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Malindo Air last week filed operational schedule for Kuala Lumpur – Guiyang route, with twice weekly operation. Based on schedule listing, the airline intends to commence this route tomorrow (13DEC16), on board Boeing 737-800 aircraft. As reservation is not available on the website, this route initially is likely to be served as scheduled charter. Note additional changes remain possible. OD608 KUL1015 – 1425KWE 738 27 OD609 KWE1525 – 2000KUL 738 27

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They will resume flights from 20/11 onward 3x weekly.

Today Flight with rego B-6209.

Big brother patiently await for little brother to arrive.

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An AirAsia flight bound for Kuala Lumpur from Sydney flew to Melbourne instead because the pilot had entered the wrong coordinates into the internal navigation system, said a news report based on the findings of an air safety investigation. According to The Guardian, "a combination of data entry errors, crew ignoring unexplained chimes from the computer system, and bad weather in Sydney" led to the Airbus A330 landing in Melbourne just after 2pm, some three hours after take off on March 10 last year. The publication also noted that while the Melbourne airport is 722km southwest of Sydney, Kuala Lumpur is 6,611km northwest. Citing the findings of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) published today, Guardian said the problem occurred when faulty earmuffs prompted the captain and first officer to swap their usual pre-flight checks. "Ordinarily, the (ATSB) report said, the captain would conduct an external inspection of the plane while the first officer stayed in the cockpit and, among other tasks, completed the position initialisation and alignment procedures. "On this day, however, the captain's ear protection was not available so he took over the cockpit tasks, which included entering their current coordinates, usually given as the coordinates of the departure gate, into the plane's internal navigation system." The ATSB found that the captain manually copied the coordinates from a sign outside the cockpit window into the system, and that later analysis showed a "data entry error". Instead of entering the longitude as 151̊ 9.8’ east, or 15109.8 in the system, the pilot incorrectly entered it as 15̊ 19.8’ east, or 01519.8. "This resulted in a positional error in excess of 11,000km, which adversely affected the aircraft's navigation systems and some alerting systems," Guardian quoted the ATSB. However, the ATSB also noted that the crew had "a number of opportunities to identify and correct the error" but did not notice it until they had become airborne and started to track in the wrong direction. "Those opportunities included a flag or message that flashed up on the captain's screen during crosscheck of the cockpit preparations, which the first officer later told ATSB investigators he had seen but not mentioned because it was 'too quick to interpret'; and three separate chimes which, because they were not accompanied by a message from the computer, were ignored. "A fifth sign that something was wrong came in the form of an alert blaring: "TERRAIN! TERRAIN!" This was not ignored – both pilots said it had 'startled' them. But, as that alert meant they were about to hit something and they could see the way ahead was clear, and as the busy runways at Sydney airport made the full response to such an alert 'undesirable', they pressed on," said Guardian. However, when the autopilot was engaged at 410 feet, it tracked the plane moving left, toward the flight path of another runway. According to the ATSB, when the captain and first officer tried to fix the system, it "resulted in further degradation of the navigation system, as well as to the aircraft's flight guidance and flight control systems". Following this, the pilot requested to return to Sydney and informed the air traffic control that only a visual approach was possible, which is to land the aircraft without the assistance of the navigation system.As the weather conditions had worsened in Sydney, air traffic control had advised the pilot to head to Melbourne. In Melbourne, three hours was spent on fixing the problem and the plane arrived in Kuala Lumpur at 10.20pm, six hours behind schedule. Advising AirAsia to upgrade its flight systems in order to prevent or detect such problems in future, the ATSB also said that even experienced flight crew are not immune from data entry errors. Read more: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/354992#ixzz4JYkyLYvP

