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The current A321CEO thanks to its higher fuselage from ground has higher bypas engine ratio. The 737-900er is too short hence a lot of limitation especially runway length usage and climb performance. The 737MAX they will be making the landing gears higher hoping for higher bypas and performance however the max9 is still carrying less possible passengers than the upcoming A321NEO hence Boeing studying the possibility of another stretched version in the MAX series.

6 so far. Noticed so many 738s coming in but no 900ER so far even from batik.

Relatives had to fork out about additional MYR1.5K for 2 pax to get Air Mauritius now on the exact travel date and it is not a direct flight also.

My aunt and uncle's flight got screwed and they bought the tickets in November I already told them months ago not to get newly launch routes

Dont think these routes should be scheduled, seasonal yes but all year round NO.

The fuel burn and weight of the b777(especially the 200 series) is not so economical for todays standard. Current A330-300 the CEO designated and upcoming NEO are more efficient to use provided seating capacity and cargo payload is adjusted accordingly in order to fly to Europe. If not mistaken flights to europe will only be a problem if airlines plan to fit them with more passengers hence payload restriction on fuel and performance to meet mtow criteria will result less range given.

I think there is a certain benchmark on service levels and what the service crew could give. I certainly do not think asking them to assist bag lifting counts even if u are on first class suite or having some gold class ffp or even on the cattle seat. If you are weak and frail pack less for hand-carry. If you really need to bring heavy stuffs put it into cargo and have a companion to retrieve it for you at the airport not onboard the cabin. On another side note i have a friend working on the flight deck for MAS. Ground desk service and and tarmac ramp work has deteriorated ever since AeroDarat took over. Staffs on check in are not in proper attire, with many just donning staff id tags, Confusion most of the times when handling flights and sometimes pretty slow paced that tech crew got pissed. Sometimes almost leading passengers to the wrong gate for MASWings. These staffs are new post Diploma/SPM recruits as MAS terminated majority of the previous staffs and as a result service end provision has deteriorated on certain sectors such as KUL,BKI, SBW, though stations such as KCH and TWU were efficient. Transition to train this new staffs were insufficient as only a few seniors were there to properly guide them. This will take time to adjust but as you can see some passengers have begun to complain. Another recent case involving MAB again and no check in crew to assist them. A MOTHER and her 4-month-old infant missed their flight after they were denied entry for not displaying their boarding passes on two handphones. Read More : http://www.nst.com.my/news/2017/02/210259/actionline-mum-baby-miss-flight-due-e-passes Not sure if this is related to the check in crew. But i am very sure mobile passes are only needed for the barcodes not how many digital copies in each pax phones. Any IT tech savy will know this but apparently not airline/airport staffs. I got a similar treatment from AirAsia at BKI recently i checked in through my phone with the 3d barcode ready on the airasia app but the airasia staff before bag and body scanning asked me to go back to kiosk to print as the boarding pass on my phone is not OFFICIAL LOL heck barcode is there to scan, if thats the case i think mobile check in is useless to beat the baggage drop and self kiosk queue and it is mention on the website that BKI is one the stations supporting 3D barcode

If the pax got injured is okay over here. But if this were to be in a place e.g down under. The airline better prep good lawyers cause lawsuits from passengers are common. Another drawback to why Airlines have written hard stubborn policies to cabin crew nowadays and it is better to wait for proper staff to do the other duty.

I think i saw a while back where garuda's flight attendent carried an elderly pax during late disembark. While the crew key touch was excellent and rewarding. It could be a potential nightmare for cabin crews who are unaware. Lot of stuffs couldve happen and if the FA suffers from ailments from it even worse. There was one story where the cabin crew even had to resign. I am very sure no airline and no insurance will ever cover the cost for it, yes it is cruel and calculative in the airline industry. It has been specified in very detail on the crews policy. In the end courtesy and help is indeed good but do not put cabin crew in a position where they might lose their jobs.

If they can fill up the seats yes it is lucarative. They are getting the b777-300er as opposed to the fuel gauzzling a340-300 back then that has limited seating capacity. The 300er can be fitted up 450seats in high density way more than the a340s and use less fuel burn. The only downside is the plane may need higher passenger loads to break even than the fuel efficient and light weight a350s. They have work more on the auxiliary income and marketing.

How about LCL?

Definitely bad Customer Service response by MAS or is it under aerodarat? Knowing it is peak season they shouldve adjusted standbys and priority listing but the system is unable to do so. My friend had a similar experience with Thai Airways and he lost his connecting flight(they moved him to the next available flight) but it is useless as he is still unable to attend his meeting. It seems quite a number airlines have begun to employ this seat flooding overbooking algorithm in its system for additional seat revenue capacity to anticipate current pax might change flight or cancelled/no show on flights. Selling more seats than the plane could hold. It is pretty unfair to the consumers.

One of children of Sabah's Chief MInister got married and there were other Construction Projects that needed officiating.

Some of the photos taken by my friend on Facebook.

Most of the guest have departed this rainy afternoon. Deerjet gulfstream just landed tho.

Attending a wedding related to Sabah's Chief Minister i heard. As of now T2 has the following B747-8 B737-800 Dasault Falcon Gulfstream G450 Bombardier Challenger PM's A320 just left. The b748 is expected to depart at mid afternoon tomorrow (subject to change).

Heard they'll be leaving tomorrow morning. Still have some time to spot them out.

Brunei's B747-8BBJ, Sultan of Joho B737-8BBJ and our PM's A320CJ and few other VIP traffic are in Terminal 2 now. Catch it before they leave especially the B747-8!

2 runway OP dont think WBKK requires it but it requires significant apron space for additional parking. Flocks of narrowbody aircrafts are occupying most of the gates during the peak periods.

Nothing much to visit in KCH to be honest. I have some friends from Oman and Finland when it comes to Malaysia they've heard of,Penang and even KK Sandakan heck they even flew to KK on MAS a couple of times on their sem breaks. Once they were interested for some cave exploring told them Sarawak has some but they said nothing much is close nearby compared to the other cities in Malaysia.

I was on 9M-LNW few months back 800series plane they had the safety demo on the ife.

All these planemakers are stretching the fuselage of their next gen planes but never widening the width of it. Such long stretched narrowbody plane will have penalty in performance and passenger comfort.

Those 900s use up a lot of runway for takeoff if heavy and hot temp operations. OD went for more 800 series instead. One of the aspect of why the A321 sells more than 900 series..

Updating mine as well haha.. Malaysia Airlines B737-400, B737-800 A330-300,A330-200, A330-300E B777-200ER B747-400 Firefly B737-800 Maswings DHC-06 series 400 Viking Malindo Air B737-800, B737-900ER AirAsia A320-200 AirAsia X A330-300 Singapore Airlines A350-900 Thai Airways B777-200ER Ethiopian Airlines B767-300ER Vietnam Airlines A321-200 General Aviation Eurocopter EC135 Nomad N22B Bell 206B

So the LHR slots will be given to D7? MAB going low cost as ever in the long run.