chookyan

Was on a flight to DMK recently, only a cup of water was served..not even a 2nd cup! The Batik Air aircraft was not even fitted with IFE screen.

What an international airline??? MAS now only has 2 ticketing offices, it is either in KL Sentral or KLIA..

Almost 6 hours on 738 will be a bit tough, given the leg room!

Poor man like me was on Y class not J class like Mr. Arthur Sir :clapping:Even no salt and pepper sachets to go with your omelette and sausage! Even a cup of hot coffee is hard on-board nowadays 'Due to weather conditions we can't serve hot drinks' is very common over the PA system on board. Same with EK - plenty of cup noodles outside the normal meals hours.

He should go onboard the longhaul flights and try the food himself - It sucks! Timing of meals are also crazy. Was on a flight to AKL recently which is 10.5 hours. Breakfast served about 1.5 hours upon takeoff from KL at 9.15 am and dinner was served about 2 hours before landing in AKL. No snacks in between , have to beg a cabin crew for some biscuits!

Confirmed you need to deboard and pass thru security and reboard in Xiamen. Took Xiamen Air flight KUL- Hangzhou transiting in Xiamen. It was a hassle, you can't check in all the way to Hangzhou at KLIA nor can you check in online!

Was on board in Biz Class 2 EK A380 flights last week. First flight from BCN to Dubai and second Dubai to KL and you can feel the differences in the level of services between Europe and Asia sectors. For the BCN-Dubai leg flight time which was only 6 hours plus, Bvlgari amenity kits were given, 'his' for males and 'her' for ladies and the crew goes around taking drinks order regularly and offer to line your flat bed seat with mattress so that you can be comfortable without even been ask, the crew was top notch! . In the Dubai - KL leg, service level was opposite, no amenity kits were given for a 7 hours plus flight time, drinks round irregular, only provide mattress if you request for them, desserts accompanying the 'light bites' meal before landing were not served unless you request for it. When I asked for lip balm due to dryness of the lips from a member of the crew, I was told we don't carrry them on board, not even on Biz class, it was a bit shock!

What to do?, being parked at a remote bay plus extremely cold weather ! Most of the time Air China has the tendency to park at remote bays far from the main terminal and you are bus to your flight. The flight was only 50% full and most has 2 or 4 seats to themselves since it was a A330 and almost all were able to lay down and rest. I guess the cold weather and crew 'smartness' in serving dinner and switching on the IFE saved the day! Imagine the crew even conducted inflight duty free sale on ground but no one bothers. Would have been havoc if the weather was hot.

I was kept in the plane on the ground for 13 hours on a Air China flight in Beijing in Nov '15 during the height of the snow. Explanation is we cannot de plane or we will miss the deicing and 1st available take off slot but dinner were served while on ground and plenty of drinks round by the crew. For once I appreciated that I have travel insurance and was able to claim for the delay.

Also the captain of the 1st EK A380 flight to KL was a Malaysian too.

The Boss needs $$$$ now - http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/airasia-boss-begins-buyout-talks-as-share-fall-puts-loans-at-risk

The goons at MAB should watch Ultimate Airport Dubai on National Geo. Just amazing how things are done there.

Which class? In Eco the free meal is only 2 pieces of biscuits and 1 cup of water! Eco Promo also do not get Malindo Miles

The A333 is much more comfortable than the aging B777. Unfortunately I booked my AKL flight for coming Nov with Emirates thru MEL. Even though there is 6 hours lay over in MEL, the fare was much cheaper than MAS at the time of booking and the MEL-AKL leg is on A380. Since we are not pressed for time the savings was worth it in a way!

Was on B737-900 ER OD801 to Singapore on Christmas Day . I have only praises for this airline. We were seated together at Row 7 without even being ask at check in with no extra cost. Some other LCC sells Row 7 as hotseat. Even though it was only an hour flight, being served with drinking water and some rather delicious pineapple biscuits was certainly a bonus. Touch screen IFE works well and with USB, just bring your own headphone, seats comfortable with good leg room. Returned on B737-800 OD804, a rather new plane and I rate the IFE screen better than the B737-900 ER. Flight departed late due to late arrival from KL, and the captain apologise and keep us informed as the flight progresses, another good selling point. I will definitely use Malindo for my monthly KL-SIN-KL runs.

My return flight from Sin on 28 Dec has been retimed to depart at 1315 instead of 1340. Malindo sent email to inform with the new e tickets today. This is a rather good service that pax are informed early instead going to the airport and being told retimed at check in.

Probably the name Malindo Air is not catchy enough and lack of advertisement and promotions. Hardly see them advertising in the local media plus their website is so static!

KUL - SIN 'over served' - I don't think so, the demand should still be good. Imagine for such a short route there are 7 carriers serving. It all go down to pricing. Firefly pricing is high but enjoying good load due to the convenient of flying from Subang. If marketed right, I believe Malindo should be able to do well as it has the 'selling point' of inclusive of 15kg luggage's FOC. Jetstar is also doing reasonably well as it serves as a walk thru to other Jetstar destinations departing from Singapore. NTUC card holders get FOC luggage and priority boarding on Tiger so they load are pretty good as well.

Wow - only 17 pax on the inaugural flight, so you guys must be treated like VIPs :clapping:I have a booking to Sin in Dec, will Malindo cancel or cut down their flights due to poor load? Got to wait and see, as of today as per flightradar24.com, equipment have been changed to 737-800. Was your flight on 737-900 (ER). Malindo.

Any trip report on Malindo maiden flight to Singapore?

AA website is showing UAE as destination but booking not open yet!

Anyone with more information on the technical glitch.

Chris - Thanks for the info, looks like Malindo is still a better option!

The fare still remains at RM215 for the last couple of days.Holding on and hope it will go down when Malindo needs to fill up the planes . Jetstar fares are slight cheaper but the bad thing about Jetstar is if one pax buys check in luggage, all pax booked together needs to buy, no option of only one buys