More competition means more cheap flights!

Firefly recently announced that they are starting to fly jet aircraft in order to carry passengers to more destinations. This will boost its carrying capacity and perhaps enables it to serve longer flight haul. Fleet expansion is part of their plans to serve the Eastern Malaysian. By Jan 2011, there will be three local airlines serving the KL-KK and KL-Kuching routes!

Firefly currently operates ATR 72-500 turbopropeller aircraft serving passengers to destinations in Indonesia, Thailands, Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia from their hubs in Penang and Subang SkyPark.

According to a news report, Firefly will acquire 30 Boeing 737-800 from 2011 and 2015 as part of their expansion exercise besides helping MAS to facilitate a better flight connectivity for the European market. The source said the new aircraft will fly from Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

This would put more stress on the ticket price and we should anticipate price war between its rival Air Asia. Firefly offers tickets starting from RM9. Log on to their website for more into http://www.fireflyz.com.my/

Don't miss offer and start planning for your vacation now!

image source:
blog.fireflyz.com.my

Holiday Chronicle team takes this as a blessing

Air Asia to get new stewardess!

Salam and hello peeps!

It has been a long and long time since we last updated this website. Sorry guys and you know it has been a hectic six months.

Have you heard of the latest news?

Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group will dress up as AirAsia stewardess and serve the passengers!

According to a source, both F1 team bosses Branson and Tony Fernandes made a bet that losing team will have the honour dressing up as a flight attendant. If Lotus Racing were to lose to Virgin Racing, Fernandes will have to dress as a stewardess and serve the Virgin Atlantic flight. We belief people are more excited to see Fernandes dressing up as stewardess =D

Isn't this exciting to have Richard Branson serving you while you are on a plane from Kuala Lumpur to London? If you think it is, then you should stay alert for their announcement on the flight details which is coming out very soon. Bad thing is, you have to bid for the seat (would you do that just to be served by Branson? Honestly I won't :D ) and the good thing is, they are not doing this for money. The proceeds of the bidding will go to any charity of Branson's choice.

Congratulations for both Lotus Racing and Virgin Racing as they managed to finish the F1 season. To Branson and Fernandes, we hope to see more exciting duel from you guys ;-)


Alrite, stay tuned for next entry!

Our Next Destination

Assalamualaikum wbt and Greetings =)

It has been a very tough weeks and today we've just finished our first paper for our final exams. Yeay! It means that we will have a long holiday *ehem-ehem* (holiday but still have loads of work to do).

Remember the list of places that we wish to go?

1. Bandung and Jakarta, Indonesia
2. Bosnia
3. Cairo, Egypt
4. Paris, France
5. Marrakesh, Morocco
6. Makkah and Madina, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
7. Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE
8. Tokyo, Japan
9. Istanbul, Turkey
10. Prague, Czech Republic
11. Malaga and Granada, Spain
12. Taman Negara (National Park) Sarawak, Malaysia
13. Somewhere in New Zealand

So there we have one place down, and 12 more to go. Our next stop will be Cairo (Kaherah). We have booked our tickets and tour guide so hopefully everything will be going well as planned.

To those who are sitting for exams, Holiday Chronicle would like to wish you all the very best and always remember to work hard and play hard. Bye!

Langkawi Island, Malaysia

Langkawi is the biggest island in Malaysia situated in northern coast of Malaysian Peninsular. Governed by the state of Kedah and Langkawi boasts its duty free shopping status. Almost everything is a lot cheaper than the mainland. You can get lots of chocolates there =p

Langkawi is accessible by flights to its International Airport through services offered by Malaysia Airlines, Air Asia, Singapore Airlines and Firefly.

Firefly: connecting Subang and Penang

Air Asia: connecting LCCT Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Penang

Malaysia Airlines: seems like connecting Langkawi to anywhere. trust me. look at their website.

You can also get there by ferry and the service is provided by www.langkawi-ferry.com, connecting Langkawi to Kuala Perlis, Kuala Kedah, Penang and Satun.

My family on vacation. At the top one the hills in Langkawi. We went up by sky lift.

Langkawi is also home of international aerospace exhibition called LIMA (Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition) which is held....can't remember the frequency. This is where companies and governments sign their deals for military, maritime and aerospace equipments and also aero-acrobatics performance.

Here are list of places/activities you can visit/do:

1. Shopping
2. Visit historical places (Heard of Mahsuri before?)
3. Beach
4. Safari
5. Cheese factory
6. Marina/yacth
7. Small islands around Langkawi


Optimum length of stay is 4 days and 3 nights.

The best way to get around on the island is by a car. There are many car hire companies operating in the airport and you can hire them at affordable price.