JuliusWong

It is actually on Airbus as well. The current A330 production rate is at 2 per month and Airbus has not hint on increasing the production rate anytime soon despite having another 170+ on order, they did so for A350s. Airbus is compounded by supply chain issue at the moment. Out of the 40 that we have mentioned, 20 production slots have been allocated for since the order has been signed and confirmed. The other 20 will be to be assigned for delivery at later date even if the order is signed and confirmed today. Delta, AirAsia X and few other airlines are also in queue to receive their airframes too. Out of the 15 A330-300 which are all leased, MH will buy over two now and retain eight more via new lease, making a fleet of 10. Five will be returned to lessors.

Agree, rightfully so, but Airbus won't be able to deliver 40 A330-900neo by 2030. Therefore we shall see 10 A330-300 lingering around for some time. Additionally, 40 A330neo seems to be a lot of capacity to add, not sure if Malaysia Airlines current route network will be able to support it. If they are adding more. If they have planned to expand substantially in Asia Pacific and Australia/NZ region in the next six years that would be great.

I am not sure if MH can take advantage of the slot availability since D7 has quit the market. They should really do so since the flight is usually packed all year round, heavy demand from India at both J and Y. SQ and NZ mount at least three/four daily flights and applied for strategic alliance immunity from NZ government. Given the same alliance in Australia, the Australia Competition Commission will prohibit the alliance. 8:50 AM Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) Travel time: 9 hr 35 min 10:25 PM Auckland Airport (AKL) Air New Zealand Economy Boeing 787 NZ 281 6:40 PM Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) Travel time: 9 hr 35 min Overnight 8:15 AM+1 Auckland Airport (AKL) Air New Zealand Economy Boeing 777 NZ 283 10:45 PM Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) Travel time: 9 hr 35 min 12:20 PM+1 Auckland Airport (AKL) Singapore Airlines Economy Airbus A350 SQ 285

They are scheduled to receive eight B737 MAX 8 this year. I am optimistic they can do at least five. That would mean MH will need to source for additional B737-800NG from the used markets. 9M-MLK and 9M-MLL are not sufficient to cover FY's expansion this year.

According to CAAM FB page, Berjaya Air has completed its first Seletar, Singapore to Redang Island flight with ATR 72-500 9M-JOJ.

Yes, despite the A330-900s is now at its lowest production rate (2 per month), it is also impacted by the supply chain issue. No wonder big premium airlines are rushing to place big orders to secure their slots for the next six years. Late comers cannot be choosers.....

Schedule is very fluid now, if you are booking just to experience A330neo on long haul flight, I suggest to wait until July/August to be safe. A330NEO will be replacing A330-300ceo on several trunk routes: MEL SYD AKL KIX NRT/HND PVG PKX HKG ICN DOH This would mean some A330-300ceo will be leaving the fleet, I believe five A330-300ceo will leave. 10 will be retained to service other heavy trunk regional routes: MNL, DPS, BKK and domestic trunk routes during the school holiday. Also as back up aircraft due to supply chain issue at both Airbus and Boeing, they need to keep older planes to avoid any service disruption. BUT, A330-300 will not be receiving upgrade if you read the recent new releases. They kind of expect no one would spot it. Haha! With 20 A330-900s coming, and hunch is telling me they will add another 10 more, 30 in total. A330-200 will eventually leave the fleet. Perhaps going to AMAL by Malaysia Airlines to do Haj and Umrah flight. Currently AMAL does not have permanent fleet. Captain Izham has stated recently they will have 50 narrowbody and 50 long haul by end of the decade. Final tally should be around this: A330-300 = 10 A330-900 = 30 A350-900 = 10

I remember the old copies of Malaysia Airlines's Going Places had the Subang Airport then later KLIA Terminal 1 renderings. Unfortunately, I lost my collection when I moved to KL. Will dig ebay for some copies.

Found a treasure trove here: Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur, Subang, 1974. by MABAmadlab, on Flickr

I think the MH A330neo in the video was the earlier rendering when the order was first announced some time ago. Since then they have updated the wau with songket motif. However, quite a slopy finishing work the video is.

I guess parking their smallest fleet B737 should be cheaper than a A330 at HKG. DPS will possibly see permanent A330-300 once the A330-900neo delivery start. Maybe even A330-900neo itself. On that note, I am avoiding Bali like a plague now. OMG, the amount of crowd is crazy!

