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Except when another FAX fiasco happens it is the enduser that swallows the mishaps and it can take years for service restoration. Note it is actually safer if it was Sabah Sarawak joining and forming the airline. Sarawak(far more stable and cash rich) invited Sabah for the airline formation years ago and even recently. But Sabah as usual decides to "u do u i do me". Last external audit on Sabah air already flag this company as being low on cash with only its subsidiary sazma aviation having sustainable revenue.

New Boeing 737 MAX supplier defect to delay aircraft deliveries The new supply-chain snag is the latest issue to impede deliveries of the cash-generating MAX following Boeing's disclosure of a problem in April that Spirit had improperly installed brackets joining the aft fuselage to the vertical tail. Boeing confirmed that the latest issue will delay the first MAX 8 delivery to Malaysia Airlines, which had scheduled an Aug. 28 arrival event. When these manufacturing giants looking to appease greedy shareholders and bean counters by going overseas for that sweet cheap labor and false PR gimmick. Then crowd assign so many different foreign companies building parts for a vehicle just to fill the "inclusivity ESG" criteria and then easing the tap flow letting foreign entity have more dictating process in manufacturing of parts so that they get an easier gov approval to setup factory overseas. =Quality control in the dumpster. Its the same sentiment for some of the airbuses and boeings being assembled in China.

Canberra man charged after bomb threat forces U-turn of Malaysia Airlines flight bound for KL New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb defended the time taken for police to board the plane and arrest Arif. “The important thing is to try and defuse and not escalate the situation, and so I praise the crew for what they did in in keeping the passengers calm, particularly the person who has been arrested now, to de-escalate this situation to the point that we got this matter resolved within three hours,” she said. “I know it’s terrifying for those people onboard and their families outside,” she said, but “the protocol in Australia is to negotiate.” “We don’t storm planes. We’re not TV. It’s not the movies. We want to protect the lives of all passengers.”

As for the long wait i have no idea. Probably the team need to assess if they're active explosives rigged on the plane. Anyhow that turning taxiway has been designed as quarantine point for any hijacking scenario. A lot of airline hostage situation in the past takes a very long time to settle. Some taking up to days. This one took a while as he mentioned he had a bomb in his bagpack. If it was a drunk or a karen on a tirade it would usually be settled way quicker.

From what has been going about. Fella was already a bit unhinged prior to boarding phase. Then had a mental breakdown during flight refuse to sit and grab his backpack, sprouting religious nonsense to passengers and crew. Crew ask him to sit he uttered something about his bag which irks the crew and they kept telling him to stop touching his bagpack which he did not complied. Information relayed to pilots, which then decided to turnback for an overweight landing. Few Crew then restraint him back to his seat which caused a minor commotion and 1 of them decided to sit beside him to continue having a 1 to 1 conversation. Upon landing as per terror SOP for SYD plane had to exit runway and remain on the turning point of the taxiway. Passengers being stuck for nearly 3hours on the tarmac as tactical team had to assess the security risk regarding with what that passenger has mentioned as potential bomb risk. In the meantime the passenger decided to pray on the isle. Of all things he also mentioned the entire thing about the threat he made was a joke lol. 3 hours of waiting later problematic passenger removed by security followed by passengers deboarding via buses. Crew stayed in the aircraft as anti bomb team had to sweep the entire aircraft for explosive and found nothing as expected. Aircraft finally towed to gate crew exit. Disruptive passengers has always been an issue. Recall there was even a fake grenade being used on one of the MH flights many years back. Now with depression, you have cases like the passenger opening the Asiana A321 door on approach.

Global supply chain issue for the a330neo. Unless they buy off peoples slot(not happening). Currently AKL seems to be adhoc served by 2x weekly a350. Part of the 4 additional a350 can be used to temporary limit the a332 deployment to akl mid next year until the a330neo comes. But again how efficiently does MH plans is up to debate. The 1st a350 coming to MH will retain SAS config and to ensure Doha is full a350 plus to allow at least some of the fleet to get back to Narita and allow more adhoc AKL deployment.

