Malaysia Airlines said today it has lifted a ban on check-in baggage on
flights to Paris and Amsterdam, after the move angered many passengers
who slammed the airline on social media.
The U-turn came less than 24 hours after the airline announced that passengers cannot check-in baggage for Tuesday and Wednesday Jan 06,2016 flights to the two European cities due to "unseasonably strong headwinds" on a longer flight path it is taking.
The airline said it recently had to operate a longer route to Europe, via Egyptian airspace, for safety reasons. It said strong headwinds over the past four days were in excess of 200 knots, which can add up to 15 percent to fuel burn on its Boeing 777 aircraft.
The U-turn came less than 24 hours after the airline announced that passengers cannot check-in baggage for Tuesday and Wednesday Jan 06,2016 flights to the two European cities due to "unseasonably strong headwinds" on a longer flight path it is taking.
The airline said it recently had to operate a longer route to Europe, via Egyptian airspace, for safety reasons. It said strong headwinds over the past four days were in excess of 200 knots, which can add up to 15 percent to fuel burn on its Boeing 777 aircraft.
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