News
15 October 2008
MASwings Introduces Calendar Shopping Online
MIRI: MASwings today introduced Calendar Shopping for its online customers. This enhanced online facility supports travelers in their planning for travel option that gives the lowest fare.
Calendar Shopping enables travelers to view the lowest fare available over a period of one week on one display page. Once travelers select their intended date of travel, not only the lowest fare on the selected date of travel will be displayed, the lowest fare 3 days prior and 3 days after the selected date of travel will also be displayed.
With this enhanced facility, travelers can now save time searching for the lowest fare that suits their travel schedule. There is no need to make series of search for fares on different traveling dates. One search will display lowest fares for 7 days.
Calendar Shopping also enables travelers to plan travel schedule according to their budget, deciding on the date of travel according to the lowest fare available.
Dr.Amin Khan, Managing Director MASwings said, “We recognize the need of the travelers to find the lowest fare that matches their traveling needs. Given the busy schedule we are all in today, we also understand that it is crucial for our customers to find the best offers that suite their need in the shortest possible time. Calendar shopping makes planning easier for our customers. ”
“This is in line with our effort to continuously provide easy and hassle free travel experience to our customers. We are also looking into travel solutions using mobile technology in the near future,” added Dr.Amin.
Earlier, MASwings also introduced Web Check-in where travelers can check-in anywhere at their own convenience and comfort. Boarding pass can be printed from the web upon check-in and must be carried along to the airport. The online check-in facility can be utilized between 90 minutes to 24hours prior to flight departure.
The services above are available at maswings.com.my.
MASwings commenced its operations on October 1 2007, offers 660 weekly flights, which serves a network of 22 destinations in Sarawak and Sabah as well as the Federal Territory of Labuan. It currently has a fleet of 7 Fokker 50, 5 Twin Otter aircraft and 1 ATR72.
Issued by:
MASwings, Sarawak
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Shao Yi