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Collins Aerospace’s newly-designed Elevation suite are currently found on British Airways for its Club Suite business class and for Etihad Airways’ A350 Business Studio suite. Here is a short video on those on Etihad Airways’ A350 Business Studio suite. Looking forward to seeing Malaysia Airlines's with customisation with songket motif.

9M-MTM has returned to service since January 22, 2024. Downtime five days, that's pretty impressive to say. 9M-MTF and 9M-MTU are still out of action.

Just found out 9M-FFF (the only Malaysia Airlines B737-800NG with 90s cheatlines livery) is now back in service. I think it has been flying for some time. Talking abt having nine lives. LOL!

Additional notes: In terms of network, AAX Malaysia launched a new route to Hong Kong (seven times per week) in December, supported by immense demand from the market. In Q4 2023, the company increased its flight frequencies to Seoul (to 12 times per week), Sydney (11 times per week), Melbourne (12 times per week), and Bangkok (seven times per week), bringing the total weekly flight frequency to 144 flights by year-end. Comments: AAX Malaysia - remaining two A330-300s to be activated 9M-XXC and 9M-XXD. AAX Thailand - current fleet is now seven A330-300, both A330-900s have been officially removed from service. Both are now stored in Jakarta CGK. Now that they are filling up bums on their seats (80% PLF is pretty healthy load), hope it translates to sustainable profitability for them.

AirAsia X reinstates Xian route from April 4, 2024 onwards with 3x weekly flight. At the same time, they will suspend Busan from May 3, 2024. Busan is currently flown 3x weekly, was reinstated in February 3, 2023 and there were plan to increase it to daily flight by end of 2023. However the plan did not materializes.

Found this video online, credit to its original owner. 9M-MTM Engine #1 emitted sparks upon emergency landing at KUL two days ago. A333 9M-MTM is grounded indefinitely for now. A333 9M-MTF is also out of service. MTF is the last A333 in the "swoosh" livery. A333 9M-MTH and 9M-MTN both have returned to service after its own respective episodes recently. A332 9M-MTU has been out of action for long time, perhaps in heavy maintenance. 9M-MTU, 9M-MTV and 9M-MTW are in "swoosh" livery. 9M-MTX, 9M-MTY and 9M-MTZ are in "Negaraku" livery. A359 9M-MAC has returned to service. 9M-MAB, 9M-MAD, 9M-MAE are in "swoosh" livery. 9M-MAC, 9M-MAF, 9M-MAG and 9M-MAH are in "Negaraku" livery. GCZCCRnM8iETGW0GAC0nepwxDs0nbmdjAAAF.mp4

The A380 all-blue livery was rumoured to have oil someone's pocket by handling the project to the famous Landor Associates. It was not required and not necessary at all. Well, on the flip if it was to be painted in swoosh red-and-blue livery, it would be even more hideous. The A380 with 90's cheatline livery when the order was first announced.

AirAsia and AirAsia X's merger has hit a snag due to Thai AirAsia X is now under bankruptcy status. Malaysia's AirAsia to resume A321neo deliveries

Last night January 18, 2024 Malaysia Airlines A330-323 9M-MTM was doing flight MH190 KUL-DEL when suspected sparks were observed from Engine #1, returned to KUL. Airport Fire and Rescue Service (AFSS) was deployed in the event of any fire emergency. Fellow sistership 9M-MTJ replaced 9M-MTM, arriving into DEL four hours late. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/9m-mtj https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/9m-mtm

One thing definitely for sure MH prefers internal candidates to replace him if he indeed chooses not to renew his contract. Save for Christoph Mueller and Peter Bellew period which they hired expat CEOs due to unusual circumstances, MH has always been headed by local Malaysians. Some has shown positive changes, some don't. Good grief, let it not be another Tengku Azmil....he was the one behind these two hideous livery.

MAG CEO Captain Izham did an interview with BFM89.9 this morning January 17, 2024. I have not listen to the whole interview, but it sounds Captain Izham will not be extending or renewing his contract when the current one is due in November this year.

The very last published AirAsia Group International and Domestic Route Map. Published in the final edition of Travel3Sixty magazine April 2020 Issue.

You can actually book from Jaipur to New Delhi and take D7 back from New Delhi via airasia.com website. JAI-DEL leg is done by Air India Express, although I think it is more of an OTA selling the ticket and there is no interline agreement. Not sure why the official website does not allow non-stop return booking to JAI from KUL. You either transit via DEL or DMK via FD. In their app, it can be done.

Let me guess, Capital A will be testing JAI and AMD out with AirAsia first, before deciding if they will move to AirAsia X. Previous rendition both were serviced by AirAsia X with A330-300s. Jaipur was one of the poorer performing routes before it was canned previously. Loads of promo fares going around, Jaipur could be cheaper but RM209 one way fare is now sold out: With this new addition, AirAsia operates a robust network of routes directly from Kuala Lumpur to India in both northern and southern cities. AirAsia Malaysia (AK) Chennai Tiruchirappalli Kochi Hyderabad Bengaluru Kolkata Thiruvananthapuram (commencing February 21, 2024) Jaipur (commencing April 21, 2024) Ahmedabad (commencing May 1, 2024) AirAsia X (D7) New Delhi Amritsar The missing piece will be Mumbai, Bangalore, and Bhubaneswar, all three previously flown by either AirAsia X or AirAsia. Additional destinations they can consider: Coimbatore, Pune and Lucknow.