With how WCT handles Paradigm Mall in PJ and KLIA Terminal 2, I am not holding my breathe. Please have very very low expectation.

That would be one very odd shaped shopping mall. I am curious to know how the new alignment of Jalan Lapangan Terbang works. Cause there is only one way in and out of the area at the moment, unless you take a big detour via Kpg Melayu Subang.

I believe MH will be allocating few A330-300 to permanently upgrade DPS, SIN, BKK and MNL once the A330-900neo delivery starts. A330-900neo will do Indian sub-continent, Australia/NZ, China and Japan routes.

I think TRV, ATQ, AMD and KTJ launching were not close to any major travel fair, but CNX, DAD and MLE will be officially launch during this weekend MATTA fair. MAG has a humongous pavilion ready to greet all visitors. RM839 to MLE return is really affordable btw, but changing to USD to use locally is another story T.T

Woah, sounds like a good destination to go but I do hope the "Miami of Asia" does not include gun, babes and drugs part. Hahaha! I believe with the delivery of B737-MAX8, the B737-800NG now has some slack to accommodate to the new routes. Eventually A339neo delivery will take over some of the current routes plied by B737-800NG, thus freeing up more airframes for regional lesser demand routes.

Found this list of Malaysia Airlines previous offices around the world. Dated 1997 Adelaide Suite 7, Riverside Centre, North Terrace (08) 2316171 Adelaide SA 5000, Australia Amsterdam Weteringschans 24A, 1017 SG Armsterdam, The Netherlands 3120 521 6262 Auckland 12th Floor, The Swanson Centre (09) 3793743 12-26 Swanson Street, Auckland PO Box 3729, Auckland New Zealand Bandar Seri Begawan 144, Jalan Pemancha, PO Box 72 (02) 224097 Bandar Seri Begawan 2085, Brunei Darussalam Bangkok 20th Floor, Ploenchitr Tower (662) 2630520-33 898 Ploechitr Road, Bangkok 10300 Beijing Lot 115A/115B, West Wing Office (01) 5052681 China World Trade Centre (01) 5052682 No 1 Jian Guo Men Wai, Ave Bejing 100004 (01) 5052683 People Republic of China Beirut Gefinor Block B, 8th Floor (01) 367552 Hamra, Beirut Berlin Kurfuerstendamm 206 (030) 8827638 10719 Berlin, Germany (030) 8827910 Brisbane 17th Floor, 80 Albert Street, Brisban (07) 3 2297117 Queensland 4000, Australia Brussels Malaysia Airlines, Avenue Louise 106 (02) 648 30 41 6th Floor, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Buenos Aires 14th Floor, 1111 Suipacha, 1008 Buenos Aires (514) 3128006 Republic of Argentina Cairns 4th Floor, National Mutual Tower (007) 61 70310000 15 Lake St Cairns 4870, Australia Cape Town 8th Floor, Safmarine House (021) 4197607 22 Riebeek Street, Cape Town, PO Box 7538 Roggebaai, South Africa 8001 Cebu 2nd Floor, QC Pavilion, Gorordo Avenue (63) 276523 Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines Chiang Mai Chiang Khong Room, Mae Ping Luxury Hotel (053) 276523 153 Sri Dong Chai Road Changklan Amphur Muang, Chiang Mai 50100 Chicago 919 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1900 (312) 9430925 Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA Darwin 2nd Floor, Beagle House (089) 413055 38 Mitchell Street, Darwin NT, 0800 Davao Ground Floor, Durian Hotel, JP Laurel Avenue 2241923 Davao City, 8000 Philippines Denpasar Bali Beach Hotel, Sanur, Denpasar (361) 288716 Bali Indonesia (361) 285071 Dhaka Room L-268, Sonargaon Hotel 813112 Karwanbazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh Dubai Ground Floor, Al Sharaf Building (04) 521221 Beside Ramada Hotel, Al Mankhool Road (04) 521711 Bur Dubai, PO Box 