From the looks both frames were auctioned to some Japanese company i dont think MH got them from the auction. It is likely MH is one of the few airlines that is in contac with the Japanese company that went to the auction. My bets the third frame would be ex hong kong airlines. Cause MH is only finding frames with that herringbone seat. But again with what was said that the plane is still flying awaiting lease term ending so it is also confusing to which frame it will be. Expect we will only see some clue early next year.

3rd frame already in discussion but will only enter Q3 next year there is a rumor the aircraft is still operating with the previous airline so it is waiting for the lease term to end. 4th frame no news but the intention was to have it enter by Q4 2024. Note MH from what i noticed months back was only interested in the CX(Now no longer available) and Hong Kong Airlines frame. The SAS frame was something the lessor informed MH around March-April this year and only around late Q2 this year something was agreed upon in signing. Also A339 1st 2 aircraft delivery delayed to Q3 2024. Est a330neo entering next year around 3 units only. with around 8-9 frames in 2025

SAS is only letting go 2 a350 though which MH is already midway taking. The remaining 3 are A330-300Enhanced equipped with trent 700 which is also not technically the same as the Neo's trent 7000. Dont think kedekut MH has to stomach to operate PW 4170, RRTrent 700 plus 7000 up to 2027. As of now with the 2 SAS frames out there's about less than 11 left + - . Compared to earlier this year nearly 30plus but note some were taken and lease back by their former operators.

They had a big fight with the pilots a while back and now they're downsizing a bit of the fleet. SAS downsizing by disposing 2 a350 and 3 a333s

Probably negotiations failed for CI. Same way a while back MH failed to negotiate for the CX frames.

Capacity cap is still okay even if they upgrade to full widebody deployment. Main issue is they cant add any more additional flights unless there's some additional GOV to GOV thingy in slot negotiations. Does not help India is now trying to gatekeep its own carriers from foreign incursion especially in regards to the Gulfs and new upcoming Saudi. On an additional note we may see potential issues with Mumbai and Delhi with the b737-8 deployment whereas the cabin product is a downgrade from the b737-800 MH uses. With the 1x daily A330 and 1x daily B737-8, the product gap between the two can be significant and the business class customers on these sectors are known to be very picky on the hard product. The original plan was to be the Max 10 or 737-10 plying on these two sectors with the A330, but with Boeing being on limbo with the certification we may not see them until late 2026. The 737-10 config that MH preplanned was to be 16 flat bed and 180 economy seats and apart from flying it to Mumbai, Delhi it will also be deployed to Perth.

They are primed for south asia with the exception of Delhi, Mumbai, Dhaka, Kathmandu being served with mix widebody pairing. Probably will see the max being slotted in there next year. In the old days mumbai and delhi were served by b772 so not much of an issue. But when the b738 took over it is an occasional occurrence where operations have decide whether to offload some passenger bags or courier cargo to meet the max take off weight criteria. Then there's the issue of overbooking. Mh for now tries to commit a333 flights for mumbai and on adhoc/seasonal basis for dhaka and delhi. Now we can only hope with the a330neo coming theu can at least put mandatory 1x widebody flight per day on those sectors.

They dont see far or probably contracts not in favor of u know who lol. The worse one was how Airod was not well taken care off in regards with the forever postponed full package rockwell collins avionics update for the C-130H modernization project for the RMAF. Instead asking them to focus on airline and corporate jet MRO while our neighbors like Thai and Indon with their gov support have setup their own maintenance facility any hercules users worldwide in response to our lackluster effort. Anyways SQ engineering has some setback as the Philippines site has a lot of backlogs and long wait. With the gov keen on improving SZB footprint in SZB, MAG moving most engineering ops to KLIA, SQ group in need of alternative maintenance site, This is pretty much a win win situation for most parties with minimum required input from our gov.

