Local airline, Batik Air flew travellers on its maiden flight from Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, Istanbul arriving in KLIA to a honorary water salute by the airport authority.
The airlines has a four-times-weekly direct flight schedule operated by Airbus A330-300 at a seating capacity of 377, it departs on every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
From January to November 2023, Malaysia welcomed 15,623 arrivals from Turkiye, a positive growth of 10.8% in comparison to the same period in 2019 with 14,096 arrivals. Officially surpassing its pre-pandemic benchmark, Tourism Malaysia is determined to foster more smart partnerships and collaborations with international airlines to create more travel demand from Turkiye.
Malaysia has set a target to have more than 27 million tourist arrivals for 2024, and according to Ministry Of Tourism Director General this number will be surpassed.
