Tom/PER

On the subject of these incoming ex AB A332's have just checked Airfleets which has been updated and it lists the following frames heading to MAB. 9M-MTU cn665 ex D-ABXC currently in SIN 9M-MTV cn822 ex D-ABXD currently in MNL 9M-MT? cn828 ex D-ALPI 9M-MT? cn911 ex D-ALPJ I'm not convinced this info is 100% correct as I thought 9M-MTU was the former D-ALPI.

There's no wifi bubble on the roof, in the usual place the AB A332's have them in between doors 3 and 4.

Speaking of OD wha's the latest with B739ER 9M-LNL as its been nearly 12 months since it last flew. Stored/scrapped/cannibalised/withdrawn?

OD have dropped their luggage allowance from 30kgs down to 25kgs on PER services, not sure if this is a network wide reduction.

OD has received traffic rights from MAVCOM for daily KUL-DPS-MEL flights effective April 18. https://twitter.com/airlineroute/status/951656090407546880 Is this route achieveable with a B739ER?

-AJV has been transferred back to QZ/XT and become PK-AZK, interesting it wasn't re-registered with its previous rego of PK-AXK.

In their former lives with AB they were operated on long hauls to SFO and LAX, which SFO has a flying time of just over 13+ hours. With the lease return of 6 B738’s -MSC/D/H/I/J, MXP and -MAB/C joining the fleet has actually reduced by -4 frames in strength.

For those that haven't seen this review, it gives an unbiased review on the products to be expected on MH's leased incoming A332's, the Y product looks better than the current A333's. https://thepointsguy.com/2017/09/air-berlin-a330-business-review/

Good work man, were -AFG and -AFO ever operated by PIA or were they ntu, seem to remember -AFG was painted out of it yellow Expedia livery pending lease then re-entered service in an albino scheme?

-LNC, LND, LCK, LCL, LCM and LCP. There was some discussion that LND had been fitted with IFE a few months back, but not sure if this was ever visually confirmed.

A320-216SL 9M-AJB has been transferred to to PQ as RP-C8966.

I also believe these ex AB machines are fitted with crew rest areas, which I'm not sure if the A333's have.

Here's an interesting one I've picked up on Skyliner. It looks like FD/Thai Air Asia is shedding some capacity... A320-216SL c/n 5918 ferried CRK-HRB 30/11/17 as B-8980 on delivery to LongJiang Airlines ex OE-IGI/HS-BBK. Surprised this didn't get transferred within the group. I also know Lion Air has shed a couple of B739ER's recently to either a Korean or Japanese outfit.

Just been reading a CAPA article that D7 is slashing their PER services by 50%, it'll be interesting to see whether it's the AM or PM flight ex PER. If it was the PM flight one has to wonder whether MH will adjust their schedules to an afternoon departure and upgauge to a A332/A333. It's quite a lucrative time slot for onwards connections, maybe OD might now regret not taking those A333's. It'll be interesting to see how MH and OD respond.

Take that author with a pinch of salt too, just search his name in a forum like Pprune.

Yep it sure was a RWY21 departure.

KUL-SYD-KUL a route with some much potential for MH. No QF or JQ to contend with. The QF groups seemingly abandonment of Malaysia is quite sad. Speaking of freighters and I'm not sure how true this is but the A332F (9M-MUC?) that MAB disposed of didn't end up going to Royal Jordanian, but is in fact parked in desert storage.

I thought D7 were shopping for some compatible used A330CEO's in the interim.

I use the Skyscanner app for all my travel bookings for my PER-PEN-PER trips 8-10 times per year. This week I've started noticing some really odd Malindo search combinations such as: PER-DPS-KL-PEN the first sector is on Batik and this bizarre one PER-KL-SIN-PEN. To be fair to OD they are much cheaper than MH for travelling at peak holiday periods in early Jan. When OD151/152 and 155/156 is operated by a non EDTO/ETOPS aircraft flying over DPS then inland over Western Australia doesn't actually increase the flight time by anything significant.

I had 4 retiming/cancellations and reschedules on my current PER-PEN-PER trip! Absolutely ludacris. Ill be going back to MH especially if PER reverts to widebodies. You cannot rely on OD this is a common theme everytime I travel with them.

Just been doing some research...Airfleets shows AB as operating (now all stored) 17 A332-223's. The newest frame is shown as (MSN 1112) ex TAM D-ABXF only delivered to AB in 03/2017. It also shows 5 A332's which were leased from Aercap and these are.....MSN's 454, 469, 822, 968 and 1112. I'd imagine if these are in-fact the ones MH is leasing the later frames would be very capable of KUL-AKL-KUL without payload restrictions. Pulled up alongside Cathay Dragons A333 B-HLA yesterday morning at KLIA, still looks immaculate...these RR powered age so gracefully compared to their P&W counterparts. She doesn't look anywhere near 23 years old. Then whilst on the domestic side 9M-MTA taxied past looking dull, dirty and neglected. MH aircraft don't have that gleam and shine of other carriers, maybe they are painted with a matte white.

Apologies if this is old news...saw -LND and -LNZ parked adjacent to the domestic gates this morning and both have had their large Malindo stickers removed, revealing their Batik branding. -LCD still carries her Malindo titles though.

flee and Mr.Bandit...any idea which is the ex test A320neo frame they are picking up?

Theres only one TSN assembled A320CEO in the current Air Asia group fleet and its PK-AZA.

Aren't -MPR and S parked in a derelict state at KLIA? Seem to remember one was sitting engineless and the other listing over to one side, looked very sad. I'm surprised they haven't been able to sell these, if that is MAB's intention to dispose of them.