S V Choong
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Thanks SV!
Kenneth, I'm leaving HK for good, contract ends this August...If the tours dries up, my guess is the route will go very soon. Saw it on the local paper today that the ministers are very happy with the load and reckoned the service will soon be expanded to 4x per week. Not quite sure how true is... I also haven't seen much promotion in HK so far. HX has been heavily promoting their recently launched Tokyo / Osaka service and the upcoming Gold Coast / Cairns / Auckland service... by comparison they're keeping the Kuching route very quiet.
Same here, I have only seen their heavy promotions in HK on Gold Coast, Cairns, Auckland, Tokyo/ Osaka and Hanoi service. Not even a word about KCH.
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As confirmed by the spies at the MH Rumour Department, PB has launched his attack to claim back the iron throne.
The winter is coming.
Love the new campaign.
Cheeky... and aimed directly at the "Bogan's" bus
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I don't think so...he's just home to fill up on kolo mee and laksa...
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Took HX715 HKG-KCH earlier today and was pleasantly surprised that the flight was almost full. Most pax appears to be tour groups from HK. This is in contrary to the same flight I took in June, where tour groups from mainland China made up majority of the pax. Food is pretty decent too...
So you have left HK for good? Bon Voyage mate.
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Wow guys, really!?
So there is this video on the net that this arrogant Yankee who want to confront the pilots smoking and got the crew around to check it. Of course the crew would not dare to challenge the pilot (not culturally Chinese anyway).
So what happens if say in mid air, pax file a complaint. Does the captain have to listen to the pax or can he do whatever he likes? Is there a company policy amongst airlines against pilot smoking in the cockpit? What would be the consequences if they are caught or a complaint is filed against them by a pax?
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If this doesn't work then MAB needs to get the other Irishman... Alan Joyce.
Nope sorry, Alan Joyce is gay and makes him an easy target to get rid of for some people in Malaysia
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http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2016/07/26/china-eastern-flight-smoke/
Apparently it happened a lot and as usual they won't admit it.
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I hope you don't fly with MH around Asia-Pacific because you'll have a 333/738 phobia
Nope, don't really fly with MH anymore unless I have to. I don't even live in Malaysia.
Actually it is more like 333 and 320 phobia.
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LOL
There is this Hong Kong Airlines which is competing directly with CX/KA as a full service carrier. And their air fare is usually a lot cheaper than CX/KA especially to PVG and BKK.
HX does not fly to KUL unfortunately. Plus KA fares are a lot more expensive.
HX had already started or about to start routes to OOL and AKL. Their fares are a lot cheaper than CX. The only downside is the equipment. 333 or 332.... or 320 for regional. I would imagine I will have a 333/332 or 320 phobia if I fly with them all the time.
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As per what Isaac has said, 5 EK B777-300A are confirmed. A6-EMW which crashed recently was one of the five. EK still has 11 B773 left, CX have many choices to choose.
Who will receive the 5x B777-200A? One of them is the first 777 ever built.... B-HNL...
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ME3 can counter them with pricing. So no, kangaroo route is still very much alive
My my... aren't we a negative bunch? It is too early to say. I would very much glad to see an alternative choice for travelers who are sick of transiting.
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Will we soon be able to fly Australia to London DIRECT? Qantas predicts non-stop 18-hour flights to Europe 'within a year' after taking delivery of new Dreamliners
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3740892/First-direct-flights-Australia-Europe-new-Dreamliners-Qantas.html#ixzz4HPsderxU
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on FacebookSorry but it looks like this will spell the end of the Kangaroo route stop over thing that many were keen to tap on.
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They are replacing five B777-200A with EK B777-300A, stood down A343 and B744 and receiving more A359 as replacement. Unless they are retiring age-old A333 I don't really see where CX will shuffle their fleet to tbh.
CX is replacing 5x B777-200A with a handful of soon-to-be ex-EK B777-300A? Is this info reliable?
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MH33 may have been from Hong Kong or Seoul?
Not HK as far as I know. MH60/61 (HKG-BKI-KUL) on A300.
May be Seoul or NRT
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I remember the open air viewing deck fondly. Watched when the Air France Concorde came for a visit. Amazing fly past at high speed. It was around '89 I think...
Hope the glass were still intact after the fly past.
Thanks for sharing, the DC-10-30 sure brings back some fond memories.
MH33, where was the flight originated from? I know during those days MH26/27 was KUL-BNE-AKL route, which I frequented.
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Some ordinary traffic at TWU. But still, it is busy as usual for such a small airport.
Photo credit to my friend.
The MASWings ATR72s are mainly traffic from BKI, SDK and Tarakan, Indonesia.
While AK traffic from BKI and KUL
MAS traffic from KUL and BKI
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HKG has been hit by typhoons a couple of times since the start of summer two months ago. And i have been on KA65 many times during non-summer, most of the delays were not due to late arrival of aircraft but rather ATC delay.
Couple of times sounded a bit serious. Although there were 2-3 typhoons so far this year, the direct hit for HK was only once this year (2016) at the time of writing. It occured on last Tuesday 2/8/16 and Typhoon signal no.8 was hoisted and causing the cancellation of some flights particularly in the morning.
There are 2-3 typhoons brewing at this stage at the Pacific Ocean. Not sure if they are heading across to HK at all. Typically, 2-3 typhoons hits HK every year, but many do not cause major damage and hardly go over Signal 8.
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Was Emirates’ 777 Crash Landing “An Accident Waiting To Happen?”
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2016/08/08/cause-of-emirates-777-crash-landing/
Is this the first write of for a 777-300A?
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http://www.theweek.co.uk/mh370/57641/mh370-plane-was-deliberately-flown-into-sea-says-investigator
Finally, the Malaysian government admitted to this.... . and they knew this all along? Tsk tsk tsk..
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Boeing has put up a rendering of MH 737MAX on their website.
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Up close images of the charred B773
The images are somewhat an eerie reminder of the ill fated SQ6 that crashed in TPE
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Guys, no personal attack please!
For the record, QF and NZ staff will never help you with handling or lifting your bags during check in. Nor would they even tear away your old baggage tag, you will be asked to do it yourself.
When flying QF or NZ, you have to put your baggage up to the overhead storage bins, if the cabin crew is kind enough to help, it will be you lifting it along with him/her. They are not required to do it for you.
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The 757 is not fuel efficient at all. While it has the payload and the range, the tech is really old.
As to why US carriers are still using their 757 is that because they have all been paid off during the US airline bankruptcy, so without any more payments, they're bringing in cash.
A mix of 737-8 and A321neoLR may work for MH. Nothing wrong with having two types. With AK being so big, there are enough of talents in the country.
The 757 is a product from the 1980s. It is due for a serious upgrade. The 757 has not been given a new lease of life, in a similar manner as the 737s did over 2-3 generations.
Actually those numbers are only useful to the airlines so that they can determine if the aircraft can operate in their network as effectively and efficiently as possible. After doing the number crunching, each airline will come up with a different answer. There is no absolute winner here - it is what works for the airline that matters.
Max 200 is a LCC single class configuration - not suitable for MH.
I think MH is only interested in the A321neo LR - this was emphasised over and over again at the different interviews given this year. IIRC, the type rating for A321 and A330 is not that much different - so A321 pilots will be able to progress to A330s later in the career.
Right, seems that the A321 cockpit is similar to the A330. Will there be any upgrades to the A320 NEO series cockpit to say similar to that of the A380 and A350?
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Air Asia is not often cheap, I find. If you are not buying during their discounted sale or heavily discounted sale. Their normal fare isn't that far off from full service carrier.
I would rather fly a full service carrier than with the Bogan bus.