Alif A. F.

My parents are lucky! They were among the first passengers at the inaugural flight today. My dad's notable comment is - it smells plastic😁. There was no inaugural ceremony at the gate, and no commemorative gifts. Apart from the new aircraft announcement by the crew, it was just a typical flight. I guess, if the crews didn't announced it, the passengers most probably didn't notice they were in a new aircraft at all.

I am not sure how is the prevailing pattern now, but pre-COVID there are plenty of government official and business-related travels between KUL and East Malaysia (esp. BKI and KCH), usually for meetings and to lesser extent conferences, seminars. Usually as a day trip or 2-3 nights. Make sense if the venue is at Putrajaya (nearer to KUL). Otherwise, its just too time consuming to reach KL proper, if one is not keen on staying overnight.

I would be excited if non-stop flights from East Malaysia to SZB reinstated (by any airline) as an alternative to KUL. If that happens, can potentially saves us travellers extra MYRs on ground transport to KL.

FLYING A SUSPENDED AIRLINE - MALAYSIA'S FAILED MYAIRLINE! - YouTube Josh Cahill managed to hop on the airline days before it went bust.

Pity, had a flight once with Z9. Could have been a tough competitor to AK. Was interested for further flights with the airline. The fare may be cheaper than the competition but the schedule and frequency on offer wasnt just right for me...so settle for AK.

1/10/2023

20/8/2023

Any of you in MH flights post-Brahim? How was the meal like?

I remember an Aussie said to me, she doesn't like Bali. It was all booze...🤭

The way that Sabah Air Chairman announces the plan to the media, is so...typical 'kedai kupi' talk, with plenty of, how should I say, sentimental values?

That dashcam footage tells a different perspective of aircraft behaviour in comparison with FR24 data. I mean the latter seems to show as if a controlled descent onto highway on purpose, perhaps to avoid higher casualties on the ground (purely a speculation as of this moment of course)...

Yes, I am quite surprised too. And this would be the first MH destination in Central Asia, no?

I personally don't like the 'Batik' font. Like it is straight out of MS Word - there is a font type called 'Brush Script' almost identical with this.

I see. But, my colleague said this in way back in 2017😄.

One of my colleagues never knew that KLIA Transit service even exists. He always thought that ERL plies KL Sentral to KLIA non-stop. It was then when we boarded the ERL at Putrajaya station then he realized that reaching KLIA can also be done with the same train (albeit with stops).