The AirAsia X's order for 30 A321XLR was revised downward to only 20 back in 2019, the same time when they cancelled 63 out of 78 firm order for A339neo. Not sure if Airbus allows AirAsia Group/ Capital A to interchange its order, because they were two separate orders. AirAsia order was an upgrade from remaining A320neo order to standard A321neo. AirAsia X was A339neo with A320XLR bundled together. At the moment, AirAsia X's order for A339neo remains at 15 with 20 A321XLR. As for A350, I would think it is just bluff talk. Capital A currently has no financial standing to place such an enormous capital into a new fleet. Plus if they are to place an order now, the earliest they can receive is mid-end of 2026/ start of 2027.

Saw this online, good to share here: Total order for A321XLR (specific order only): Aer Lingus – 6 Air Arabia – 20 Air Canada – 28 Air Lease – 27 Air Transat – 4 AirAsia X – 20 American Airlines – 50 Cebu Pacific – 10 Flynas – 10 IAG – 14 Icelandair – 13 Indigo Partners – 50 JetBlue – 13 LATAM Airlines Group – 17 Middle East Airlines – 4 Qantas Group – 36 Saudia – 15 United Airlines - 50 Vietjet – 20 Total – 407 Actual numbers maybe higher as many airlines placed group order for A320neo family and has interchangeable clause. Airbus mentioned before it has garnered over 550 orders for A321XLR.

AirAsia X launches (again) Ahmedabad with 4x weekly flight. AirAsia X first launched Ahmedabad in February 4, 2020 with initially planned first flight on April 29, 2020. However the flight never took off due to border closure during COVID 19 pandemic. The old advertisement when it was first launched. With this new addition, AirAsia operates a robust network of routes directly from Kuala Lumpur to India in both northern and southern cities. AirAsia Malaysia (AK) Chennai Tiruchirappalli Kochi Hyderabad Bengaluru Kolkata Thiruvananthapuram (commencing February 21, 2024) AirAsia X (D7) New Delhi Amritsar Jaipur (commencing April 21, 2024) Ahmedabad (commencing May 1, 2024)

Saw this from LinkedIn, good luck to MH, SQ, TG, CX and many other airlines.......with 65 A359, 35 B778, 170 B779, 35 B787s, that's a total of 305 airframes coming, EK is going to need a lot of new employees!

Hahaha, guess all the marketing people for both Malaysia Airlines Group and Lion Air Group do not take marketing communication and branding classes during their degree days. With the new A330, Batik Air Malaysia A330 fleet will have three different livery: 9M-LFC MSN 1481 9M-LFD MSN 1411 9M-LF* MSN 1828 (to be confirmed)

Thank you for the information. Mystery solved. PK-LEK A330-343 MSN 1828, Configuration 18W 374Y. Originally built for Batik Air Malaysia back in 2017, but was reallocated to Thai Lion Air in December 2017, flew as HS-LAI and returned to Lion Air Indonesia October 2019, went back and forth between Batik Air Indonesia and Lion Air. Now stored in KUL. Delivery flight to KUL was on December 20, 2023. https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/airbus-a330-300-pk-lek-lion-air/rz6odl https://www.radarbox.com/data/registration/PK-LEK

Started to roll out earlier this month. Subtle change only, the volour, cutting and materials are different than previous rendition. More noticeable in the male flight attendant uniform. Of course, they won't be able to launch an all-new uniform, if not later kena blasted by the public kao kao (just joking). I wonder what happened to their new uniform agreement with Farah Khan back in 2016??

Well, I personally experienced differently while checking in for MH133 two days ago. All frontdesk staff were wearing the full uniform, and the support crew also dons their new uniform. Very beautiful to be honest. A departure from the past.....a good initiative to pay homage to our local tradition and heritage.

Actually if you look at Malaysia Airlines closely, lately they have been rolling out their new marketing campaign and corporate revamp in subtle manner. The new uniform for inflight crew and ground crew, and the not-so-well-received new cabin for B737 fleet. At least now we have a confirmed logotype. However IMO, all these aesthetic makeover are redundant if their flight cannot depart on time, poor handling if there is a delay/ cancellation, customer services and recovery are in shambles. Let's not forget the poor inflight catering and IFE.......

And the latest route map: ATR service within Peninsula Malaysia is now totally removed, except the only route left: SZB-BTH.

Batik Air Malaysia has further update their fleet and route map, based on the BatikAirMag January 2024 issue. ATR 72-600 In the magazine = Five units Planespotters.net = Four units with three units parked. Remaining active unit is 9M-LMK. In storage: 9M-LMF, 9M-LML. Parked 9M-LMG, 9M-LMH, and 9M-LMJ B737-800NG In the magazine = 11 units Planespotters.net = 10 units New addition will be 9M-LCM will be rejoining the fleet. Transferred to Batik Air Indonesia on March 13, 2020. Now back in fleet. B737-MAX 8 In the magazine = 16 units Planespotters.net = 16 units A330-343 In the magazine = Three units Planespotters.net = Two units One additional unit which is not determined at the moment, will be interesting to know which ex-AirAsia X aircraft it will be taking.