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It could be the airline just feeding part of the countries under belly import export line via Malaysia with passengers being insignificant to the airlines actual appetite. Technically not break even but the country's gov is willing to stomach up to keep their restricted economy moving. A lot of airline in those region are operating in that sort of similar ways that is very taboo to the many lot.

MAHB: Upgrading, development plans for Kota Kinabalu International Airport From the looks of it - 1 extra widebody / 2 narrowbody gate with jetways with mild terminal building expansion from the international side near gate 2. -Rework on immigration width, and landside area - Apron expansion near the domestic area to allow 6 narrowbody aircraft(Likely for airasia) -Multi level car park(Finally) Meanwhile Terminal 2 ramp is still underutilized and ground handlers are too lazy to tow unused aircraft to that particular area.

The 4 a332f Maskargo received have no external fuel tanks with a max endurance of about 10.5hours with max cargo, so it cant really do nonstop cargo flights to europe. Also they were delivered without the auto floor roller as a result the ground staffs have to use physical strength to push the cargo. Stark contrast to the 2 b744f which were delivered in near full spec. The contingency plan is to always hold a few a330ceo if they cant get fleet replacement timeline in check or did not place proper replacement to facilitate replacement. Though them being sloppy when it comes to cabin and aircraft reliability shows it may not be a good idea. One good example is look at the ATR fleet which are essentially broken planes flying with missing landing gear doors or one side autopilot inop or even inaccurate fuel readings. B77W project was something tossed around to many airlines in 2001 it was not even called 300ER back then with MH being offered to retool and defer orders for it if necessary. The B777 orders MH had was quite flexible. Anyhow it is good MH did not took the 200LR that plane was a 300ER in fuel consumption but carried less people and served MH no purpose looking at how MAS failed the long haul market when it comes to yields. A lot of the mess msia is in right now can be directly tied to Tun M. Reliable FA-18D subsequent cancellation(as a spite to bill clinton). Also the core cause for Malaysia being too heavily reliant on the unreliable french and tossing around the palm oil barter trade offset for the most part with Najib executing the remainder. The A380 was an ongoing bundle deal which resulted the Scorpene, CTRM and the A400M for larger discounts and local bumiputera tech transfer setup for cronies. It was also why Airasia got favorable discount aircraft rates for its large order of a320ceos.

This is a pretty good start especially with QF. Now looking to see if LH and AF has the appetite to come down back.

Recently Riyadh has started their own poaching. CX months ago saw the signs and hit the pannick button cause they also experienced massive amount of crew leaving. BOD on swire group and etc out of spite then allowed a massive hike for the tech crew pays but it will affect the financials. Capts now taking back almost 80K usd monthly with 80-90ish duty high hours and the FO's also getting a hike that almost matches with the gulfs. Next coming months Air India(Post Vistara) will also start their tour around Asean and the oriental region. Few carriers in Mainland China have also reported started to adjust the payscale to avoid massive exodus as a response. Those countries at the ME3 their flying schools have very low uptake which is sad. Flying or being a cabin crew is not a a career their locals look highly upon(well given how shitty air travel is nowadays they have a point as well). The airlines over there with the help from their respective gov's have to offset part of it hiring massive amount of expats and foreigners and giving high salaries.

Except an old aircraft will result in maintenance cost climbing and will require many tinkering to keep it at pristine condition no matter how many take off and landing cycles mileage it has. Even spare parts stocking at MAG is very low now and u have very low manpower plus low morale from the engineering team. Frontline cabin crews still being paid RM1.5k basic in 2024. So am not sure how the CEO claims MH is on its way to fight with SQ on the BFM interview lol when a lot of things behind the scenes are inadequate. The profit it has may probably be only there for short term at the current trajectory of how this country is running and taking everything for granted.

Not mistaken the PW equipped a330 have lower commercial payload+range. The plus side was the maintenance cost package. Apart from that the current 3 A332F with lower mtow cant do AMS direct(beyond 20 tonne commercial payload) as they're not equipped with external fuel tanks unlike the 6 pax version from ex air berlin. For now there is no indication if the current a330ceos can fully exit the fleet by 2027-2029. This solely relies on the additional 20 optional slots for the a330-900 that MAG has yet to firmed anything. The worse case scenario in play is MH not firming anything past the 20 frames means it has to retain a small fleet of a330ceo due network requirement. The old plan was them to have at least 33 widebody but now it seems the CEO is hinting them needing between 35-40. The old MH A330-300 9M-MT series was an order for 15 firm and 10 optional. But the airline just took 15 at the end. The 1990s B777 orders were also changed along the way with i believe some of them expressing interest in the 300ER project before the A380 was pushed instead by the early 2000s.

Economy seats rumored to be Collins Aerospace Pinacle. Still no info on IFE but likely to be Panasonic EX3.

