Julian Kam, CEO of Proevents Group and Malaysia Airlines Executive Vice President, Commercial Strategy, Dato’ Dr Amin Khan (right) shaking hands after signing the charter agreement. They were accompanied by (centre left) Dato Azzuddin Ahmad, General Secretary of FAM and Malaysia Airlines’ Managing Director/CEO Tengku Dato’ Sri Azmil Zahruddin(centre right).
Malaysia Airlines is the official air charter carrier for English Premier League team Chelsea Football Club’s Asia Tour 2011.
The announcement was made at the charter agreement signing ceremony Wednesday (6/7/11) with ProEvents, the leading football marketing and management consultancy in Asia, who are also the sole and exclusive tour promoter for the tour.
In his speech before the signing, Malaysia Airlines’ Managing Director/CEO Tengku Dato’ Sri Azmil Zahruddin said, “When it comes to providing air charter services for world class soccer clubs, Malaysia Airlines has consistently maintained its competitive edge for many years as the preferred carrier for these globally recognised teams”.
“Our travel arm MASholidays has also developed packages for fans in this region to see Chelsea in action. We will continue to develop such packages in our continuous efforts to promote inbound sports tourism,” he added.