Kenneth Chong WT

Your guess is as good as mine.They do it there because they can do it there...i guess??BTW, just read about AK closing KCH base!!So depressing hor??

Aiyah...how come so sad???KCH base not popular...hire more Sarawakian lar...the problem is most crew i ask are from KL and BKI and JB...mana org nak berjauhan with their love ones...thats it guys...we might as well as close down KCH airport...what else could be done you tell me??Soon I bet, AK will cut down their daily flights to KCH...for the past few days..AK KUL-KCH cancelled at least 1 flight....

No thanks to our KCH SENTRAL!...oh please la...even Miri's public buses are newer and nicer...the buses we have in KCH are only suitable for a horror movie..."The Last Bus"....they are older than my mum and dad....but i like lar our KCH hangout place...it a place for the family kan?Sat and Sun evening can see carload of children with their parents screaming and pointing at the planes (guilty as charge)....later at night...you'll see steamy actions of couple in their cars...or on their bike...ahahaha!KUCHING A PLACE LIKE NO OTHER!!

Apuuh! No joke kan?Looks like it is as compatible as SENAI airport minus the no. of aerobridges!!Cool!Hope it doesnt become a white elephant!Nice Arches...ririg leaves inspired...not bad....

Hornbill Skyways bought 1 unit of Beechcraft King Air B200GT.Does this count?hehehe! Sarawak Govt Takes Delivery Of Beechcraft Plane SINGAPORE, Feb 20 (Bernama) -- Sarawak government's aviation company Hornbill Skyways today took delivery of Hawker Pacific's Beechcraft King Air B200GT plane in a brief ceremony at Singapore Airshow 2008. Hornbill Skyways' executive chairman Aidan Wing received the aircraft, which is on display at the Changi Exhibition Centre during the six-day Singapore Airshow beginning yesterday, from Hawker Pacific's chairman Henrik Von Platen. Aidan told Bernama the aircraft would be for multi-purpose use, especially for aerial survey, air ambulance and corporate service. He said the Beechcraft plane was selected over its competitors because of its proven record as a multi-role aircraft and better speed. He also said that Hornbill Skyways planned to acquire two more aircraft bigger than the Beechcraft soon in anticipation of higher air service demand following the launch earlier this month of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy which would see RM300 billion state government investment. Hornbill Skyways now has three fixed-wing aircraft in its stable. The company also has 10 helicopters under its wing in operation in Sarawak. Hawker Pacific's chief executive officer Alan Smith said the Beechcraft would undergo an extensive modification programme by the company to prepare it for the multi-roles following the delivery. The aircraft is expected to be fully operational at its base in Sarawak by May this year. Hornbill Skyways, set up in 1977 and jointly owned by Sarawak Foundation, Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation and other shareholders, operates from its main base in Miri. Hawker Pacific is a market leader in integrated civil and military aerospace sales and product support in Australasia with facilities in Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East. -- BERNAMA

I remembered when my family went for a cruise ship holoday with one of our Kuching Tour Agency. We flew Transmile in a B737-200 with the red and gold tail.They had masking tape taped shut some overhead bins as the latch was faulty.We were serves 2 "Gardenia's Twiggies" and a box of Yeo's Air Teh Bunga!So funny! But it was really an experience like no other.The plane would rattle and shale during take-off.Pretty scary!

http://www.malaysianwings.com/forum/index....=7316&st=40 go to Mike CHai's flightlog...see the box and content of MASwings' Snack Box!hehehe...nice box....MAS has nice box, but like my mum say...."Not as if you can eat the box!" hahahaha!

no no...not complaining abt BKI or Sabah,just that we here in KCH dun get as much "stuffs" like in KK.U know...SWK dun even have Burger King...i mean how sad???We are kinda behind la....that's all im saying.Good that BKI has many int flights, i mean 2 korean airlines,connection to HKG,Taiwan,Japan???Kuching??not as much!! Hey Iggy...saw todays paper??State's 2nd Int Airport is in Mukah!!Hahaha! and yeah...thanks for the VIM and CZ.Appriciate it!

SEPANG: Jetstar Asia is looking to fly to Medan in the second quarter (2Q) of the year as it seeks routes within a five-hour flight range, its chief executive officer Chong Phit Lian said. She said Jetstar Asia flies to 14 cities in nine countries and was keeping an eye out for more cities within the five-hour flight range. Chong was speaking to reporters on Feb 1 at the arrival of its inaugural Singapore-KL flight at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Jetstar Asia will fly to Macau on Feb 2. (From left): Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad's senior general manager of operations Dato' Azmi Murad, Malaysia Airports MD Datuk Seri Bashir Ahmand, Malaysia Airports chairman Tan Sri Datuk Dr Aris Othman and Jetstar Asia's CEO Chong Pit Lian at Jetstar Asia maiden flight to KLIA on Feb 1. She said Jetstar would like to increase its flights to KLIA and would apply for an optimum of six to seven flights a day between KLIA and Singapore under the “open skies agreement” at the end of the year. “We think there would be enough volume because the current number of flights to Jakarta and Bangkok, and the KL and Singapore route is very much underserved. KL has a lot of attractions in food and shopping,” she said. Chong said the starting fare, excluding tax was S$28 (RM64), and Jetstar Asia was also running a promotion to allow travellers to get an extra seat free for each seat bought. It was targeting its loyal customers who had made previous e-mail or short message service (SMS) bookings. She said the return flight would be less than S$200 (RM456). She said the rates were cheaper than before and cited a family she spoke to onboard the flight who found the rates attractive enough to fly 20 members for a friend’s wedding in Malaysia. Chong also said Jetstar was also eager to fly to other cities in Malaysia including Penang, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, “and if Ipoh can take our aircraft, that would be another interesting place for Singaporean travellers”.

