MAS close to launching A380 charter carrier for pilgrim flights

Dubai

MALAYSIA Airlines is close to launching a new airline that will use its six Airbus A380s to fly passengers undertaking the Muslim pilgrimages of Haj and Umrah, chief executive Peter Bellew said.

Mr Bellew told Reuters that all the key personnel, apart from a chief executive, have been appointed and are likely to be announced in the next two weeks as Malaysia Airlines finalises plans set in motion last year.