24713 Dubai Uae Dublin The Merrion Business Centre (01) 6767258 20 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2 (01) 6762131 Republic of Ireland Duesseldorf Malaysia Airline, Grad - Adolf - Str.76 (0211) 352051 40210 Duesseldorf, Germany (0211) 352052 Frankfurt An Der Hauptwache 7 (069) 13871920 60313 Frankfurt, Germany Fukuoka 6th Floor, Hinode Tokyokaijo Building (092) 7336010 1-12-20 Tenjin, Chuo-Ku, Fukuoka 810, Japan Geneva 28 Rue Jean Ch.Amat (022) 7386363 1202 Geneva Swizzerland Glasglow Malaysia Airlines, Bowring Building (0141) 2488292 151 West George Street, Glasglow G 2, 2JJ Guangzhou Shop M04-05, Garden Hotel (020) 8338989 368 Huanshi Dong Lu, Guangzhou 510064 EXTN: 3286 People Republic of China Hamburg Malaysia Airlines, Poststr 36 (040) 352930 20354 Hamburg, Germany Hanoi Malaysia Airlines, Sofitel Metropole Hotel (84) 4 8268819 15 Ngo Quyen Street, Hanoi Haadyai Ground Floor, Lee Garden Hotel (074) 243729 1 Lee Pattana Road, Haadyai 90110, Thailand (074) 245443 Ho Chi Min City 65 Le Thanh Ton, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam (08) 48 8244223 Hong Kong Room 1306, Prince's Building (852) 25252321 Chater Road, Central Hong Kong Istanbul Cumhuriyet Caddesi No. 171/2, Elmadag (212) 2307130 Istanbul, Turkey Jakarta Ground Floor, World Trade Centre (021) 5229701 Jalan Jendel Sudirman, KAV 29-31 Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia Jeddah Jamjoom Commercial Centre, Ground Floor (02) 6610150 Entrance No. 10, Palestine Street PO Box 7681, Jeddah 21472 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Johannesburg 1st Floor, Barclays House, 261 Oxford Road (011) 8802946 Illovo, Johannesburg 2196, PO box 47369 Parklands 2121 South Africa Kaohsiung Room A, 19th Floor, Kaohsiung Chung-Cheng (07) 2220482 Building No. 2, Chung Cheng 3rd Road Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, R.O.C. Karachi Muhibah Aviation Services, 23 Shopping Arcade (021) 5682338 Hotel Sheraton, Karachi 75520, Pakistan London No 247/249 Cromwell Road, London SW 5 9GA (0171) 3412020 United Kingdom 61 Piccadilly, London W1V 9HL, United Kingdom Los Angeles 100 North Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 400 1 800 5529264 El Segundo, CA 90245, USA (310) 5359288 Macau 18th Floor, Bank of China Building 853 787898 Avenida Dr, Mario Soares, Macau Male 3rd Floor, Alia Building, No. 2, Orchard Magu (044) 4340558 Male, Republic of Maldives Manchester Malaysia Airlines, 8th Floor, Plaza de Colon 2 (01) 3102330 Torres de Colon II, 28046 Madrid Manila Unit F, Ground Floor, Legaspi Towers 300 (632) 5259404 Vito Cruz Street, Corner Roxas Boulevarde (632) 5259415 Malate, Metro Manila 1004, Phillipines Medan Ground Floor, Hotel Danau Toba Intl. (061) 514300 17 Jalan Imam Bonjol, Medan North Sumatra, Indonesia Melbourne Malaysia Airlines, 45th Floor, Nauru House (03)2799999 80 Collins Street, Melbourne Vic 3000, Australia Mexico Malaysia Airlines, Florencia 39 - 2nd Floor (511) 3601, 8984 Col Juarez, Mexico D.F. 06600 Munich Malaysia Airlines, Theatiner Street 30 (089) 2916 0137 80333 Munich, Germany Nagoya 3rd Floor, Nagoya Daiya Building, No. 2 (052) 5611616 3-15-1, Meieki Nakamura-Ku, Nagoya 450 Japan New Delhi Malaysia Airlines, G55 Cannaught Circus (011) 3713764 New Delhi 110001, India New York 2 Grand Central Tower, 140 East 45th Street 1 800 5529264 42nd Floor, New York NY 10017 Nice Malaysia Airlines, 5 Rue Gabriel Faure 93877277 Les Bureaux Du Ruhl, 06046, Nice Cedex 1, France Osaka Malaysia Airlines, 4th Floor, Ocat Building (81) 66353074 4-1 