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Qatar Maintains 2nd Daily Flight to KUL Qatar Airways effective 31MAR24 will continue to operate QR852/853 DOH-KUL, KUL-DOH utilising a B777-300ER. The other flights between DOH and KUL are operated by both MH and QR as follows :- QR844/845 - DOH-KUL, KUL-DOH 7 weekly - B777-300ER MH161/160 - DOH-KUL, KUL-DOH 7 weekly - A350-900 MH163/164 - DOH-KUL, KUL-DOH 7 weekly - A350-900 Combined services by MH and QR between DOH and KUL stands at 4 daily flights (2 QR and 2 MH) https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240409-qrns24

Emirates Reduces KUL & Equipment Change Emirates, effective 22APR24 - 04JUN24 will reduce KUL from 21 weekly to 20 weekly:- EK344/345 DXB-KUL, KUL-DXB - 6 weekly B777-300ER EK346/347 DXB-KUL, KUL-DXB - 7 weekly B777-300ER (effective 31MAR24) EK342/343 DXB-KUL, KUL-DXB - 7 weekly A380-800 (effective 01JUN24) https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240409-ekns24

Vietnam Airlines to reduce KUL eff 31MAR24 Hanoi - Kuala Lumpur Reduces from 4 to 3 weekly Saigon - Kuala Lumpur Reduces from 7 to 4 weekly https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240403-vnns24asia

US-Bangla to upgrade KUL to a widebody aircraft Effective 25APR24, 1 daily A330-300 replacing the B737-800 BS315 DAC 0850LT - 1450LT BS316 KUL 1550LT - 1750LT https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240403-bsns24333

Cambodia Airways to begin Kuala Lumpur Cambodia Airways will begin flights from PNH to KUL beginning mid April 2024 KR781 PNH 1320LT - 1615LT KUL 2, 4 KR781 PNH 1420LT - 1715LT KUL 7 KR782 KUL 1715LT - 1830LT PNH 2,4 KR782 KUL 1815LT - 1935LT PNH 7 They will utilize the A319

Malaysia Airlines and Indigo ink Codeshare https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2024/04/04/malaysia-airlines-indigo-ink-codeshare-pact

KLIA is still in a mess from what it used to be at least. The quality has dropped tremendously to its lowest while its neighbours took advantage of the pandemic to make improvements and refurbishment. The design of the airport design seems to be a mistake while they continue to make profits (MAHB). The issues I can highlight through experience since January to date are :- 1) Terminal 1 (T1) parking entrance continues to be a problem throughout the day a) machine not issuing the coin/chip b) TnG option faulty c) customer service unreachable d) Premiere Parking at Level 2, really? Why? 2) T1 Public Toilets are not all SDG friendly - the ones near McD's heading to Anjung Tinjau have no dryers but only paper towels 3) T1 Check In Lines are a mess everyday at peak hours, cluttered & confusing to the laymen alike 4) T1 Staff at some check in counters are clueless about the special assistance service and charging USD50 to assist someone to the gate 5) T1 Cleaning staff are seated anywhere around the airport vicinity, steel barriers on the ground, etc 6) T1 Lacking creativity and ambience for an international hub 7) T1 The signages of the feeder buses to the satellite terminal is poor, what more the service itself which is abysmal 8 ) Poor communication skills of the GTR check-in staff (I experienced a few incidents myself yesterday) 9) T1 Anjung Tinjau has become a dodgy place; it is a noisy place now with one side dedicated for TH travel updates making the place chaotic and the 'plane spotting experience' unwelcoming, passengers occupying the whole row of seats to sleep (I guess this happens at other airports too), basically from a world class airport into a pasar pagi/malam/petang, no proper enforcement nor quality control, style ada, maintenance takda 10) T1 is also becoming an upcoming and happening base for touts, scammers, etc - just ask how many taxi touts, tugs and conmen there are at the arrival hall, anjung tinjau (professional beggars) and more 11) E-hailing services at T1 are also leaving much to be desired - drivers cancelling on passengers, taking their time to 'makan" at their warung at the cowboy-town, etc 12) Cost saving and reducing the air-conditioning at Anjung Tinjau is not cool at all, especially since they made one side a play area for children and another for prayer facilities for the Muslims A lot more to share of course but the above are some highlights of my own experience and my two cents

Yes amazingly, KUL was served once as an important destination on their route map

Shocked at his feedback, I thought he had some substance comparatively to the other leaders previously. Maybe it was quoted out of context and showcased as the reason; bad journo. In todays world, this is a bitter statement and alike a loser because they should be focusing on moving forward with the latest technology and innovations. Something fishy 🐟 On another note, I flew with MH from KCH and found their crew to be very efficient and friendly. They were mostly seniors in the cabin and younger in the cockpit. Captain spoke really well and very informative. I was lucky to be on the newly refurbished aircraft and had the chance to have their onboard catering and it was good.

