Malaysia Airlines has signed a new content agreement with Amadeus which allows all worldwide Amadeus travel agents access to the carrier’s fares, inventory and schedules. The new contract also contemplates the deployment of Amadeus’ sophisticated Distribution functionality to facilitate Malaysia Airlines’ yield management processes throughout the Amadeus network.

Malaysia Airlines will add two new A380 aircraft to its fleet by the in the coming days as the carrier prepares to launch a new double daily A380 services between London Heathrow and Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The service will take off from on November 24th 2012.

Malaysia Airlines will become a full member of oneworld on February 1st 2013, adding one of commercial aviation’s most frequent award winners to the world’s leading quality airline alliance. Thenational airline of Malaysia received clearance to board oneworld after successfully completing a thorough review of its readiness conducted by Qantas, which is sponsoring its entry into the alliance, with the oneworld central team.

Malaysia Airlines today announced a reduced operating loss of RM102 million for the second quarter ended 30 June 2012 compared to RM443 million in the same period last year. The significant 77% improvement in performance year-on-year (y-o-y) at the operating level was due to efforts in the pricing and revenue management area plus lower fuel costs and lower passenger-related costs in line with capacity cuts.

Malaysia Airlines’ second Airbus A380 received a VIP visit from UK Prime Minister David Cameron, as part of his attendance at the opening day of Farnborough International Air Show.

Malaysia Airlines is introducing new daytime frequencies between Malaysia and India effective 1 September 2012. This will bring the total number of direct flights operated by the carrier between India and Malaysia to 50 per week.