PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA: Travellers can now fly directly to Medan from Subang airport with Firefly's newly-launched route to the northern Sumatra city.

There is one flight daily departing from Subang at 2.15pm local time and arriving in Medan at 2.30pm Indonesian time, the airline said in a statement yesterday.

The return flight leaves Medan at 2.50pm and arrives at Subang at 5.05pm. Firefly managing director Eddy Leong said more flights would be introduced to the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle by August.

The carrier currently flies to Medan from Penang. Other Sumatra flights include Penang-Banda Aceh and Subang-Pekanbaru.