Interesting information, thanks. Just wondering about Air Incheon, anyone heard of them or seen them at KUL yet? It says they started KUL in Jul 2023 😁

ANA to ramp up frequencies to KUL ANA will increase its HND-KUL / KUL-HND service from 5x weekly to 7x weekly effective 01SEP24 ET to increase seat capacity to KUL ET will increase seat capacity on their ADD-SIN-KUL/KUL-SIN-ADD sector, whereby 1 of 4 flights will be operated by the B789, the remaining 3 weekly flights will be operated by their B788 effective 05JUN24 TG flight equipment changes to KUL TG will change flight equipments to KUL effective 31MAR24 where B788 replaces B772ER for TG415/416 flights and B789 replaces B788 on TG417/418 EK to increase seat capacity to KUL EK will upgrade EK342/343 on the DXB-KUL/KUL-DXB route from the present B773ER to an A388 effective 01JAN24, making it twice daily A388 and 1 daily B773ER to KUL; though the upgrade has not begun to date. Source : aeroroutes.com

Oman Air to Reduce KUL capacity & frequency Oman Air will reduce capacity to some South-East Asian routes including to Kuala Lumpur with the following schedule and aircraft MCT 0900LT KUL 2010LT 7M8 Days 2 & 4 MCT 2045LT KUL 0755LT 7M8 Days 3 & 6 KUL 0940LT KUL 1220LT 7M8 Days 4 & 7 KUL 2135LT KUL 0015LT 7M8 Days 2 & 4

Turkmenistan Airlines to "Commence" Kuala Lumpur Ashgabat - Kuala Lumpur eff 15FEB24 2 weekly B777-200LR T5803 ASB 0510LT - 0620LT 77L Day 4 T5801 ASB 1530LT - 0240LT 77L Day 2 T5802 KUL 0440LT - 1030LT 77L Day 3 T5804 KUL 1820LT - 0010LT 77L Day 4

Interesting but has anyone heard anything about the new KUA airport?

Do they recognize our indigenous art in Malaysia?

https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231127-mhnov23nrt MH to deploy the A350 (Ex-SAS) to NRT for the entire month of December

KUA is also secretly gone as expected. Such a shame!

Turkish Airlines NS24 Intercontinental Network Changes - 27OCT23 Istanbul - Kuala Lumpur eff 01APR24 TK060/061 A350-900XWB replaces previously filled B777-300ER (Overall 1 daily A350 & 1 daily B789) Fantastic news and can't wait to see more A350's at KUL

I wonder if Malaysians can or cannot manage big projects 😁

Despite all that, we still only have one flight from India to KUL by an Indian carrier - Indigo who operates a daily flight to KUL from MAA (Chennai) at an ungodly hour. MH really should improve on the seats as mentioned by Craig.

It is about time they upgrade their services, offerings and aircrafts for DOH! Such a downgrade for a QR flight using MH' A330s. Cockroaches at least on my flight last year & rude crew

It might be happening in Malaysia too, if you see how they are selecting only certain states for their recruitment

Actually MH was among the first few carriers who had foreign languages onboard their flights before the likes of what EK, QR and EY have today. They had crew from RSA, Korea, Japan and also Argentina to cater to the diversity in its passengers. Of course today, SQ and all the major carriers brand themselves as having multilingual crew onboard. Such a sad state that MH has become from what they were thanks to the mismanagement, wrong leaders and interference of politicians only to lose our national carrier. So focused on the internal benefits that they forget the brand name they have established and the pride they carry for all Malaysians. Sort off like living in their own 'bubble' or 'syok sendiri' like many other local issues we have; only to be ranked amongst the lower ranking airlines today. I trust that they are opening up now to diversity and business focused, so lets hope they improve their service levels and staff morale with the new management and leadership in both the airline (MH) and the country. New and sustainable aircraft orders soon to move forward. Just my two cents. Fingers crossed 🤞

Adding on; the extremism amongst our politicians and some Malaysians to ban things like concerts and relating it to drugs and bad behavior's, banning comedians because they are transgendered?, etc does not bode well with our incoming tourist or even many locals. Of course thanks to the lackadaisical attitude of our key decision makers has brought about this mess. We only see airlines increasing flight frequencies to our neighboring countries, yet Malaysia does not stand out despite being the top 20 airports in the world pre-pandemic. The branding is messed up, do we want people of other cultures and faiths to come to Malaysia? What is the issue and how are we tackling it moving forward? We have so much to offer but as mentioned, we have a crappy main gateway, pathetic offerings by our national carriers, unwelcoming & heavily restrictive tourism, complacency, lack of accountability of airport operators, power struggle in these organizations and many more. We are in a mess indeed! This is just my point of view, I think we can do way better than what we have currently. Blaming the pandemic is really unacceptable because our neighbor down south took the opportunity to refurbish their terminals during the pandemic, once the pandemic was over, voila they had everything in place for the influx and suppressed travelers. What did we do? Aerotrains continued to get further damage and eventually halted the service, terminal was and still a mess, staff have become more incompetent, bosses have increased their expectations to make up for losses and demand the sky and the moon from the staff with no proper remuneration, no retraining or reassessment post-pandemic, airlines have dived into a greed mode to milk everything from the customers and also their own staff to ensure that the top heavy are well fed. I think we should do something and this is a good opportunity to improve moving forward. Our other friends in Southeast Asia are rapidly moving and we are going to be left behind, far far behind because we are focusing on the wrong things. Tina Turner's concert in the 80's comes to mind. What a shame! Does anyone have contacts with the right decision makers to have a forum with us? Oh well, lethargy at its best!

Interesting times for OD and KUL!