Eric C

plus interest...

I was thinking the exact thing... although might not be Airbus's fault this time. But who knows! problem could be either electrical or cargo-related.

If you read my post, it will tell you that the 800 aircraft order is "hard to believe", so don't go ahead telling me that I have had too much to drink. You are much like a journalist, only quoting me on what you can criticise and not looking at the whole picture. As well...I did refer to your post afterwards. On the other hand, however unlikely, I think it would be fantastic is MAS can order 800 aircraft. $30bil is a deadset giveaway though that the order is around 80 aircraft. Look, either way, I am happy that MAS is looking to expand their fleet. It has been long awaited. As I stated in other posts, I am a big fan of the 772 and I hope that their order will include some of these wonderful aircraft

And so i did read the above topics thank you very much. I am of course replying on the assumption that what the original article said was true.

Wow go MAS!~ Hope that all goes to plan for them. Makes me proud to be Malaysian Hard to believe though that they will order 800 new aircraft. It will be a huge logistical nightmare to phase out the current fleet. Just think about it, MAS currently has about 80 aircraft, so they are planning to expand their fleet 10-fold. That means that they will probably need to fully expand the KLIA, expand the maintenance facilities, recruit 10 times more staff, among other tasks needed for the expansion.

Absolutely fantastic to watch! I wasn't even born at the time, but i sure would love to see one of those babies in action! I remeber flying to BKI late last year. The approach was absolutely jaw dropping. I was smiling all the was down. Am looking forward to the next time I return to KK. I want to see that approach again - FSX is nowhere good enough.

Ah, my first ever memory of flying on a plane. Not sure of the date, possibly 1993, flying on a DC-10 BKI-KUL, then B747(I think) KUL-BNE. The DC10 was in new colours by then wasn't it?

fresh news, hot off the press ********************************************************** AirAsia X gets flight clearance http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?f...mp;sec=business It will fly to Gold Coast tomorrow after getting nod from Australia By B.K. SIDHU PETALING JAYA: It is all systems go for AirAsia X’s inaugural flight to Gold Coast tomorrow now that the airline has obtained the much awaited final approval. The nod to fly Down Under, including an international licence, came from the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) early yesterday, two days ahead of the maiden flight. Getting the clearance from Australia had not been easy for AirAsia X as the country has very high safety and operational standards for airlines. “We are ready to fly on Nov 2 as we have managed to get the international licence from CASA in record time, even though the processes were tedious,” said Azran Osman Rani, chief executive officer of AirAsia X. “The load factor for our first flight is 96%, of which 90% are paying passengers,” he told StarBiz. This is a major coup for AsiaAsia X since, in recent times, several airlines, including Viva Macau, did not get their licences on time. AirAsia X is Malaysia’s only low-cost long-haul carrier that received the Air Operator’s Certification from the Department of Civil Aviation in early October. While waiting for the approvals, AirAsia X had begun selling seats to Gold Coast and, thus far, had over 20,000 confirmed bookings worth RM15mil, Azran said. AirAsia’s maiden flight to the Gold Coast will take off at 9.40pm from the low-cost carrier terminal and arrive at its destination at 7.45am on Saturday. This, in itself, is a major milestone in Malaysia’s aviation as for the first time a low-cost carrier is going long haul. The landscape will surely change and passengers can only hope to pay cheaper fares as competition drives prices down, at least on the KL-Gold Coast sector for now. AirAsia X will ply the route four times weekly using its newly-refurbished Airbus A330-300 aircraft. The aircraft can seat 315 passengers – 279 in the economy class and 36 in the business or “premium XL’’ class.

Gee, he answered the first part ok i guess. It's understandable that their fleet us dependent upon routes and frequencies, and he gave a deadline *gasps*! Well we know how well MH does with deadlines But he could have replied to your questions on collectibles and service.

I don't know about you guys...but isn't that the least bit worrying?

I went to World Youth Day in Germany in 2005 with the Sydney school contingent, but too bad we had Gulf Air... Yea we departed Frankfurt at the same time as MH, which was depressing.

Actually from what I heard, the person who took this photo called the authorities, who then informed the CT, who then contacted the pilots. Anyway back on topic, I agree that MH is having a problem with B777 engines. Isn't this now the 3rd incident in recent years? In any case, the 777 is still my favourite A/C

Yea am just looking it up right now...the 772 used to fly late nights (around 10:30pm) direct to KL. It looks like they have terminated it now...am really depressed...I loved the 772s!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi, I love flying MAS's 772 from SYD-KUL. It always feels so cosy...i guess I just love the looks of the overhead luggage compartments...soo curvy... Way to go for my first post Seeing as how I can't find an "introduce yourself" section, I'll do it right here. My name is Eric. I was born in KK, moved to KB for most of my childhood, the KK again for a year before moving to Sydney when I was about 8 years old. Have been back to KK 2 twice ever since moving to Australia, most recently November last year. Both times of MH 772's. Have been a big fan of Malaysia Airlines ever since I grew a fascination of aviation when I was around 10 years old. Have always wanted to be a pilot, but I have terrible eyesight. Still wish to fly one day though... Any other questions, just ask Oh and am 19 years old now