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Some updates on carriers operating into Malaysia from www.airlineroute.net :- QATAR to increase flights into KUL Qatar Airways on Tuesday (07MAR18) filed additional changes to its operation for summer 2018 season. Latest adjustment includes the following. Doha – Kuala Lumpur eff 01JUL18 Increase from 21 to 24 weekly, additional service operated by 787-8 QR854 DOH1825 – 0705+1KUL 788 135 QR855 KUL1105 – 1325DOH 788 246 JIN AIR to JHB Jin Air during summer season will be offering seasonal Seoul Incheon – Johor Bahru service, operating as scheduled charter flight. During summer season, the airline will serve this route 4 times a week, from 19JUN18 to 26OCT18, with Boeing 777. The airline previously operated this route as seasonal flight in 1Q18 during winter schedule. LJ095 ICN1710 – 2230JHB 772 x146 LJ096 JHB2350 – 0705+1ICN 772 x146 SQ and MI to code share on TR flights Singapore Airlines and Silk Air since 01MAR18 (approximate) further expanded codeshare partnership with Scoot, covering latter’s selected service to Japan and Taiwan, as well as additional points in Malaysia. Planned new codeshare routes as follow. Silk Air operated by Scoot Singapore – Kaohsiung Singapore – Kuantan Singapore – Macau Singapore – Taipei Taoyuan – Sapporo New Chitose Singapore Airlines operated by Scoot Singapore – Kaohsiung Singapore – Kuantan Singapore – Macau Singapore – Taipei Taoyuan – Sapporo New Chitose EY gradually reduces KUL Etihad in recent weeks filed additional changes to its planned summer 2018 operation, effective 25MAR18. Latest update as of 04MAR18 as follows. Abu Dhabi – Kuala Lumpur eff 01MAY18 Reduce from 14 to 10 weekly, 7 weekly from 01SEP18. Service operated by a mix of A330-300 and -200 KL to reduce capacity to KUL KLM in mid-February 2018 filed 2nd major changes to its Northern winter 2018/19 season on long-haul routes, from 28OCT18. Latest adjustment as follows. Amsterdam – Kuala Lumpur eff 28OCT18 777-200ER service increases from 2 to 4 weekly, -300ER reduces from 5 to 3 weekly BI to increase frequency to BKI Royal Brunei from June 2018 plans to introduce additional frequencies on regional routes, including Denpasar and Kota Kinabalu. Planned new flight, currently not available for reservation, as follows. Bandar Seri Begawan – Kota Kinabalu eff 03JUN18 Increase from 10 to 11 weekly BI831 BWN2345 – 0025+1BKI 320 7 BI822 BKI0840 – 0920BWN 320 1

Just a statistics report of the Australian air traffic for your reading pleasure. Quite insightful. Wonder if Malaysia has reports like this which we can be privy to. https://bitre.gov.au/publications/ongoing/files/International_airline_activity_1710.pdf

ANA S18 international service changes as of 18JAN18 Tokyo Haneda – Kuala Lumpur eff 25MAR18 Service operated by 787-9 once again, replacing -8, 1 daily Tokyo Narita – Kuala Lumpur eff 01JUN18 787-9 replaces -8, 1 daily Source : www.airlineroute.net

QATAR AIRWAYS adds A350 to KUL for a short period Qatar Airways in last week’s schedule update filed planned Airbus A350-900XWB operations to Malaysia, which sees the A350 serving Doha – Kuala Lumpur, on 1 of 3 daily flights. The A350 will be operating as QR844/845. QR844 DOH1940 – 0830+1KUL 359 D 30APR18 – 30MAY18 QR845 KUL0940 – 1220DOH 359 D 01MAY18 – 31MAY18

Air China S18 International changes as of 30NOV17 AirChina this made its first adjustment for summer 2018 international service, effective 25MAR18. Planned changes as of 30NOV17 as follows. Beijing – Kuala Lumpur eff 31MAR18 Increase from 3 to 4 weekly, A330-300 service

Thanks. Are their A333/A332 well maintained? The reviews on these aircraft are really poor.

Does anyone know why QR has switched all their flights into KUL to an A333/A332 effective Winter 2017?

Turkish Airlines S18 Long-haul changes as of 10NOV17 Turkish Airlines in recent weeks made additional changes to its planned summer 2018 long-haul service, effective from 25MAR18. Planned changes as of 10NOV17 as follows. Istanbul Ataturk – Kuala Lumpur eff 07MAY18 A330-300 replaces 777-300ER, 1 daily

Oh ok, thanks. I thought they were operating it round the year service since last year. Good to know.

Does anyone know if KLM have suspended their morning flights out of KUL?

Ethiopian Airlines W17 service changes as of 25OCT17 Addis Ababa – Singapore – Kuala Lumpur First 787-9 service on this route scheduled on 30NOV17. Service operated by a mix of 787-8/-9 until 15FEB18, switching to -9 only from 17FEB18

Do charters for umrah generate more income/profits for MH than the LHR route?

