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  1. Yes, it was messy because they considered Airasia X to be high risk and are prepared to let it fail. However, they did not want D7's failure to take down AK. But it appears now that they used D7 to take the haircut for AK! The operations side is already started integration as we see both D7 and AK on the same routes. Once the corporate restructuring is done, I guess they routes will be even more shared between them.
  2. AirAsia X gets its wings back Bursa Securities announced today the airline’s classification as a Practice Note 17 (PN17) company will cease with effect from tomorrow. https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2023/11/21/airasia-x-gets-its-wings-back/
  3. Sounds very much like they signed the lease agreement when they have not even sorted out their finances or business plan. This airline is doomed for failure!
  4. That was why I did not bother to get excited about that. 9M-MVD has undergone customer acceptance flights last week - so maybe the paperwork is now being completed. I don't see any frames listed on the production lists headed for MH yet. So I guess the other deliveries will only come in 2024.
  5. I agree - MAG will operate out of SZB only to compete with operators from that airport. Malindo is not really operating that many flights nowadays and FY might scale down if Malindo exits. So unless SKS can proceed with its E2 plans, I very much doubt MAG wants to be distracted from its KLIA ops.
  6. Yes, maybe I was to quick to say that it is FOC! However, if you are looking for a flight ex-KUL, the fares of the competing airlines are similar to those that require a connection in SIN. This gives the apparent impression that the connecting flights to SIN are sacrificed in order to secure your booking. Pax these days are smarter and know that if they want cheaper flights, they would have to go through the inconvenience of not going on direct flights.
  7. Even now, FY flights out of SZB cannot be considered to be cheap. My guess is that MAG are probably looking at something with 100-130 seats with two class cabins - a bit upmarket from the single class planes of FY.
  8. Yes, the road infrastructure around SZB is absolutely congested and WCT is looking to the govt. for financing the expansion of that. However, the govt. is pretty cool to it. KTM must come up with an at least 3X per hour SZB to Sentral non stop service on the train service if it is to become popular with pax. If these transport issues are not solved, I can't see SZB capable of becoming a super busy airport for regional traffic.
  9. If what you illustrate here is true, then TR is not really interested in developing the route but more as a feeder to the SIA group network. So it is sacrificing profit on this route for the greater aim of profit on other connecting routes in the SIA group network. It is much like the days when KUL-SIN flights were offered FOC to those who were catching long haul SQ flights. Against the post Covid background, air fares have risen significantly and revenge travel demand is starting to fade. AK does not need to offer flythru flights to/from SIN as pax can catch flythru from KUL. As such its MYY-SIN flights are for point to point pax. There are simply not enough such pax.
  10. When MAS were operating from Subang, it made sense then. Now, their main base is KLIA - so it makes sense to have everything based in that ecosystem.
  11. Malaysia Airlines' parent MAG takes delivery of first Boeing 737-8 https://www.nst.com.my/business/corporate/2023/11/979104/malaysia-airlines-parent-mag-takes-delivery-first-boeing-737-8
  12. Interior is the same 12 Business Class and 162 Economy Class seats.
  13. Congratulations Malaysia Airlines. Photo of flypast.
  14. Yes, Sarawak keep talking big about airlines not flying to the state but does not do enough to find out the cause of the low traffic volumes. Why is BKI more popular than KCH? If they can find an answer to that, they would have solved the problem. Airasia is a ULCC and needs load factors of at least 80% all the time. Post pandemic, Airasia has also put more emphasis on getting cargo onto its flights. Is it any wonder that they terminate their flights as demand is only good enough during festive periods or school holidays? So they need to deploy their assets on routes that have more traffic.
  15. 9M-MVD is now flying customer acceptance flights. https://aviation.flights/boe/737/66354
  16. Has 9M-MLV been reconfigured too? It is now flying in retro colours (photo from our own BKI spotter waiping) https://www.airliners.net/photo/Malaysia-Airlines/Boeing-737-8H6/7403029
  17. MAB's first Boeing 737-8 Max is on its way home! https://www.flightradar24.com/MAS5041/
  18. You may be right. I was looking at the first flights for B737Max and only 9M-MVD (the second MH Max) has made its first flight. There were no other 9M reggos that took their first flights recently. https://aviation.flights/boe/737/66354
  19. Wouldn't it be better to deploy the aircraft to higher yield routes? Although secondhand, this aircraft is perhaps MHs best (and newest built A350) and I won't be surprised if it will also be used on the Japan routes after the initial deployment to MEL.
  20. OK FR24 corrected their info - they had 9M-MAB earlier! Track it here: https://www.flightradar24.com/MAS5051/
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