Tourism Malaysia deputy director-general Lee Thai Hung and officials representing Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) and Shanghai Airlines welcomed 150 passengers aboard flight FM813 on 13th December at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
The flight came in from Changchun, capital of Northeast China’s Jilin province via Yuncheng of Shanxi province, on a new service that flies every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday using a Boeing 737-800.
The introduction of this new flight provides passengers in Jilin and Shanxi provinces with more convenient air travel experience to Malaysia.
Since October of this year, Malaysia has welcomed 2,822,247 arrivals from China, an exponential growth of 139 percent in comparison to the same period in 2023 with 1,180,980 arrivals.
Malaysia is currently targeting to receive 27.3 million international tourist arrivals with RM102.7 billion in tourism receipts in 2024.