RaymondT

From my limited understanding, manufacturers only get paid when they take deliveries of the planes. AFAIK, the cost of the 737 Max currently being completed and stored is on Boeing themselves. Boeing need to keep producing them as it is not easy to just totally stop production and to start it up again. There's supply chains, workers, tooling etc to be considered. This is only my understanding so someone with better insights is more than welcomed to correct me or add to this.

First to come to top of mind would be the Air NZ model where their Y runs like LCC, but Y+ and J runs closer to full fledged airlines.

They really should at least use the A332, if not the A333 for PER..

Noted, gotcha. Thanks for correcting my misunderstanding.

Hmm? They're actually checking/scanning bags now after the baggage claim area? To be fair, they never really were consistent for quite some time now, so they need to fine tune (or overhaul) their process if they want to start checking properly.

Yeah.. I got stopped for a bag check recently because of some muesli breakfast bars. Didn't realised snacks/food are now flagged.

Recent photos of the 9M-NAA I curiously looked for reference if anyone's interested: https://flyteam.jp/photo/2549200 https://flyteam.jp/photo/2549197 https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8975042

Your thoughts of another terminal at the Long Term Car Park was in the original KLIA master plan, which, seems to have changed many times over the years.

You know what? Maybe he meant "Sardine Can" which would make better sense as to what Azri M. just mentioned.

I hope that they will update the interiors for 1 or 2 of their A380 and use for the LHR/NRT runs over peak seasons. Flew on the A350, liked the big bins, but in terms of noise level, the A380 is on another totally higher level (being quieter).

And that is why you either use the latest GoPro 6 or a Sony Action Camera which has fantastic image stabilization technology.

Would be perfect for KUL - PER maybe? Or BNE?

While this article is about the A380s, what is being mentioned there is the same explanation I received from the Customer Service Representative when asked about the shifting of my seats from row 1 (First class) to the other rows on the A350's booking during the regional trials.

If PER is MH Australia's stepchild, how about BNE?

I wonder if they're going to configure the planes with 3 class as well to Auckland.

To be fair to Khalil, I was the one who started this topic, and it is on topic about the A350-900 Regional flights as those who booked it would be the ones giving the trip reports of the first class seats before the plane even flies to London. It may have just strayed a bit. With that being said, still excited about trying the A350 for the first time.

I'm in a similar situation as you are. My flight is to SIN and it's for one week to catch the A350 on both journey. The main reason for the trip is to experience both the A350 as well as the F cabin. If I had known that this would have happened, I too would not have planned this trip, but unfortunately, no refunds available for both my flights and accommodation.

Those who booked in Business Class for the regional flights and managed to select First Class tickets, did you get your seats changed to the Business Class? Mine was.

They should have made it clearer. Sounds like it's "Qatar is the largest operator of the A350 by seats"

The prayer "rooms" are just curtained off "Exit Doors" space for privacy, at least from what I can see on the plan. They aren't any specialised space. Looks like a coat room in front of 1K though?

5 for economy with only 257 Y/Y+ seem on par with their A330. This is marginally better than the 5 for 263 on the A330. J on the other hand only has 2 for 35 on the A350 versus 3 for 27 on the A330. 1 for first class seems ok, since the A380 had 2 for 8 seats.

Thanks, looking forward to trying out "F" in January. LOL. Good news on more storage space, more is always better.

In other words, "F" is closer to the Delta Business Suites with regards to the hard product. MAS will just need to make it up then with their soft products. What difference are there with J? Wider seats? Larger foot well space?

I wonder if Malaysia Airlines will have any customised holders for phone/tablets. The quality of most IFE screens are worse than most phones/tablets anyway, not to mention the sound/audio quality.

Is this Premium Economy seat similar to what's currently on the A330 where there's just a private section/more leg room? Or are there any noticeable hard product differences? With the wider cabin of the A350 but using of the similar Thompson Vantage, hopefully this would mean more storage/wider seats.