Future first class seat for MH ? Thompson Vantage Suites

Aviation Commission revokes Rayani Air’s licence The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) today revoked Rayani Air’s Air Service Licence (ASL). In a statement today, the commission found that Rayani Air had breached the conditions of its ASL and lacked the financial and management capacity to continue operating as a commercial airline. “As a consequence, Rayani Air can no longer operate as a commercial airline with effect from today,” the commission said in the statement. Mavcom issued a show-cause letter to Rayani Air on May 25 after evaluating the airline’s commercial standing and capabilities to determine its ability to continue as an ASL holder. In the show-cause letter, the commission required the airline to submit its representation in writing within 14 days before it decided whether Rayani Air should be allowed to continue to hold the ASL or whether it should be revoked, or suspended. “Rayani Air submitted its representation in writing to Mavcom on the last day of the stipulated time. “After reviewing Rayani Air’s written representation, Mavcom has decided to revoke the ASL as the representations made by Rayani Air are not satisfactory responses to the show-cause letter dated May 25,” it said. The commission said customers can seek a refund from Rayani Air. “Customers who have purchased tickets with Rayani Air but were not able to go on their journey may lodge a complaint with the company and seek a refund. "In the event consumers are not able to obtain their refunds, consumers can file a civil suit for those refunds. “Alternatively, affected consumers may lodge a formal complaint with the commission, who can hear and determine the complaint, with a view of protecting legitimate consumer interests. “The commission may apply for its decision to be registered as a judgment of the Malaysian High Court,” it added further. The commission’s executive chairperson, Abdullah Ahmad, said this episode served as a reminder that operating a scheduled commercial airline was challenging and required great planning, financial depth, operational know-how and execution capability. “This is especially so considering the highly competitive environment under which today’s airlines operate. “Strong commercial foundations and depth are therefore necessary prerequisites to be a player in this industry. The commission shall strive to ensure only enterprises that are equipped and ready will be allowed to participate,” said Abdullah. It was previously reported that the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) had suspended the five-month old airline for three months following a pilot strike that grounded its operations.

express air's inaugural flight from PKU

@tonyfernandes Tan Sri, any plan for AirAsia Grp to serve Melaka? AXM can fly to DMK and UTP which are abt the same distance from KUL& mkz Tony Fernandes @tonyfernandes Mar 18 @michgyver Goverment has approved lower airport taxes. Waiting for mahb approval. Then we are starting @aireenomar

The pilot on flight MH132 raised concerns eight minutes after take-off when his Airbus A330 was instructed to fly further south than usual. The plane, which left at 2.23am Christmas Day (7.23am Malaysian time) was heading towards Melbourne rather than a more direct flight path to Kuala Lumpur. The Auckland Oceanic control centre informed him that the flight plan had been given to Airways, which managed air traffic control for New Zealand and South Pacific. NZ Herald reported that Airways would be probing into the matter. However, the passengers were unaware of the changes. The flight plan the airline filed with us was going to Kuala Lumpur but via a slightly different route than the pilot was expecting, an Airways spokesman was quoted as saying. Airways will work closely with Malaysia Airlines to find out how the confusion came about. New Zealand aviation commentator Peter Clark praised the pilot for his actions. The pilot has done a very good job by noticing it, querying it and not just blindly flying off and ending up in the Southern Ocean, he told NZ Herald. Flights on the route often travel around the bottom of Australia to avoid bad weather or headwinds, Clark said. WeatherWatch head analyst Philip Duncan was quoted as saying that the weather between New Zealand and Kuala Lumpur was fairly calm, but thunderstorms across northern Australia and Papua New Guinea might have influenced the flight path. - See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/we-flying-to-kl-or-melbourne-asks-mas-pilot-after-kiwi-mix-up#sthash.U84Vcj6S.dpuf

coming next - KUL - HKG

New Rayani is now blue and green. The red Rayani was set up and managed (or mismanaged) by different team. Ravi and the wife spent so much money and got nothing but bad names and publicity. He decided to stop the bleeding and bring in new management team which consists of 90% ex Malindo staff.

the owners : - Dato Ravi Alagendrran and Karthiyani Govindan

soft launch this friday at Langkawi Airport?

DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM BANGKOK OR HATYAI TO MELAKA Bangkok Air are now flying direct from Bangkok to Melaka International Airport at Batu Berendam using Airbus 320 jet planes. You can also fly from HATYAI direct into Melaka. These new flights are good to Thailand and Melaka in getting tourists to Melaka. The flights will make our airport popular to visitors. We hope more airlines will fly directly into Melaka from Macau, Hong Kong, Medan and other destinations. * source from tourism-melaka.blogspot.my Bangkok Air flies in Melaka International Airport, Batu Berendam Guests coming down from A320 airplane

A Malindo Air passenger has brought new meaning to the oft-said adage, 'Man on Fire'. Yesterday, while enroute to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) from Kota Kinabalu, the man was watching a video on the display screen in his Boeing 737-800 aircraft seat. At that juncture, an electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) battery inside a bag which was placed on the passenger's lap suddenly burst into flames. In the 6.45pm incident which occurred after the aircraft had just taken off from Kota Kinabalu, Malindo Air passengers and flight crew faced anxious moments as the man sustained burns on the thighs and left hand. Sepang police chief, ACP Abdul Aziz Ali said the fire occurred while the passenger was watching a video on the display screen in his seat. "In the midst of watching the video, the vape battery in a bag lying on the man's lap suddenly caught fire. "He was treated immediately by another passenger who happened to be a doctor. "The crew meanwhile, managed to quickly bring the fire under control and the plane landed safely at the klia2 at 8.44pm," he said when contacted today. Abdul Aziz said the injured man lodged a police report shortly afterwards. However, Malindo Air did not lodge any complaint over the incident. – Bernama, October 25, 2015. - See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/vape-battery-bursts-into-flames-in-malindo-air-flight#sthash.ceOwzgxC.dpuf

think they should just move to T1, T2 was in bad shape. so stuffy especially on the upper floor.

An Air France flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Johannesburg, South Africa was forced to declare an emergency and turn around 45 minutes into its journey, after crew discovered that two passengers were missing. Flight from Paris to Johannesburg triggered security alert after 45 minutes Crew on AF990A discovered baggage and passenger list did not match Bags onboard belonged to passengers who had missed their connection Crew onboard the Air France A380 triggered the security alert after realising that the passenger list and baggage did not match – with four bags loaded without their owners. Flight AF990A which was scheduled to fly at 11.30pm last night, had been delayed by technical issues until 09.30am this morning before the mid-air emergency. According to AirLive the four bags belonged to two passengers in transit from London Heathrow who had missed their connecting flight to South Africa. Commenting on the incident, a spokesperson for AirFrance said: ‘Air France confirms that the crew of flight AF990A from Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) to Johannesburg (JNB) on 14 October decided to apply the precautionary principle and return to Paris CDG after 45 minutes flight time for checks linked to the matching of the passenger list and the baggage loaded in the hold.

An engine of a Boeing 747 operated by Iran's Mahan Air detached from the plane on Thursday shortly after takeoff from Tehran, causing terror among passengers but no injuries, local media reported. The 747, with 300 passengers on board, was on a flight from the capital's Mehrabad airport to Bandar Abbas in southern Iran when one of its engines crashed into a nearby field, forcing the jumbo to return and make an emergency landing. Iranian media and social networks carried pictures of the crashed engine. Iran desperately wants to upgrade its ageing fleet of 140 operating aircraft, hamstrung by nuclear-related and other sanctions which have also made spare parts difficult to source. The restrictions were partly lifted by an interim agreement on Iran's nuclear programme that came into force in January 2014. This allowed for the sale of spare parts, although direct sales of aircraft remained banned. A final accord reached in Vienna on July 14, expected to be implemented at the start of 2016, will lift the sanctions in exchange for putting curbs on Iran's nuclear programme. Iran plans to buy Airbus and Boeing passenger planes through long-term payment agreements once the accord comes into effect, Transport Minister Abbas Akhoundi said last month. To purchase new planes, "our negotiations have been mostly with Airbus and Boeing, and we have provided them with our plans and needs until 2020," he said. In August, a civil aviation official said his country planned to buy 80 to 90 Airbus and Boeing planes a year until it has a new 300-strong fleet. – AFP, October 15, 2015. - See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/world/article/747-plane-engine-snaps-off-in-iran-flight-no-injuries#sthash.PASYMsLx.dpuf