Year round daily frequencies from Auckland to KL

Regional Senior Vice-President (Australia/New Zealand/South-West Pacific), Lee Poh Kait said the airlines would officially operate daily from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur from end-March due to the positive response towards MAS' additional seasonal seventh weekly frequency.

The additional service, MH132, will depart Auckland every Monday at 1.15am and arrive in KL at 7.40am, in addition to Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

The return flight, MH133, will depart Kuala Lumpur on Sunday in addition to Tuesday, Thursday and Friday departing at 8.45am and arriving in at Auckland 10.45pm the following day.

Meanwhile, the daily flights will be operated by the B777-200 aircraft with 35 business class and 247 economy seats, providing a total weekly capacity of 1,974 seats in each direction.

Lee said the increased frequency between Auckland and Kuala Lumpur was in line with MAS continued efforts to further strengthen its position and competitive edge across the Australia/New Zealand market.

"We have also recently increased more capacity into Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, as well as, introduced Darwin as the sixth online destination in Australia.

"MAS passengers travelling from Australia/New Zealand will benefit from improved connectivity through the airlines hub in Kuala Lumpur to other destinations within the network across Asia, to Europe and beyond," he added.