Perak flying with Firefly

Perak flying with Firefly

THE Perak state government has signed a five-year contract with budget airline Firefly to promote tourism and foreign investment in the state.

Under the agreement, the state will spend RM2.4mil for the airline to jointly market and promote tourism in the state.

Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said the contract was in line with the state’s plan to develop the Sultan Azlan Shah Airport into a feeder airport.

“Since the airline started nine months ago, it had received encouraging response,” he said yesterday after witnessing the signing ceremony at the State Secretariat building here on Wednesday.

Perak was represented by State Secretary Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Hashim while Firefly was represented by its managing director Datuk Eddy Leong.

Leong said the airline would operate 10 weekly flights from Ipoh to Singapore from October.

“We will even increase it to 14 times a week if we can get additional aircrafts,” he said.

He noted that during the international trade fare at ITB Berlin, Firefly received many sales inquiries regarding the Singapore-Ipoh route.

-News courtesy of The Star-