Everyone was hoping Batik indonesia which has similar 1 to 1 hard product would overtake GA but that was not the case. The operating environment in indonesia is also a mess with so many airlines popping up(about 5-6 AOC approved in just 2021) without control and some collapsing or cutting safety corners to keep afloat. If this continues Indonesia may risk itself going for another regulatory downgrade. Does not help domestic air travel in indonesia is pricey but yields are still non existent even with volume. Indonesia anti-trust agency finds seven airlines guilty over ticket prices The Conspiracy To Crush AirAsia In Indonesia

GA is downsizing its Asean presence significantly. Even flights to Kalimantan and Papua barely exist now. A lot of the domestic routes in Indonesia has been replaced Lion Group. But a lot of the time lion has very poor reliability in timing my own cousins over there always complaining. Indonesia Airasia on the other hand has better reliability but presence itself is also small but is still better than Garuda.

Od current paint scheme all flying lol. 738 Lnv, lnp still using original 2013 circa malindo air livery 737 max with nice batik tail logo 737 max albino with just a painted B logo 737 max pure albino with orange winglet last remnants of the lion air logo stripped off. A330 albino with just a painted B logo 2nd A330 basic tail livery Batik font on fuselage is different from LFC.

Aircraft no.2 still not sure whats the registration but i think it may be 9M-LFD. Note thats the official logo they're using now. OD a330 latest render.

Same issue in the gulf. QR, EK, EY trying very hard to run local cadet programs and reduce the expat % in the workforce even bumping up the pay. Unfortunately the intake has been really poor for nearly 2 decades. Piloting a state of the art b77w and a380 is a layman servitude job according to the locals lol. Its one of the reason these companies have to resort to fishing out many foreigners even paying off significant amount of money to severe any remaining bond that person may have to exit their company. Some consider this to be a bit tad too aggressive and may line up with anti competition by some regulators in murica countless times. But again its dog eat dog world in the business.

The driving reason why there's no point for the future generation to procure property cause greedy folks would consolidate it into an investment. Ive seen a young datuk who has no job owning up to 16 property renting out. Kimanis again may work if Sabah's economy is up to mark in the manufacturing and corporate scene. Plus has diversified out of solely depending on mass tourism. Plus a dedicated airport railway from city centre instead of 100% on the road driving. Currently problems are 1) we're still in the rm1200 min wage(yes they did not even follow the west 1.5k min sticking to Sabahs Law Ordience more likely sticking to taukeh's whims) 2)corporate scene barely exist outside of few small scale GLCs. 3) manufacturing presence is very small. Some tiny leeway with Hyundai setting up but its not significant enough. 4)No signs of arab, aussie, European, japanese tourists. Even Cebu Da nang have already jump start collecting Qatar Airways and Korean Air. 5)airport rail link not feasible with all the listed problems above. Plus we have a gov looking to exit out any form of subsidies. Another thing If the economy in the state is that lackluster try to stop being the "family friendly goody two shoes nonsense" its not helping that youths are leaving the state for better jobs.

I take that back regarding PEN. Theres actually ample space for remote bays facing opposite the terminal just before the runway 🤣. I am not sure whats wrong with Malaysia. Dehli, Dhaka, Bali, Phuket, Cebu and even down Sydney when parking is insufficient they'll be a minor project of expanding adding bays. Bus services are then used. Perhaps Malaysia wants to act big by saying using bus sending pax to remote bay is a pariah thing but you guys cant even plan an aerotrain replacement timeline.

Cant argue on PEN theres really not much place to build apron over there. But as for BKI there's so many ample place to build apron beside maskargo, and beside the main taxiway. All of these land is still under MAHB land without even going past exiting the perimeter fence. Some of the minor land use could easily grant bki up to 9-12 extra bays and it does not involve relocating anyone nor buying land.

We have many malls downtown with empty rentals and condos with 0 occupancy rates but being bought for conversion to pesky airbnbs. Population density plus local buying power is not up to mark to support such feat. The airport argument now is the current capacity issue vs the realistic outlook that you have empty aircraft bays offpeak. Its poor optimization use of the aircraft bays. Infact remote bays have been implemented at many airports in asean and i have no idea why that is such a taboo thing for Malaysia. Also things like Tawau airport being unable to handle 6th narrowbody aircraft on arrival needs immediate rectification note this airport is facilitating Semporna as well. As for KK, the current remedy has already been discussed countless time but the gov is more interested in relocating. Another issue is with the relocation in kimanis. Anything beyond 45minutes of driving already requires a proper airport railway system. With the low density population plus low buying power in Sabah it is something that could not be feasibly be implemented without forms of subsidies. The ROI wont be there unless Sabah becomes a mega corporate+manufacturing state. It is currently only fixated on mass tourism without even upgrading existing facilities to even attract former target markets from Japan and Australia.

