FIREFLY SUSPENDS SINGAPORE-MELAKA ROUTE

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's community airlines, Firefly Sdn
Bhd, has suspended its planned Singapore-Melaka route scheduled for commencement
on Sept 1, said managing director Eddy Leong.
The move would allow the airline to evaluate in greater detail the request
by the Melaka state government to focus on the Indonesian sector.
The Melaka Government recently asked the airlines to focus more on
Indonesian routes such as Pekanbaru, Djambi and Palembang to boost medical
tourism.
"We will continue to talk to the state government. We remain positive that
Firefly will light up Melaka just like how we did for Perak," he said in a
statement.
Following the suspension of the Singapore-Melaka route, Leong said Firefly
would re-deploy the aircraft meant for the sector to the Singapore-Ipoh sector.
Firefly will operate daily flights between Singapore and Ipoh from Sept 1.
Currently, it serves the sector four times a week. -- BERNAMA
WNA TOM