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I suspect so, because the mode lighting is generated by combination red, blue and green (RGB) as you see on the TV Screen and monitors.

Who? The Aussie pilots or Kiwis?

True. Many Australians blamed Air NZ for screwing up Ansett, it was not like Air NZ was in any good shape after Ansett went down. Air NZ had to ask the NZ government for help and cash injections (like MH did for several times).

Shouldn't the engine cowlings be in Silver rather than white?

I agree, so many liveries, old and new and not a single consistent one. I think the A380 style wau is just ridiculous, the one which took the lines all the way towards the edge. The wau on EK's page still looked the best despite being associated with the MH370 and MH17 tragedies.

Interesting read, may not be a mainstream view, however. https://thehuntformh370.info/content/blaines-independent-investigation

Actually KUL route commenced in 1990. It was already NZ code back then when I flew with them. TE code exists only prior to 1990, TE code was inherited from her former company name Tasman Empire Airways Ltd (TEAL) and NZ code from NZ National Airways Corporation (NZNAC). As stated in Wikipedia: In 1978, the domestic airline National Airways Corporation (NAC) and its subsidiary Safe Air were merged into Air New Zealand to form a single national airline, further expanding the carrier's operations. As a result, NAC'sBoeing 737 and Fokker F27 aircraft joined Air New Zealand's fleet alongside its DC-8 and DC-10 airliners. The merger also resulted in the airline having two IATA airline designators: TE from Air New Zealand and NZ from NAC. TE continued to be used for international flights and NZ for domestic flights until 1990, when international flights assumed the NZ code.[16]

Thanks Julius, seems like there was indeed CHC-SIN direct. Air NZ was using their B767-200ER and B767-300ER. I have been on both models between AKL-SIN. WLG-AKL was on B737-200 Adv.

I stayed in the Airport hotel for one night in 1991 after the AKL-BNE-KUL flight with MH DC-10-30, had to layover for our flight to Kota Kinabalu the next morning. Yes, it was full of bougainvilleas. I remembered I walked along a connecting bridge to get to the hotel. I suspect the bridge is the one in the 3rd photo from the last (behind the two blue columns). The last photos are the travelators before the holding lounge near the gate. These travelators are for the far gates - Gate 1, 2 and 3, IIRC. Such a beautiful terminal, it only need a good interior renovation. Don't really understand why they bulldozed it. It's got to be one of the most important buildings post independence from the Colonial rule. I remembered in Subang before you check into your flight, you must have your bags scanned where the security will place a rectangular "inspected" sticker before you are allowed to proceed to the check-in counters. Only travellers are allowed in and folks seeing their family or friends off, must wait outside the scanner area under the huge classic flight information display board. You can hear the clicking sound when flight information are being updated!

Captain, I did fly on the 767-200 and -300 of Air NZ between AKL-SIN non-stop back in 1991, though not to CHC. I suspect the CHC flight was originated from CHC, then stopover at AKL before proceeding to SIN. Last leg was SIN-KUL. CHC-AKL-SIN-KUL and I believe Air NZ's another route was CHC-AKL-SIN-BKK. I think the 747-200 and 300 should have enough range to cover CHC-SIN direct? IIRC, SQ only flew SIN-CHC direct when the A340-300 came online.

CHC? Christchurch? Didn't remember Air NZ has flown to KUL from CHC? Thought only AKL-SIN-KUL on the B767-200/300

Hi Conor, nice~ keep the coming please!!

I agreed. You can see the line up of MAS 747-236B, 747-3H6M, 747-4H6, DC-10-30s, A330-300s, A300B4-200s, B737-400, B737-5H6s and B737-2H6 all lined up from Gate 1 of T1 all the way to T2 and T3.

First Cathay Dragon aircraft, B-HYQ, an A330-300. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Cathay-Dragon/Airbus-A330-343/2804116/L/&sid=82a512b3607ddf6f988a15cdc94a19b8

Some of the flight number still exists today. SQ107 and TG416. MH105 tp JHB and MH308 to PEN. Not long after this photo was taken, MH revised their domestic flight numbers to MH1xxx within the Peninsular and MH2xxx to flight to and from or within East Malaysian states.

I was thinking it may have been the F-27s. I don't remember Pelangi had F-27s, but only F-50s. F-50s came online on 1989 or 1990

Any of you guys wish to correct this silly "wish-list" of some clown?

Thanks, taken in 1990, the same year my family emigrated to New Zealand. I still remember the old airport and when you enter into the immigration area. I think it is worthy of preservation compared to current T3. All it need is just renovation.

Found a video by Dutch Safety Board on Youtube regarding MH17's investigation.

When MAS was formed in 1972 after the split, the Malaysian Airline System in blue font and orange-red is the original livery. the deeper red cheatlines and red "malaysian" title came about as a revision to the original livery in the early 80s. The red is deeper and the white line between the red lines are narrower. The 747-200B came online in the early 80s and never adorned with the original blue font and orange-red livery, she wore the latest "malaysian" livery during her time of introduction into the fleet. 9M-MXA is wearing the original Malaysian Airline System livery of the 1970s. 9M-MPP is now wearing the Malaysian livery of the 1980s. Now we have all sorts of livery from old to new! Lets get the Malayan Airways and MSA livery into the party.

Kenneth, only the 737-200 and DC-10-30 had chrome bellies. The A300, 742 and 743 had chrome finished engines.... I like the paint job. Only missing item is the islamic scripture, thought they had it.

How many "local" have we had before the airline was eventually brought down to knees? Somehow I wonder too why do we need a foreigner to run the airline, when none of the locals we have had so far failed to run the airline successfully?

I thought they would have finished by now?

Long time no see, Suzanne!!