PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines Bhd’s newly-rebranded “Project Amal”, which caters specifically for haj pilgrims to Mecca, will be in full swing come 2019. Project Amal was previously known as Project Hope and was projected as the world’s first airline to cater specifically and only to haj pilgrims to Mecca. “We have already appointed Project Amal management team and is currently in the process of getting its Air Services Licence (ASL) and subsequently its air operator's certificate (AOC),” said Malaysia Airlines chief executive officer Peter Bellew at a special media briefing here, yesterday. Bellew said Malaysia Airlines’s main shareholder, Khazanah Nasional Bhd, will undertake a feasibility study before launching the new the airline sometimes in 2019. He added that there was significant interest from new investors wanting to invest into Amal, but did not divulge further than that.

Source: New Strait Times September 27, 2017 11:37 UTC