Va..va..its Russian...I C...got meh?never see leh...my bro studies in Russia...wonder if he could get a direct flight from Moscow??HAHAHAHAHAH!!

Is it me or is it really depressing...why la KCH so little international flights...just saw that BKI has travellator and a really nice terminal...KCH pula....aduh...alang-alang je...so sad.if you ask me...gate A-3 should be double in size and gate 7,8,9 should have a 1 directional travellator on the 3rd floor after immigration for departure, while another 1 directional travellator on the lower floor to ease passengers arriving from gate 8 and 9 on their way to the arrival hall. Back in the 90's...i would wait for the arrival of Dragonair, RBA and MAS DC10 to Seoul and Narita.There was even a B734 flying between KCH to Manila and onwards to Taipei.Then The KCH-KUL-Frankfurt,KCH-Perth and SYD-KCH.I was even on the SYD-KCH flight.We arrived like 3.30 in the morning.At Sydney airport, i was told that 56 pax were disembarking in KCH.The airport stayed opened for us!!Ahhh....those were the days...kesian la KCH...what can we do to entice more airlines to fly into KCH???in 2000 when SIA ceased their SIN-KCH vv, I wrote to Silkair,telling them to fly into KCH.their reply was "due to political reasons" they are unable to do so???And now they fly daily to KCH...go figure...I even wrote to HK Express and Virgin Blue,HK Express never reply, DJ said "check their website for new routes" and wish me all the best in my studies...HELP!!Im depress!Crazy kan??Thank god for RBA and Batavia and Silk or else...Kuching International Airport should change into "KUCHING SEMI-INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT".Happy for org Sabah bah...tapi....org SARAWAK dianak-tiri kan la!

SAEAGA AIRLINES was the brainchild of Tan Sri Ting Phek King. It was a collaboration between Ekran Berhad (went bankrupt since),State Govt of Sabah and Sarawak. I was actually there at the hangar during its launch in Kuching.Where Lord White Hair, our beloved CM came and "menepung tawa" (blessing of) the 3 planes. The hangar is now Hornbill Skyway's. They operated 1 deHavilland Dash 8-200, 1 deHavilland Dash 8-300 and a CRJ 200.They were planning to fly to the larger BIMP-EAGA region. I had the program book but I think my dad threw it away!!They operated a daily BTU-KUL on the CRJ 200. MYY-MZU-BKI on the Dash8-300 and KCH-SBU-BTL on the Dash8-200.Just a Trivia-in the short while it flew...the cabin crew went through 2 uniform changes.1st was a Pink Blazer with White Buttondown Shirt,Black skirt and Polka dot scarf then a purple hue broad neck kebaya.(like those on SIA).Kinda sad it ceased operation...would be fun to see how far it would have gone...sad

Here is what I think.On a narrowbody "A" is window and C is "aisle". So if you board, say a Fokker 50, they skip B so that you know you get to choose A for Window and C for aisle.Same goes for Airbus 330, seats are arranged with A then C.I think it is universally known that A is when you get the Window and C the aisle while B means you are the meat patty between the bun.Just don't quote me...hehehe! If you check MAS seatplans. Even in C class of the B734 seats are numbered 1A and C skipping B because B does not exsist.You ould compare MAS 777 and SIA 777, MH has the 2X5X2 hance the 11 A,C- D,E,F,G,H-J,K while SQ in their 3X3X3. Numbers their seats as ABC-DEG-HJK. I guess it doesn't matter that they skip F beacuse it is the middle seat while H is still the aisle regardless of the configuration.Hope it answer your question.

Back when MAS flies Fokker 50 under MAS not MASwings, I took a KCH-BTU-BKI flight. KCH-BTU was just a cup of juice and the flight was 1 hour. On the next sector, 1hour and 15 mins, we were served 2 pieces of sandwiches. Both with roasted chicken breast with lecttuce and mayo to keep it moist.Not bad coz they offer coffee/tea and juice. On the direct KCH-BKI you will get a "golf ball sized" crossaint or bun with chicken ham filling with tomatoes and mayo.Try MASwings, on their BTU-BKI sector, they'll five you a nice blue/green MASwings box with Milo,Sandwich(1 chicken and 1 eggfilling i think) and Cadbury Bytes.I love the box...really nice...square,blue all over with green "daun midin" logo across the box.Sorry,no pic.

Hi,Kenneth here. If you read one of the Chinese Newspaper during the launch of Kuching's Kenyalang Interchange.There was a model of Mukah's airport.It has the same aerofoil roof and the "drop-off" and "pick-up" area has 3 arches with glass which allows sunlight to shine thru.No joke, that airport, well the model at least, features 3 aerobridges.No joke! Kinda nice looking.But i think lahad datu and sandakan need their new terminal asap! BTW, only the runway is B747 capable, thats because the Sarawak Regional Corridor in somewhere Mukah up to Bintulu.Maybe for Cargo/Frighter services.ie fertilizer,aliminium...etc???

Lets all chip in and created a new airline. MRX, Malaysian Regional Express and operate EMB 170 and 190!!! Hahaha!

CZ3025 757 HANGZHOU KUCHING 12-19 0050 - 19 0540 - and CZ3026 757 KUCHING HANGZHOU 12-19 0630 - 19 1130 - I missed the B737-800 from Guangzhou hopefully I can wake up early to catch this B757. Kinda excited coz KCH dun get as much Int Airlines like BKI. I hope my info are correct as I got it from CS' website. Correct me if Im wrong.

Hello there! Kenneth here. For those interested, there will be another charter flight on the 19 of Dec, Wed at 0630.B757 Kuching to Hangzhou.Found it on China Southern website. Go and check it out!