Malaysia Airlines announced plans to suspend service to its only destination in North America as part of a major cost-cutting initiative. Effective April 30, the national carrier will cease to operate flights between Kuala Lumpur (KUL) and Los Angeles (LAX), where it currently flies four times a week with Boeing 777-200 aircraft, because the route “is no longer economically viable,” according to Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, CEO, Malaysia Airlines. “The factors contributing to this negative situation today include over capacity and competition resulting in lower yields, high cost of operating the 777 aircraft and pressure from continued increases in fuel costs,” Yahya added. Despite suspending its only service to North America, Malaysia Airlines will continue to serve the continent through a codeshare agreement with American Airlines and Japan Airlines, its partners in the oneworld alliance, which Malaysia Airlines joined in February 2013. Connections include service between Kuala Lumpur and Atlanta (ATL), Boston (BOS), Honolulu (HNL), Houston (IAH), Las Vegas (LAS), Minneapolis (MSP), Portland (PDX), Raleigh (RDU), San Diego (SAN), San Francisco (SFO) and Washington, D.C. (IAD) via Europe and Japan.
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