Adam Lawrence

Xiamen Airlines Adds Xiamen – Penang From late-Sep 2023 Xiamen Airlines in late-September 2023 plans to add new service to Malaysia, where the airline schedules Xiamen – Penang nonstop flight. The Skyteam member plans to operate this route from 28SEP23 with Boeing 737-800 aircraft, 3 times weekly. MF8705 XMN1430 – 1830PEN 738 247 MF8706 PEN1930 – 2330XMN 738 247 https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230915-mfsep23pen

Sichuan Airlines Sep 2023 SE Asia Network Additions Sichuan Airlines this month is adding a pair of new international routes to Southeast Asia, including Malaysia and Indonesia. Planned new routes and schedules as follows. Haikou – Kuala Lumpur eff 17SEP23 2 weekly A321 3U3749 HAK1055 – 1450KUL 321 47 3U3750 KUL1550 – 1915HAK 321 47 https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230915-3usep23myid

Batik Air Malaysia Tentatively Schedules Manila Dec 2023 Launch Batik Air Malaysia in Northern winter 2023/24 season intends to add service to the Philippines, as the airline tentatively schedules Kuala Lumpur – Manila launch on 01DEC23. Boeing 737-800 aircraft to operate this route on daily basis. At time this post goes to press, the airline is only listing one-way schedule from Kuala Lumpur. OD510 KUL2310 – 0250+1MNL 738 D https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230913-odnw23mnl

Indonesian LCC, Super Air Jet will open Pekanbaru-Kuala Lumpur & Padang-Kuala Lumpur routes https://en.tempo.co/read/1769616/super-air-jet-opens-new-pekanbaru-kuala-lumpur-international-route https://travel.kompas.com/read/2023/09/09/175000427/super-air-jet-terbang-dari-padang-ke-kuala-lumpur-per-5-oktober-2023

Batik Air Malaysia posted on their FB page that they will begin flying to Karachi from Oct 31, 2023

Indonesian carrier, TransNusa will be launching flights to Johor Bahru, its 2nd destination in Malaysia from Sept 7 this year. This new service will be operated 5 times weekly. The carrier also plan to launch flights to Melaka from Jakarta by year end. TransNusa to start flight to second Malaysian destination with China's Comac aircraft

MALAYSIA AIRLINES NW23 INTERNATIONAL CHANGES / 737 MAX 8 NETWORK – 04AUG23 https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230804-mhnw23int Also, Tashkent will be scheduled, all year round service instead of charter flights: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230803-mhnw23tas

Indonesian LCC, Super Air Jet will begin flying to KL from Surabaya & Lombok beginning August 23, 2023 Article is in Indonesian: https://bisnis.tempo.co/read/1755011/super-air-jet-buka-rute-internasional-terbaru-terbang-dari-lombok-dan-surabaya-ke-malaysia

Batik Air Malaysia adds Dubai service from late October 2023 https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230731-odnw23dxb But they will move Tashkent inaugural flights to November 2023 (the earliest) instead https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230801-odnov23tas

True. 1 thing I like about KKIA is due to its close proximity to the city center. If they decided to build a new airport for KK, they should find a new location not too far from the city center. 20km should be acceptable but not a 50km or 1 hour drive away. But judging from the current situation, there is no requirement to build a new one. As some people here already mentioned, Bali and Phuket are more popular destinations yet no new airport were built to cater the increased of tourists arrivals. The current airport can be expanded with additional terminal.

Batik Air Malaysia Adds A330 Jeddah Service From August 2023 Batik Air Malaysia from mid-August 2023 plans to add scheduled service on Kuala Lumpur – Jeddah route, operated by its recently inducted Airbus A330-300 aircraft. The 377-seater aircraft will begin serving this route from 19AUG23, operating 5 times weekly. OD705 KUL1830 – 2220JED 330 x15 OD706 JED2350 – 1355+1KUL 330 x15 https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230626-odaug23jed

Batik Air Malaysia Adds Istanbul / Tashkent From Sep 2023 Batik Air Malaysia from September 2023 plans to launch 2 new routes, as the airline expands its network to Central Asia. The airline’s A330-300 aircraft is scheduled to operate service to Istanbul and Tashkent, with following schedules. Kuala Lumpur – Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen 02SEP23 – 30SEP23 2 weekly A330-300 (Schedule on/after 01OCT23 is pending) OD8400 KUL1600 – 2155SAW 333 26 OD8401 SAW2325 – 1500+1KUL 333 26 Kuala Lumpur – Tashkent eff 01SEP23 2 weekly A330-300 OD8133 KUL1600 – 2025TAS 333 15 OD8134 TAS2325 – 0945+1KUL 333 15 Read more here: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230703-odsep23

Air Astana planning to return to KLIA: http:// https://www.nst.com.my/business/2023/06/916732/central-asias-leading-carrier-air-astana-plans-return-kl-says-ceo Initially, they planned to return by October 2024 and now they have carried forward the plan to October this year: https://www.nst.com.my/business/2023/06/919506/air-astana-brings-forward-almaty-kl-flights-plan-one-year?utm_source=dable

Berjaya Air spreads its wings amid post-pandemic recovery https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/666156

You are welcome. I also came across this wonderful article while searching something else on Google. From the article, it seems that MH mainline will be operating the regional jet from SZB. No mentioned anything about FY. So I guess if the plan materialized, MH will be based several regional jets in SZB while FY retaining its turboprop operations there.