Apparently a new site has been selected over at Kimanis. Companies to explore relocation of KKIA to Kimanis KUALA LUMPUR: The Sabah government, through its strategic investment arm Qhazanah Sabah Bhd (QSB), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with property developer Berjaya Land Bhd (BLand) to explore the possible relocation of Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) to Kimanis. As of this month KK airport relocation study completed, to be presented on Thursday KOTA KINABALU: The feasibility study on the relocation of the Kota Kinabalu International Airport has been completed. Qhazanah Sabah Bhd chairman Datuk Dr Yusof Yacob said the report would be presented to the relevant authority this week. "There will be a presentation of the report to the Sabah Economic Planning unit on Thursday. "After that it will be brought to the next cabinet meeting for approval," he said during a press conference at the government-linked company's office here. Project rumored to range within 4-5bil While it sounds possible on long term basis. We have yet to actually fully utilize the current space in KKIA. I've Gone visiting in Bali, Phuket, and looking at Cebu, the land optimization use in BKI is pretty bad. Currently the list of issues at present BKI 1) BKI lacks aircraft parking spots during peak hours but offpeak the airport is a literal ghost town with up to 9-12 aircraft bays available. 2) Immigration for domestic arrival outside of Sabah constraint by lack of counters to handle 5-6 flights arriving at once arriving. 3) Lack of bays available for Redcap. 4) Lack of bays for MAG, Redcap to position their aircraft overnight when the Koreans and PRC come late night. Instead of immediately hawking the idea of new airport. The federal gov needs to address the current situation instead. Some of the list of fixes are easy to implement if there is will. 1) Build more remote bays. Our Asean neighbors are doing it efficiently. 2) Extend a bit of the international and domestic terminal. 3) Stop pandering to airline demands. In other places its the airport authority that decides landing slot allocation with "take it or leave it". Over here airlines are demanding arrival timing. It goes back to what kind of tourist Sabah is attracting. Theres 9-12 empty bays available during offpeak tell them to take those timing. If that kind of arrival timing is not sustainable to the airline it means something is wrong with Sabah. For example does it mean if BKI implements night curfew PRC and Koreans cannot handle the drop in yield as they have to slot the flights to daytime? If thats the case something is wrong. A simple extension and land use of present KKIA i guarantee would sort most of the issue for 10 years or so. The image i uploaded havent even add additional remote bays near the main taxiway to allow 3-6 more a320 to dock lol. The image uploaded airasia gain an easy permanent 10-12 aircraft bays to play around. Apart from adding more immigration counters, Immigration dept Sabah also needs to start looking at using passport autogates for domestic arrival. Another to stop checking sabahan IC thats a waste 80seconds per queue find ways to bypass ic checks. I guarantee this usage efficiency is only gonna cost federal not even 800mil(it includes relocation cost for house owners) and they can better optimize spare funds to upgrade existing infrastructure in Sabah instead or upgrade existing airports like Tawau(itself is a hellhole during peak hours). The only reason the Gov seems to support the airport relocation is they dont have to pay a cent as it is private funded but it just goes for another potential white elephant same story for Kulim airport. Also there's no train connection at the airport in Kimanis as being an example plus the Sabah population being so small does not support such mode of transport commute to the airport.

https://www.nst.com.my/amp/news/nation/2023/07/928933/explainer-all-fuss-about-ntl-order From the looks of it the passengers QnA session with the officer is incoherent. She may have a return ticket on visa but did not produce it on request. In this case not sure if buying a return ticket on the spot warrants entry cause the initial ticket is registered for that particular visa. "Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution has stated that travelers are often denied entry into Malaysia because they fail to provide satisfactory answers to basic questions posed by immigration officers. These questions typically revolve around having a return ticket, details of their accommodation in the country, and adequate financial means to sustain their stay. The purpose of such questioning is to prevent visitors entering on a social pass from seeking employment in Malaysia."