Ja Singh

even better why not tie them upside down with just their heads touching the floor,wah lau that will save a lot of space.Tie them from their feet,just like butcher houses. My point is that all this will never happen.

http://www.boeing.com/Features/2010/06/bca_american_airlines_06_28_10.html

MH;s identity is already in a very confused state and hence joining with likes of Air Asia is not a good idea and on the other hand I dont think EK will be interested to form alliace with MH for 2 reasons, one is it flies to all international destination MH flies to and secondly it is cash rich and hence no need alliance. The thread title is no more relevant as MH is not the airline being reconsidered to join Sky team in 2010 but is is Garuda. Mod please change to appropriate title.

MH shouldnt waste time worrying about Air Asia and even SQ (this one has always been around MH from day 1) but their serious contender is GARUDA. If not careful its very very soon it will blow slow govverment controlled MAS out of the picture and it will be all too late. Alliance or not. Now airlines are concentrating on BKK and SIN, and if not careful the last few remaining will skip KUL and go to jakarta(Sky team KLM) MH better join the last remaining alliance. It been 2 yeras this thread started and you have done nothing about it.Watch you back for Garuda.

Do you have any prove that MH managememt only bought the A380 for one reason and only one,because SQ and TG bought it?Why did they but 6?Is it because TG ordered 6? Or maybe the management felt at that point in time that the valid replacement jet for 747 which could be delivered in 2007 was the A380? Do you think Other airlines like EK and QF also bought the A380 so that they dont get left behind with obsolete fleet and remain competative.?

Cannot follow,ego very high. So in this case, MH should now buy all russian aircraft so that will be clear that they did not follow anyone.

MASEU talks nonsense. If you want to have it their way they rather that Mh keeps all their 737 400 and A330 aircraft at the expense of the travelling public and rather the money channnel to themselvea with higher salaries.

If MH never operated 747's then I would agree that A380 is too large for them. A380 is only 20 percent bigger than 747 in terms of pax numbers and please remember that MH operated 17 747's during the past. So to all those who think its too big for MH, guess youre wrong. The A380 has its own large following from the flying public and MH one would nbe no exception. Just advetise,A380 services from Australia to Europe with MH hospitality and if doesnt fill up the cabins I would be surprised. Intriduction of Premium class is a big plus for MH as it differentiates MH procuct from SQ and I can bet my bottom dollat that that fill up pretty easily.Many people just want a comfortable seat, minus the louge use and bussiness class service. Just a nice meal one one tray will do and of course hot towels should be reintroduced on all international services. Config wise, I hope MH will opt for Fist class on Main deck,Bussiness class and premium eco on uppperdeck. I hope Airbus keeps to their promise this time and does not push MH delivery slots further,they have gone one step too far in pushing MH dates while delivering to other like EK and SQ and QF.

Opps,apologies then. My bad for not understanding that

Have you already read the report from the investigation on this oone?You seem to already know what happened.Its one thing to discuss but to point a finger outrightly and speak about LCC mentality,I am sure you already have the above eeport. Mind sharing?

https://flyasiana.com/sub/news/view.asp?page=1&cidx=1405

Even Ak is throwing out those seats that cannot recline from their airbuses, so nah MH wount make the mistake of puting them in their planes and a bonus as the seats have been tested on SQ and CX and deemed uncomfortable.

Thanks for the link Azizul. Funny how this planes are new but still have this kind of pressurization problems.Wonder what will happen when they start to come out of China! Waiting for the rego info just like you.Paging for Ramani.

Use this site for fiull pics http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://retardzone.com/uploads/2008/03/airbus/12.jpg&imgrefurl=http://retardzone.com/2008/03/06/how-to-blow-30-billion-dollars/&usg=__yKLp5hyuOaP-_0RLqXniz9XlPnI=&h=480&w=600&sz=52&hl=en&start=18&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=8twZ3xzb3igo8M:&tbnh=108&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Droyal%2Bbrunei%2BA340%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26tbs%3Disch:1

Sultan of brunei's personal A340 pictures. http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/2890401/

Notice when he said 5 star airlines he mentioned SQ,CX and ANA.I look forward to flying Garuda on my next trip Bye Bye MH.

100 percent true. I did not wanrt to be the one to say it first but for the boys they just copied AK. There will be confusion with AK crew from the general public.Why have a look alike?Dont they want to have their own identity?Beats me.

congrats to Maswings,nice uniform.

The Air Canada on eis really coool. ope MH will do something like that.

Agreed the seat pitch and I hope that that will not change with the new planes on order or the last dangling carrot will also be gone. For some reason as far as the service is concerned I cannot forget the TR from Azizul to LHR on MH firsdt class. Terrible food (Not all courses but totally lacking in some key course) and not proffesional service. The stewardess told him: Ingatkan budak lagi. sums up the service attitude rendered on that flight.

Nice joke Johan, better to be on Old MH bird than on a brand new A380. Very funny. Possibly you are the only one who would prefer to trave on an MH A330 half way across the world as apposed to being on an A380 if there is a choice.

2 flaws I see: 1. QF should not be in the list but replaced by Kingfisher. 2. MH best economy class? Mh A330 cabin best in the world? With SQ having upgraded all their fleet for Y class cabin to big PTVs and new interior, this award belongs to them.

Hi Zeqa.cant understand why a country as rich as brunei would want to buy extensively used aircraft froma another country when their own ruler got a brand new A340? Why not buy brand new a/c only six from boeing?Gold plate them if you want.

Looks like buying the A380 has been a saving grace for MH, making them profit even before its arrival into the fleet.

Is this the same plane that had its engine replaced in Penang?