Batik Air Malaysia will launch the Osaka/Kansai (Japan)–Kuala Lumpur route on December 15.
It will switch from the previous Taipei/Taoyuan via service to a nonstop service. Three round trips per week will operate on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The aircraft will be an Airbus A330-300 configured with 12 business-class seats and 365 economy-class seats, for a total of 377 seats. The flight time is 7 hours and 10 minutes from Osaka/Kansai, and from Kuala Lumpur
On this route, AirAsia X operates 17 round trips per week, and Malaysia Airlines operates one round trip daily.
Schedule OD861 Osaka/Kansai (13：30)〜Kuala Lumpur (19：40)／Mon/Wed/Fri OD860 Kuala Lumpur (02：35)〜Osaka/Kansai (10：00)／Mon/Wed/Fri
