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From insiders information, it seems MAB is deferring the MAX deliveries until further notice. Coupled with the fact of ownership change in the works, I don't think fleet renewal is their priority at the moment.

I wonder if Malindo would be retrofitting the configuration. Seems rather densed to market it as a full service product.

This is what happens when the decision makers are more concerned about their own KPI (cutting cost/not approving budgets). A diseased corporate culture that is very common these days. More silver bullets now for TF against MAHB with this revelation.

I don't see where you are going here, MH loads are fair to in comparison with industry standards. In fact the main chunk of morning departures are between the 9am-11am band. The departure congestion speaks for itself and its not only out of KUL that we are talking about, its the same in SIN, BKK and the other major hubs nearby (morning wave so to speak). At current state of fleet number vs frequency, it seems MH B737s utilisation is stretched to the limit. Noticed its quite common to see their A330s to sub the B737s on BKK, SIN, CGK, and some domestic runs lately. The issue in MH all boils down to yield. If you want to say MH is not exploring new route options, well at least we are seeing SUB frequency have been increased, PKU and SOC back on their network. Rule of the game here is yields and MH is not the only airline struggling in that arena.

Seen something similar on Malindo. Where their economy fare cost more then the business promo.

The schedule for North Asia arrivals/departure should be moved to around noon time. Since most of the passengers are leisure based, afternoon timing suits well for hotel check in/out. Between 12pm till 4pm, BKI traffic is not too heavy. This would free up more slots at night. Of late there have been a steep rise of Middle Eastern tourist to Sabah. Perhaps a sign of direct flights soon from that region.

If this happens, good news for BKI T1 then. Will open up more opportunities for North Asian carriers to operate during the day into BKI. T1 gets kinda congested these days.

This is definitely the Endgame for MH if it happens.

This is the problem with Malaysians, being too exam oriented and always want to be No. 1 in class. If you are No.2 or beyond, one is considered a Jaguh Kampung. Critical Thinking? I hope one day you get attached to any local aviation industry at the forefront and see for yourself. Then you may want to rethink this remark.

Seems clear to me OD is still unsure of their business strategy. Let's hope the new team led by CEO Capt Mushafiz could put things into better perspective.

Off topic, seems to me Malaysia is doing well on the tourism front. So this answers the question to those who say otherwise. The numbers have spoken.

Makes me wonder why its working with everyone else besides AK. Don't see OD or MH complaining, and why would the government stop any companies from making it big. If its one entity that made AK where it is right now that should be thanked is the Govt, be it with BN or PH. Seems like they dont work well with either side of the political coin. Maybe its time they actually sort other means then taking it down to the social media. To me its just free publicity or marketing tactics to put AKs name on the media every now and then. Indeed right, my point exactly.

Its not that the whole Tourism-Transportation(Airline) ecosystem in Malaysia is poorly managed. Just that others around this region are doing better. There are some areas in which both Ministries are doing a good job. If not AirAsia would not have been where they are today without the support from MOT, MAHB and the other Govt stakeholders. Maybe TF should work together rather than having his infamous bash first talk later policy. Sometimes I kinda feel its down to free publicity for AK having all this news popping out in news feed every now and then. I still see AirAsia growing every single day even with all the "limitation" as they claim to have. Yes indeed KLIA2 could be better but I'm kinda getting bored with AK constantly pointing fingers everywhere.

Sometimes i wonder why MH is still operating this once a week service.Loads have never been good on this sector.

MH - JL partnership on the way, there are always ways to work around it. Besides MH doing kinda well on NRT sector, hence no urgency on high cost HND slots. There are other issues plaguing MH instead of securing lucrative slots at this time.

MASwings can count their days if Sarawak govt takes over. Even AirAsia can't seem to make KCH work for international routes especially to North Asia. Sabah is totally a different story, the number of many foreign airlines flying into BKI speaks for itself.

It's a national day event. Tell me which country doesn't do this? You have not seen other countries national day event NOTAMs on airspace closure for this sort of celebrations. There will be disruptions whether you like it or not. Be patriotic.

If the pax is smart enough to reach the airport I dont the pax will be lost looking for check in counters. What's the worst thing could go wrong? Probably be redirected to the correct check in counter.

Sarawakians from Miri, Sibu, Kuching and Bintulu are going to love this. Many of them working in the O&G and hospitality sector in Brunei.

If the company is taking up new fresh orders. Otherwise bulk of those purchases came from leasing houses. Which means, new A320neo's are available on the lease market. Just that the price might not be attractive.

Of late, no extra charge for requesting seats via check in staff at the counter. However, subject to availability. Nowadays I also noticed if you are checking in as a group or more than 1 guest, assuming you didn't opt for online check-in. Its getting more common on MH that your seats will be separated by the system. Even on the same booking PNR and on flights which are not full. Not sure if this is done on purpose but that's how it is lately. Good example if you try out the check in kiosk, highly likely you will be separated. However, the check in staff will override the system to seat the group together at the counter but this is annoying, the reason of having the kiosk is to avoid counter check ins.

Noticed a significant drop in pax numbers at East Malaysia mainly at airports fully operated by MH's RAS operator. Mulu, Limbang, Lahad Datu, STOL Sabah and STOL Sarawak. Its either lesser people are travelling between those airports or Maswings having operational reliability issues. TWU doing well due to massive increase of PRC pax via BKI/KUL and also introduction of OD on the BKI-TWU vv sector. AK too have added frequencies. For SZB, believed to be due to temporary suspension of SIN flights by FY due to the Seletar ILS fiasco. Things should improve this after resumption of service to SIngapore (XSP).

Lets see how the big 3 approve its license. MOT/MAVCOM/CAAM.

If the government is keen to help MAB, why do they (prev govt) consented to giving out AOC/ASP/ASL to Malindo Air, knowing it will eat up the rakyats own taxpayer money by chewing off the small Malaysian Aviation market share? We are a country with a population of 32m which is sandwiched and handicapped between 2 major aviation hubs i.e BKK and SIN. Malaysia just need 2 major airlines. AK/D7 to lead as LCC and a government owned national airline to serve the FSC market (MH). There is no need for a 3rd carrier. Be like Singapore where you only got 2 major airline groups. Govt owned SIA group (SQ, Scoot, Silk, SQ cargo) and Jetstar (which is btw 10% owned by SIA's parent company Temasek group). The govt should consider making MH and Malindo to be merged into 1 entity where both can serve different segments of the market with different product offerings, i.e serving the cost sensitive and the niche full service high yield market.

Not sure about MH, but AK is enjoying healthy loads between BKI-HKG operating 2x a day.