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As you guys know MAS will take over the Rural Air service from FAX in Sabah and Sarawak. This time it will be fully subsidized by the Malaysian government. They are maintaining the same fares but will be providing better services through an additional 200 weekly flights, and interlining services which allow customers to check-in all the way to their final destinations with just one ticket.

“We are also offering better schedules and connectivity as Malaysia Airlines and MASWings’ flight schedules are aligned to ensure customers can easily catch their connecting flights,” said MASWings’ Managing Director, Dr Amin Khan.

The route are from Kota Kinabalu to 3 destinations, Miri, Labuan and Sandakan, and Kuching to Sibu, Bintulu and Miri, with the same fares that Malaysia Airlines is charging. This subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines will initially commence operations with 4 Fokker-50 and 4 Twin Otter aircraft.

All this planes are going to be replaced soon with the ATR 72-500. Probably by 1st quarter of next year. I don’t know.

Current Twin Otter

White FAX’s Twin Otter

Red FAX’s Twin Otter

FAX’s plane overnight in Miri

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Sneak peek inside the Twin Otter

New ATR 72-500

The ATR 72-500 that MAS will use to replace those Twin Otter for the rural service should look something like this. I dont have the picture with MAS Wings’ logo on it.

Coming soon..