Royal Brunei Airlines resumes flight to Kuching on 28 December 2018 with A320neo

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                  / KUCINTA SETIA
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Royal Brunei Airlines resumes scheduled flight to Kuching from Bandar Seri Begawan on 28 December 2018. The resumption flights are operated by its first A320neo aircraft. Initially, flights will be operated on Mondays and Fridays at 11.45 pm under BI857 to Kuching, arrive in Kuching at 1 am before taking off under BI858 at 6.55 am and landing in Bandar Seri Begawan at 8.20 am on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

From 3 February 2019, the Bandar Seri Begawan - Kuching frequency will increase to four times weekly with additional return flights on Thursdays and Sundays as follows:-

Flight BI855 departs from Bandar Seri Begawan for Kuching at 7 pm, arrives in Kuching at 8.15 pm before leaving Kuching for Bandar Seri Begawan at 9.05 pm and arriving in Bandar Seri Begawan at 10.30 pm under flight BI856.

Royal Brunei Airlines currently operates a fleet of twelve aircraft comprising of five Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, five Airbus A320neo aircraft and two Airbus A320ceo aircraft. The remaining two A320neo aircraft will join the fleet in November 2018. By the end of 2018, it will own seven A320neo, two A320ceo and five B787 aircraft, making its fleet one of the youngest in the world with an average fleet age of two years.

According to Royal Brunei Airlines, it operated services to Kuching from 15 May 1975 to 28 July 2011 using B737 aircraft. The route was suspended due to commercial reason.