Malaysia Airlines(MAS) continues to increase the frequency of its Australian services with the launching of near-daily direct flights between Adelaide and Kuala Lumpur.

The new service will commence on March 27th 2011, and will witness a Boeing 777-200 with 35 business class seats and 245 in economy, departing Adelaide every day except Wednesday, with returns from Kuala Lumpur daily except for Tuesday.


MAS is splitting the ex-Adelaide departures so that Monday, Thursday and Saturday's MH138 flight will leave at 3 pm and arrive into Kuala Lumpur at 9pm; while on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday the MH136 will depart at 9am for a 3pm touchdown in Kuala Lumpur.

The selection of arrival times in Kuala Lumpur will offer more flexibility for passengers traveling to Malaysian capital for business and those making onwards MAS connections to other parts of Asia,Europe and the UK.

The MH139 from Kuala Lumpur to Adelaide will have a set departure time of 9.50pm for arrival in Adelaide at 6.15am the next day.