royal brunei
non stop to brunei
In a bid to capture more of the UK to Australia market, Royal Brunei has cut its Dubai stopover on its London to Brunei flights. Instead, passengers can now fly direct from London to Brunei and then onto Melbourne. CEO Karam Chand told ‘The Scoop’ that this move is a “big game changer”, which should help the airline capture more than the 13% of the Melbourne to London market that it has had previously. A launch event in Bandar Seri
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Airline Marketing Monthly • December 2018
Begawan involved Royal Brunei executives, the UK High Commissioner and the Country’s Minister of Finance and Economics. Related to the new non-stop flight was the announcement that Royal Brunei is looking to increase the number of European tourists coming to visit Sabah and Sarawak. With Royal Brunei now having exited the London-Dubai route, soon, only Emirates and British Airways will soon be operating direct flights from London to Dubai. Qantas has rerouted its London to Sydney flights via Singapore instead of Dubai, and Virgin Atlantic will stop flying the route in 2019. ■
