Jamie H

I actually think MH's fittings are more luxurious, despite not having the higher partition and sliding doors.

Not terribly impressed by the IFE choice. Even qantas' is better on their 380s.

Loves it!! Classy. Would've been perfect if the wau was slightly lower and had the red/blue combination as before.

Has anyone else noticed the different IFE remote controls in Y - one is black and the other is white ??

510 seats??? Hmmm..... Isnt that a bit dense for a 4 class config? (QF has only 450) Adios 34" Y !!

First time going back for raya in ages!! Departing LHR on EK2 on 18/9 @ 1415 (on the whalejet, yayy!!) 3 hour transit in DXB, then to KUL on EK 346 @ 0315, arrive KUL on 19/9 1415. CANT WAIT!!

I'm Loving It!!! Love Love Love that MH are no longer Worlds Best Cabin Crew. Love that they've not made the list on most of the award cathegories (bar airline of the year which they've only managed to emulate their position last year and best economy class which they've dropped down 2 spots) Pretty soon, Skytrax will degrade their 5 stars to 4. IM LOVING IT!!!

Forget First or Business, Etihad supplies noice-cancelling headphones in Y too - take that!!

SIN

Will have to concur with Isaac on this one, as reported by some of my colleagues who flew return LHR-KUL on MH recently - load factors back in cattle class running at around 60-70% (as opposed to 5-6 years back when it was always chalk-a-block full in Y) Interestingly, my recent LHR-AUH-KUL on EY was about 80% load factor LHR-AUH and near 100% load AUH-KUL - unsurprisingly, filled with Arabs and also a number of Brits coming to Malaysia for hols Sigh....I guess the consumers are no longer stupid and know that there are better competitors serving the route ie SQ, EK, QR, EY

Oh MH, please please join ONEWORLD!!

If i may add: Just 2 weeks ago, I was given the following quotes from a local agent on a return LHR-KUL ticket; leaving on the 9th Nov and returning on the 20th Nov (all prices tax included): Etihad - £457.70 Emirates - £492.90 Qatar - £513.22 KLM - £520.00 Singapore - £547.00 MH!! - £565.00 Needless to say, we all know where my hard earned cash went to - for £107.30 cheaper than MH, I will be : 1)Flying an almost brand new A340-600 btw LHR-AUH on the return sector 2)New-ish A332's btw AUH-KUL 3)10.4" touch screen AVOD 4)Fabulous noice-cancelling headsets 5)Skytrax's Best Economy Class Catering for 2007 6)Only a maximum of 2 hours 50 minute transit time in AUH on the return sector Cant wait to fly Etihad again......flew LGW-KUL return back in Feb 07......thoroughly impressed Like Izanee, I was once a die-hard MH fan.......but until they get their act together, my money will continue to go to the 'Big 3' Middle Eastern Carriers indefinitely (that is until SQ starts using their whale-jets here)!!

Lol......MH lost my business yonks ago! Been doing EK, EY and QR for my LHR/LGW-KUL runs over the past 2 -3 years and with the current state of affairs, I have no plans to revert back to MH anytime soon. Will try SQ next year when their whale-jets come to LHR.

well.....it certainly looks more inviting than MH's

man, about bloody time! still wished it was OW instead though

with regards to Hendrik's letter, what the fudge was he talking about the survey with MH, AF and NZ? even if there was such one, AF on a good day is pretty good especially in its premium classes and NZ's inflight service is supposed to be fantastic ala MH.....and how he was obviously 'kutuk-ing' Skytrax as a non-authoritative survey......this is a classic case of a person with his arse and brains juxtaposed as much as MH is crumbling in the management arena, they are still fabulous in the skies and leave it to the naysayers to overlook that

Sandeep, You're my man! Sushi bar's just an ingenious idea. There are just so many things that MAHB can do to KLIA - all they need to do is learn from our neigbours (despite its age, Changi still trumps over most of the newer airports in Asia ie Incheon, KLIA and in most non-skytrax surveys - HKG in terms of favourite airport amongst travellers) The thing that I cant stop thinking about is....when these ppl planned and built KLIA in the early 90s, didnt they think of ways to either emulate or better our closest rival Changi or even Schiphol? (IMHO the 2 fun-est airports in the world)

Imran, Dahla tu......think we're closing on to the "Emirates to Ipoh" thread

ONEWORLD ONEWORLD ONEWORLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keith, Can u enlighten me as to why do u have to go through YVR to get to the states? Do u fly BA to YVR then switch to AA to gain miles?

lol...rilek aa brader....some ppl are just not as sharp as others at the rate of things rite now, I wouldnt be surprised if one day, the thread turns into something like "Emirates to Ipoh" or "Emirates to Balikpapan".......hai if only MH were as deep-pocketed as them

possibly, i seem to recall a previous thread mentioning this audit thing as a precursor to entering an alliance

Wasnt Penang in the pipeline anyways for future EK destinations? Or was it Kota Kinabalu? or maybe Im just imagining things I swear I read it off somewhere!!!!

well this is just it........expect the fabulous cabin crew to carry on the 'malaysia-boleh' torch, but let the company be run by arses..... well done MH flight attendants - if there are any fellow Msian Wings members, GOOD JOB!

yeah i know......the BA/AA (non)partnership was much chastised upon by fellow European carriers......but I like having the option of flying either for transatlantic routes Agree with u on Malev.....I guess the same can be said about Royal Jordanian- I mean where in the flaming hell did that come from?? With regards to your last point.....I think what remains to be seen will forever be unseen, seeing that CX is in some ppl's books considered a South-East Asian carrier, and QF/BA already have established hubs in SIN/BKK.......we can only continue pondering......unless the rumours of CX pulling out of OW is true lol - i shant dig a deeper hole Just a personal preference : I would much rather have the options of flying MH/JL/CX/BA/QF on Australasian routes rather than the following list : MH/AF/KL/KE...no offence to SKY fans, just my opinion