MAS makes US$650m deal to buy 20 turboprop planes
AP reports that MAS on Tuesday inked a US$650m deal to buy 20 turboprop aircraft from ATR to boost its budget and rural air services. Ten of the ATR 72-500 planes will be operated by its budget unit Firefly and the rest by MASwings, a new subsidiary set up to run rural services in Malaysian states on Borneo island, it said in a statement.
Prahok @ December 5, 2007