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Afaik they did ordered lie flat seats but only for 10 narrowbody aircraft. Just that nobody knows whats the status of the seat order contract. But again end of last year the RFP was for 35 narrowbody and 10 widebody. Now on the article it seems the narrowbody got trimmed to just 25. It may be them deferring the remaining 10 to after.

News didnt even came out from aviation based news article. So expect their journalist to know airbus 787 and Boeing 350-1000ER as the go to lol.

MAG realigning future network, to issue RFP for 25 planes in 2Q24 Am not sure where he is going to pluck 3 more used a350s out there cause there is currently none only thing i can see is them getting lessor unit directly from airbus which means they will only enter in at best Q1 2027.

I think prior to the detour complications. They never had proper passenger loads and were resorting to cutting back ticket price using high density pax configured a333.

Looks like peninsula is affected. Unlikely to effect anyone below but again if it is raining to avoid direct prolong contact. Saturday Sunday projections https://www.windy.com/-SO2-tcso2?tcso2,2024042010,4.051,111.731,6,m:dJWaiYM

Intensity of so2 intensity is depleting so much more flight dispension can be offerred. As a result of the ash cloud getting less intense and thinning unlike yesterday, more various off track and more altitude assignments can be use now. Should expect moderate service recovery for Sabah by tomorrow evening.

From the looks of it it may be heading more towards vietnam and maybe pahang but before reaching land the so2 concentration wouldve depleted quite a lot so not much a hazard by then.

High SO2 concentration now over at South China Sea but will gradually be weaken starting tonight and by the time it reaches Vietnam in Sunday it should not impact flights over that region. Sabah and Sarawak as of now is almost completely covered in it. KCH, BTU, SBW has started recovery attempts with most flights tracking more from the south using Jakarta and Singapore FIR. MYY, BWN, BKI, SDK, TWU severe restrictions still around. Limited flights crossing south china sea with limited altitude clearance of less than 35000feet and below plus limited corridor in amount of traffic allowed. Expect more flights restoration by tomorrow evening. Flights operated by MASwings remains completely unaffected as their ATR-72 can cruise lower height without any fuel penalty. BKI KCH widebody rescue can expect MH to only supply 1-2 dedicated aircraft back to back. OD and AK the same. Expect teething problems in clearing stranded backlog to persist down to next week.

That sdk flight is likely an flightradar24 error its been that way for months. BKI also.

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Forecast for friday and saturday. Operations should resume recovery by late Saturday.

CX A359 and Hong Kong A330 just flew right on top of moutn kinabalu at 39000feet hours ago heading north while the rest skiddled out the borders. Sometimes special dispension given by their respective flight ops. As for BI saw one cruising at 18000feet only. Another look seems almost easily 70% of the pax in BKI KCH do not have travel insurance lol.

Yes post raya traffic still around suppose down to end of this week. Black means certain restriction in place related to the eruption as for blue i have no idea. It seems Sarawak condition is improving but not Sabah for now. At least for KL if it is flooded water will recede within few hours. For Dubai i heard its been 24hours and not much condition has improved. levated SO2 readings were recorded in Tawau and its raining hours ago have yet to see MET issuing out notices for public to stay indoor during rain. Forecast indicates it is moving slightly northwest.

If we rewind this back to 14 years ago with a disruption like this. Would probably see MH sending in 2 B747-400 for KCH BKI back to back to clear up the backlog up to late night. For now 1-2 A330s should be call up on standby but will effect domino effects on some of the international flights.

DXB is more of the city not financing planning proper drainage system for a torrential rain that originally happens once every few years. But same time their gov is doing 180ish annual cloud seeding to secure water and agriculture stability. So even 45minutes of torrential rain is enough to put the city into a halt now made worse with unintended result potentially from cloud seeding.

Depends on timing. Cause the cancelled flights for KUL to BKI KCH is based on MET forecast on when and where the ashcloud will reach the predicted areas some earlier flights are completely unaffected. Low level cruise is one of the ways to avoid but not fuel efficient except super air jet was doing it lol.

Ak, Mh have put up advance notice and cancel flights way ahead. FY and OD as of now have yet to officially cancel asking pax to wait for further updates lol. On the otherhand some indonesias super air jet were flying very low levels 12500feet at kalimantan to avoid ash cloud.

If i recall last time before they took the 6 A332. For A333 to AKL 3 rows of economy class seats are blocked with no passengers plus 0 commercial cargo freight on the lower compartment. The A333 can be flown up to 10 hour routes which does not include additional flying time for 2 landing attempts, diversion to alternate airport(45min to 1hour) and maybe 15-20minutes of extra loitering time. So the aircraft can actually fly longer than 10hours.

Yes but the return flight is splendid LOL. Anyways all these stuff where manufacturers say product x and y can go bazzilion miles is actuallly based on optimum condition like maybe predicted headwinds of not more than 40knots. Maybe light interior fitting etc and definitely a low to light moderate passenger density config. It was one of the sole reason people got sceptic when airasia wanted to do an all KL direct to London with an 377 seater A339neo. Even french bee A359 with more than 400 passengers has some significant performance restriction in its range.

No but its been shared by another pilot on a middle eastern based airline heading to turkey. Again seasonal winds are usually one of the issues with long haul.

This is the near direct headwind that persisted for nearly 2.5hours for the westbound trip yesterday at 101knots!. Technically anything past Austria, Poland, Italy requires some adjustment to the commercial payload for the A339Neo now made worse with the instability with Iran and Ukraine there's not a lot of direct straight tracking. Again unless MH consistently flies with less than 220 pax on the intended westbound routes then there should be no issues even down to LHR AMS or even Nordic or to start from BKK with even greater safe margins.

Vn has just issued out an rfp to lease 4 narrowbody aircraft short term with tenure to start between June to late october. Vietnam Airlines issues Summer 2024 wet-lease RFP The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has already said that the country's airlines are currently facing a severe shortage of aircraft, noting that 42 aircraft will be taken out of service this year for engine inspections. Those PW Leaps are also causing problems to Cebu Pacific. Not sure how Scoot will handle their E-2's along with SKS. Its also the same story for the A220. Embraer less affected by Pratt engine issues but not immune, executive says