Even before the pandemic 2-3 a330s will always be in the hangar for checks and potentially a spare sitting around with lower utilisation rates. It was even more drastic during the 9M-MK series era where you can see up to 2 on the remote bay and 2 in the hangar. The problem is the airline now fully utilizing the widebody fleet like an LCC which gave no window for any spares. Having a spare aircraft sitting around the remote bay like its a taboo thing for any bean counters and the general public nowadays. Except in the time where a domino effect takes place and the casscading result of retiming rescheduling occurs everyone turns a blind eye and say this is an operational thing and it has to be accepted by the general public.

Generally KUL everyone is abiding the attire. Other stations where the airconditoning of the airport may be half baked, Some opted to not wear the coat as it is hot. It looks a bit awkward (white pajamas) cause the entire attire is designed in a way u must wear the outer coat. The older non kebaya aerodarat attire at other stations while it is the typical plain office look at least it does not look that weird and can be worn without needing an outter coat.

Just observed some of the check in desk staff new attire. A majority of them were not wearing the songket outter coat which makes their inner lighter clothes look like Pajamans. As for the Female attire the missing strap or button looks like a cost cutting tactic as the management wont have to resend them back to rescale back their body fitting in the case of pregnancy lol, Technically not corporate enough but yet not hotel receptionist enough.

Certain seasons you have headwind up to 100knots in japan which will increase your flying time by 1 hour or more. On top of that you need fuel to loiter around(45minute holding or 2 landing attempts) and another 30-45minute of flying to your diversion sector. Same reason a 416 seater a339neo cant do 13hour flights nonstop westbound to europe on one direction while the same aircraft with no more than 218 passengers can do so without issues.

Atc transcripts seems to indicate the Q300 JA722A entered the runway when it was instructed to hold at holding point.

MVB delayed to mid Jan. Forecast based on last month indicates mh is suppose to have 7-8 max 8 entering for 2024 alone. Also MVC may be sporting an older negaraku wau paint.

Believe the contingency plan incase they cant execute additional new widebodies if it really happens is to retain 7-9 a330ceos until 2029. Amal or the charter division is also looking to lock out 4-6 widebody aircrafts very likely to be the a332. Not mistake 2024 they'll be taking in 6-8 max8, 3-4 a339s, with 2 a330ceos leaving 2025 8-9 max 8, 6-8 a339s, with 5-6 a330ceos leaving. Overall this still allows some mild extra widebodies than the current 21 a330ceos as by the end of 2025 technically they will have at least 25 a330s combined a surplus of 4 give or take. Remaining frames on order will be due for 2026 but some may continue down to early 2027.

Tawau-Nanjing is confirmed in late January. Though am not sure how they will utilize the aircraft as they are still on 5 frames only. 1 breakdown the whole network is in deep s#1t.

Asiana seasonal charter inaugural though sadly the airline has requested not to have any water salute or events. Airasia X nearly pushing the bay allocation due to delay but left by around 10.30pm As of 11.40pm. The international bays were occupied by 1 Jin air B772 1 Asiana A333 1 Airasia A320 1 Tway B38M 2 MAB B738 1 Air Busan A321 And by 12.30am the arrival of 1 Shanghai Airlines B738 1 Jeju Air B738

Pretty much the fleet is still operating at knife's at neck. Only cushioning is 9M-FFF's entry which has been delayed and still no timeline on when this can be done. MLK MLL are also earmarked but with no concrete timeline entry this 3 months.

The old shortlived 600 series were stuff that the federal ministry of transport and state never agreed with MAS. They intended to use the 500 series for at least 30 years until it rots just like the old aerotrains. Not helping they believed they can open up the RAS by stages and allow commercial operations instead except the topography and population buying power does not support so. Pre Sarawak takeover the MOT plans to only have the DHC viking subsidies with all atr ops to be delisted from RAS by 2025. Believe it was one of the reasons Sarawak ended up pushing for a takeover instead and the federal ended up uturn and say subsidies is to be retained lol.

Doubt they'll replace them. SZB is transitioning to jet, MAG also received the get go instruction by gov. This was also the reason why OD is also backing out. Firefly ATR's final days are probably 2-3years away. For SZB its down to berjaya air leisure island fleet. East Msia maswings operations is still uncertain if post state sarawak takeover that they would commit to the newer ATR72-600 which was recently pitched by the manufacturer in 2022 and again in 2023.

Believe SKS has also approached OD and AK for stake offering. Last recall SKS was a proxy investment by the Johor Royal family. If even they could not consistently channel in funds it pretty much shows that running a small airline was never a lucrative thing in Malaysia.

Latest townhall has some staffs calling out the HR head(who was not present anyways lol) for the current manpower mess. It has been a repeated cycle.

SKS Airways seeking investor funding, has approached MAG, say sources

Not mistake its the CM's ride now a bombardier global. Meanwhile no idea how VP-CSA is handled now.

AirAsia leases four planes previously operated by MyAirline- Bo Lingam any updates on how many a320s are left for MYairline