysia Airlines and SIA to…
Grab operates the first taxi and ride-hailing service between the...
Adopted at the end of last year, the new system came into effect on 1 May, jointly approved by the authorities of both countries. This plan is a real revolution in mobility between Singapore and, in particular, the city of Johor Bahru in Malaysia, which has a population of over 500,000. This city…
Testbed: Malaysia Airlines long-haul economy class
Malaysia Airlines MH 020 Kuala Lumpur-Paris CDG on 30 October 2025. The aircraft has a capacity of 286 seats with two segmented main cabins. Business class has 4 "Business Suite" seats and 35 seats in classic "Business". In economy class, 27 seats offer extra legroom at the front of the cabin, designated as "Premium"...
Johor Bahru, the ambition to become the "Shenzhen" of Singapore
Money, reputation, but also the cost of living and the small size of Singapore. This is the cocktail that the city of Johor Bahru wants to take advantage of. Just over a kilometre from the financial capital of South-East Asia, this city is the gateway to southern Malaysia. And it dreams...
Malaysia Airlines returns to Paris
Malaysia Airlines has been a loyal customer of Paris airports for decades. The Malaysian airline opened its Paris CDG-Kuala Lumpur DC10 service in 1976. Forty years later, in 2016, the carrier discontinued its service due to financial difficulties and a painful restructuring. All its European routes had been...
New rules in Malaysia to better protect air travellers
Malaysian airlines will now have to refund passengers in full for flights delayed by five hours or more, the country's transport minister, Loke Siew Fook, said a few days ago. These measures are part of the amendments made to the Malaysian Aviation Consumer Protection Code...
"We pay a lot of attention to MICE": Dato' Zamruni Khalid, Ambassador...
What are Malaysia's ambitions in the MICE segment, and how is the destination developing its offering? Dato' Zamruni Khalid - We are really encouraging the MICE and business travel market in Malaysia, which is also positioning itself as a bleisure destination. Over the next few months and years, we will be...
AirAsia X: a return to Europe!
AirAsia X: the name sounds like something out of a TV series. And the development of this airline in reality is similar to a scenario with all its twists and turns. The AirAsia Group's long-haul airline announced on 15 June that it was relaunching after being paralysed by the Covid-19 pandemic. AirAsia X had even come close to disappearing altogether....
Malaysia Airlines back in Europe thanks to Qatar Airways
The cooperation between Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Qatar Airways is expanding with a new step in the connectivity of the two carriers' networks. Malaysia Airlines is launching a non-stop service between Kuala Lumpur and Doha from 25 May. The result will be a stronger network of connections and shared flights...
Japan opens up to business travellers, Malaysia to everyone
After two years of hermetic border closures, Asia finally seems to want to speed up its reopening to the rest of the world. Less restrictive entry regimes are already being applied in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the Maldives, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Malaysia for all Yesterday, it was the turn of...
Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines are reviving air traffic between the...
As the new Vaccinated Traveller Route (VTL) begins between Singapore and Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur only) on 29 November, Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have announced the reactivation of their code-share agreements between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. This agreement also covers 15 domestic points in Malaysia, 7 of which are...
Malaysia and Singapore back in Covid restriction mode
The rapid spread of the Indian variant of Covid-19 in South-East Asia is turning into a third wave of the pandemic. In one week, according to official figures, the number of active cases has risen by 31% in Malaysia, and the number of deaths by 51%. In Singapore, however, the pandemic remains under control. The...
The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed line project goes off the rails
The high-speed rail link between Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Singapore will remain on the drawing board. It has not been a sea snake, but a land snake for Malaysia and Singapore. The ambitious project for a high-speed train that would cover the 350 km between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in an hour and a half...
The issues behind the future of Malaysia Airlines
The aviation news was recently shaken up by a Reuters report announcing that the Air France-KLM group had expressed its intention to take a 49% stake in Malaysia Airlines, while Japan Airlines was to become the second largest foreign minority shareholder by taking a 25% stake in the airline, with the remaining shares being held by...
Malaysia Airlines refocuses its operations from Kuala Lumpur
Peter Bellew, who took over from Christoph Müller at the helm of Malaysia Airlines on 1 July, has made it clear that the airline will cease to have activities that cost it money. Malaysia Airlines is already starting to turn its head after 30 terrible months of mounting financial losses...
A successful makeover for Malaysia Airlines' business lounges
Malaysia Airlines recently inaugurated new areas dedicated to business travellers at Kuala Lumpur airport. The Golden Lounge lounges in the Malaysian capital have been sporting a new look since 25 January. The Platinium Lounge now has 105 seats, adding 41 to its original capacity. A new...
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Penang: Asia in the mirror
From the top of the vertiginous Menara Tower, the eye takes in a 360° mishmash of expressways, gleaming skyscrapers and hills carpeted with tropical forests, from which emerge here and there the tin roofs of the last historic districts. No master plan, just cranes everywhere: Kuala Lumpur, or KL as everyone calls it, is an acronym that...
Putrajaya, the new administrative capital
Built around an artificial lake, this new city is a showcase for trends in contemporary Malaysian architecture: a Mughal-style courthouse, a Safavid-inspired mosque, a conference centre reminiscent of a flying saucer and futuristic bridges. The whole thing is monumental, brand new, but... soulless. The Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside hotel, close to the convention centre, has opted for...
Kuala Lumpur awaits its 1st Holiday Inn Express
The Holiday Inn Express planned for 2015 in Kuala Lumpur's Bukit Bintang commercial district is the result of an agreement between InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and RB Capital. It will have 200 rooms, and will be equipped with a self-service business centre, a fitness area, a lounge and a restaurant.
Malaysia from Kuala Lumpur to Borneo - Tropical Mosaic
Under the plane's wings: nothing but green. Strings of dark colours neatly lined up; clumps of trees following the curves of the land and which are in fact oil palms; the kind that, since the 1970s, have enriched Malaysia, a major producer of this essential fat for Asian cooks...