Minatomachi, 1-Chome, Naniwa-Ku Osaka 556, Japan Paris Malaysia Airlines, No. 12 44516424 Boulevard Des Capucines, 75009 Paris, France Perth 56 William Street, Perth WA 6000 (09) 2637007 Western Australia Phnom Penh Diamond Hotel, Ground Floor, 172-184 (855) 2326688 Monivong Boulevard, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (855) 2326656 Phuket Lots 1/8 and 1/9, Tungka Road, Opposite Phuket (076) 213749 Phuket Merlin Hotel, Phuket 83000, Thailand (076) 216675 Pontianak Mahkota Hotel, No. 8, Jalan Sidas (561) 213749 Pontianak, Indonesia (561) 36022 Pusan 10th Flr, Bando Building, 364-KA Chungang-Dong (051) 468 1539 Chung-Ku, Pusan, Republic of Korea Rome Maylasia Airlines, Via Toscana 10 00187 (06) 4290 3100 Rome, Italy San Fransisco 120 Montgomery Street, Suite #1050 (415) 7880555 San Fransisco CA 94104 USA Seoul 14th Floor, Samsung Life Insurance Building (082) 02-7536241 150 2-KA Taepyung-ro, Chung Ku (082) 02-7536242 100-716 South Korea Singapore 190 Clemenceau Avenue, #02-09/11 (02) 3366566 Singapore Shopping Centre Singapore 0923 Surabaya Ground Floor, Skyline Building, Hyatt Regency 62-031-518632 Jalan Basuki Rachmat, 106-128 Surabaya 60271, Indonesia Sydney 16th Spring Street, Sydney (02) 3643500 N.S.W. 2000, Australia Taichung 13th Floor, No. 2 Chung Kong Road (04) 2060589 Sect 1, Taichung City, Taiwan (04) 2060590 Taipei 1st & 2nd Floor, No. 102 (02) 7168388 Tun Hwa North Road, Taipei, Taiwan Tokyo Hankyu Kotsusha Building 3-3-9 Shinbashi Minato-Ku, Tokyo 105 Japan Toronto 33 Bloor Street East, Suite 1104 (416) 9256670 Toronto Ontario M4W 3H1, Canada Ujung Pandang Marannu City Tower (411) 319934 Jalan Sultan Hasanuddin 3-5, Ujung Pandang Vancouver 9th Floor, Hong Kong Bank Building (604) 6817741 885 West Georgia Street Vancouver, V6C 3E8, Canada Vienna Malaysia Airlines, Renneweg 17, 3rd Floor (1) 7120506 A-1030, Wein, Austria Vientiane Ground Flr, Novotel, Samsenthai Road 213570 / Ext-139 Vientiane, Lao Pdr Washington, D.C. 1350 Conneticut Avenue N.W., Suite 405 (202) 8339180 Washington D.C. 20036 USA Wellington Malaysia Airlines, PO Box 10269 (04) 4997744 10th Floor, DB Tower 11 The Terrace PO Box 10169, Wellington, New Zealand Zurich Malaysia Airlines, Bahnhof Platz 3 (41) 12257211 8023 Zurich, Switzerland

New routes: Chiang Mai, Thailand Danang, Vietnam Male, Maldives Chiang Mai and Male are route resumption. Danang is new. Male was last flown back in 2015 with 1x daily with B737-800. Chiang Mai was dropped back in 1997/1998 Asian Financial Crisis era.

Hahahaha! The new J class is worth the wait. I was kind of mind blown when I watched the video. However the Y class can be better, especially the Y+. Let's hope the maintenance can keep up with the new fleet.

The wait is almost over........

Oh dear, this won't go down well for those who want to freshen up before heading downtown for meeting. I believe MH is one of the few airlines, or maybe the only one who does this. They can always not do those 2x/3x elite points promotion to control the crowd.

MH has removed arrival lounge access/ benefit for those arriving into KLIA. Making a big hoo-ha now at social media. Any true?

China Airlines (CI) has inducted B-18919 ex-SAS SE-RSA MSN 358 into service, the sibling of MH's 9M-MAH MSN 378. CI has uploaded its seat map on their website, but MH has not updated theirs though.

SQ Group definitely has this in their mind. Just saw someone booked SBW-EWR, with 37 hours layover. LOL. They will definitely do KUA/MYY/SBW/KCH-PER/SYD/MEL/BNE. A walk in the park for them.......