Malaysia Airlines to get its first Airbus A350-900 early December TOULOUSE: Malaysia Airlines Bhd expects the first delivery of its A350-900 to be made in the first week of December this year. Its chief executive officer Peter Bellew said six units of the A350-900 would be leased from the Los Angeles based aircraft leaser Air Lease Corp under a 12-year programme."We will have a 40 per cent reduction in operating cost for the direct flight to London compared to the A380," he told reporters at the A350 assembly line in Toulouse, yesterday. He added that the operating cost reduction offers the airline a readability to be profitable on the London-Kuala Lumpur route. "The A350 XWB(extra wide body) version is capable of accommodating 286 passengers with four different classes of cabin arrangements namely first class, business class, seats economy plus and economy class," he said. He said the first four A350s will be catered for the London-Kuala Lumpur flight, replacing the super jumbo A380."We have yet to determine the destination for the remaining two of the A350s," he said. Malaysia Airlines expects the six units of the A350-900 to all be delivered by June next year. Bellew said the first A350 flight to London will be on January 15 next year. According to Airbus, the first and business classes seats arrangement are supplied by Thompson Vantage, while the economy plus and economy by B/E Aerospace Pinnacle B. The A350 is said to consume 25 per cent less fuel. https://www.nst.com.my/business/2017/10/290169/malaysia-airlines-get-its-first-airbus-a350-900-early-december

Thanks flee. Who is the launch/first customer for this aircraft type?

Thanks Izanee China Eastern schedules additional SE Asia routes in W17 Nanjing – Quanzhou – Kuala Lumpur eff 17NOV17 3 weekly MU2719 NKG1955 – 2145JJN2245 – 0330+1KUL 320 357 MU2720 KUL0430 – 0900JJN – 1000 – 1145NKG 320 146

Has anyone noticed that EK346/347 has switched to a B77W from an A388. Seasonal changes?

Thanks flee Guessed as much that they have been missing in KUL but no official news on it just like Turkmenistan and Mega Maldives and so on.

An update from www.airlineroute.net on KUL operators :- Turkish Airlines recently filed preliminary changes for long-haul operation in summer 2018 season, effective from 25MAR18. Planned changes as of 05OCT17 as follow. Istanbul Ataturk – Kuala Lumpur eff 07MAY18 A330-300 replaces 777-300ER, 1 daily Air Mauritius has revised planned Airbus A350-900XWB operation in October 2017, previously scheduled for inaugural flight on 19OCT17. Latest update as of 08OCT17 shows the inaugural rescheduled to 23OCT17, operating as Mauritius – Singapore – Kuala Lumpur, departing MRU on 23OCT17 and 25OCT17, 2 flights only. MK646 MRU2040 – 0735+1SIN0905+1 – 1005+1KUL 359 23OCT17 MK646 MRU2055 – 0750+1SIN0920+1 – 1020+1KUL 359 25OCT17 MK647 KUL1335 – 1435SIN1605 – 1900MRU 359 24OCT17/26OCT17 To summarise, TK will be redeploying its A330 on th KUL route from May 2018 onward and MK will be launching their A350 to SIN and KUL for two flights only.

Does anyone know if Egypt Air still flies into KUL?

https://www.nst.com.my/business/2017/10/286468/mahb-five-new-airlines-coming-klia MAHB: Five new airlines coming to KLIA KUALA LUMPUR: Airports operator Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is hopeful that five new airlines will be making its way to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) next year.Managing director Datuk Badlisham Ghazali said at least two of the new airlines would be from countries that are not yet present in KLIA. "I just come back from the World Routes Forum 2017 in Barcelona, Spain where multiple discussion were had and I am hopeful that at least five more new airlines will join us next year," Badlisham told journalists at the Khazanah Megatrends Forum 2017 here today. "As you know, we are always actively looking for partners and new airlines to come join us, for 2017 we already saw eight new airlines joining us and since everything in aviation is seasonal, we are not expecting any more new airlines for the rest of the year," he said. In 2017, eight new airlines has made its way to Malaysia. Badlisham also expect local airports passenger traffic to surpass that of 2016 which was at 88.83 million. Incidentally, 2016 was also the first time KLIA passenger traffic surpassed 50 million mark. "We have seen really good passenger volume in the third quarter and we are expecting to sustain this trend until the end of the year, and we are expecting another bumper month in November and December as people typically travel at the end of the year,” he said. “Our original (growth) forecast (for passenger volume) was at six per cent this year but we have revised that to eight per cent, and I believe we may end up at some 90 million this year for Malaysia as a whole.” When asked on his budget wishlist, Badlisham noted that a number of MAHB’s airports needed infrastructure upgrading. “For airports, we have the volume but we need more capacity (upgrading) for airports infrastructure and that's something that the government has to look into,” said Badlisham while noting that Subang Airport has already hit its maximum capacity. “In fact, Kota Kinabalu and Penang requires some infrastructure funding in the couple of months.” MAHB saw its international traffic increased by 15.8 per cent year on year (YoY) to 5.5 million passengers while domestic traffic rose by 1.3 per cent to 5.9 million passengers as of 31 August this year.

Great shots Vicknesh :clapping:

Wow interesting. Wonder if the US produces any fighter jets? Maybe that could be on order too.

Interesting article about KLIA having 90 million people in 2016 according to our Deputy Transport Minister or the journalist from Awani http://english.astroawani.com/malaysia-news/more-90-million-air-passengers-used-klia-last-year-aziz-kaprawi-153472

Some news about KUL and its connectivity ranking in the world. https://www.moodiedavittreport.com/measuring-the-megahubs-the-worlds-most-connected-airports-ranked/