Prestley Shim
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Guys
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Flights above will be operated by A350-900 from December 27 until January 14. It has been loaded into the website.
Does KCH have the same luck?
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Interesting.. They really are targeting the Chinese cities now. Any idea about the timing?
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Hi Prestley Shim, you got info that they were flying to WMKP on 1 Nov 2017...? 5.15pm? Any info. on next departure date & time from Penang?
Hi I'm sorry but my source only has info for the KCH one as he is involved with the events in Kuching.
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I think they'll most likely use their Royal Flight aircraft which is a modified A332. Callsign CAM FORCE ONE.
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Got info that the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall are scheduled to arrive on the 6th at 1.15pm. They will then fly off to Penang on the same day at 5.15pm.
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7x weekly is an overkill really...
Agreed. 3x weekly would seem more feasible.
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Manners can be enforced.
Yeaaaaaa... With Mainland Chinese, I'm skeptical.
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Will it be operated by KCH or KUL hub aircraft?
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Nice taxi shot, Gio! Was disappointed I didn't get a rotation shot from the terminal. Sure rotated early!
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Are those 3 routes gonna be for familiarization? Any chance of it going to other places before 9th Dec?
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Woo hoo; Zhongguo Nanfang Hangkong's baby bus. Wish this can be a scheduled flight. But when it took off yesterday, it was just shortly before strong winds hit Kuching like a mini typhoon.
I was thinking maybe they'd use this diversion as an opportunity to research on logistics. Hopefully that crossed their mind. Handling was by Aerodarat. Meal vouchers were given out twice. Once in the morning and once at 11am.
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China Southern's A319 paid us an unscheduled visit. Diverted from BKI due to adverse weather caused by Typhoon Lan. 90 passengers, stranded in KCH from 4am and only departed at 1pm.
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Thank you for following! Perhaps I will share them in a separate batch.Just awesome images as always Prestley. Although I have seen some of them in your flickr page they never fail to amaze every time. Perhaps you would like to share here some of your other beautiful shots of AK special livery like UPM, GE, 1M, and Airasia Founation. Thank you brother!
I find the morning light is softer and less harsh than the late afternoon light. Really a nice time to photograph aircraft. Speaking of 07 landings, 1776 two days ago and 5204 yesterday landed on 07. Usually it's requested by the pilots themselves, with traffic permitting. Last I spoke to a friend of mine who's an FO with AK, he said Shenzhen was confirmed for late November. Looks like they've moved the schedule. Nevertheless glad it's materializing. I'm abit skeptical about how long MFM can last. Last night I had a talk with my Uber driver about Indonesian tourists. He says a lot of the Indonesians he drives around come from Jakarta who flew to Pontianak for transit before coming here. A lot of them come for shopping and for our hospitals. Perhaps a KCH-CGK route would be feasible?Thank you Prestley for the awesome pictures. The morning light really shows off the planes. Am glad that Negaraku B738 finally made it to KCH. Did not know that Maswings has a aircraft with a similar paint job. I once asked an AK pilot when is a good time to catch a 07 landing and he noted that this would be noon time eg. AK1776 from SIN when the traffic at KCH is relatively quiet. Of course wind conditions matter too. From another, AK pilot, confirmation that AK will fly KCH-SZX in December. KCH-MFM is also being revived and talks are ongoing for SBW-SIN.
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First, starting off with the ones I've taken in very favorable lighting conditions which also include golden hour lighting.
Starting off with Raya Airway's 757 vacating on B in some good morning light.
MASWings's 9M-MWA commencing her takeoff roll on runway 07.
Malaysian departing into the evening light.
9M-AFE ASEAN Basketball League livery rotating off 25 to Kuala Lumpur as AK5213.
9M-AJJ
Silkair's baby Bus arriving from Singapore. Not too long before these will be replaced by Scoot's yellow A320s.
9M-AQS smoking the asphalt on a rare runway 07 landing.
Malaysian in nice evening light arriving from Miri before continuing on to Kuala Lumpur.
9M-AGD completing her pushback with signature dark Kuching skies looming in the background. Love the startup sounds of the LEAP1A engines. The hum can be heard reverberating through the terminal.
M54-04 entering runway 07 via D.
It's rare enough to see AK using 07 for landing but this time a Malaysian too?
MXS turning into bay 5 donning her Negaraku livery for the first time into Kuching. What a beauty!
A Vistajet Challenger. A common sight in Kuching as even the Chief Minister, Abang Jo uses them on overseas trips such as to Hobart in Australia or Ho Chi Minh.
One of the few old birds still wearing the classic livery. Cherish them while they're still flying.
MWC in her own Negaraku livery, a spitting image of her bigger parent company Boeing, 9M-MXS.
9M-AGC, the only non-NEO 9M-AGx aircraft in AK's fleet.
And to finish off, the Dragon.
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Very quiet here people. Miss your photos and uploads.
Yeah haven't posted here in awhile. Will update very soon.
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9M-MAC will be painted in the Negaraku livery.
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When will MWD be unveiled? Can't wait to spot her in KCH.
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Pretty sure it's 9M-MTC. It hasn't flown for a long time.
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On the 5th of June, the inaugural Kuching - Pontianak - Kuching flight by AirAsia took off bearing the flight numbers AK1028 and AK1029 respectively. Although I wasn't present for the pleasantries and welcome, I managed to get some photographs of the flight which was operated by 9M-AQO, a new addition to other 3 Kuching based aircraft, replacing 9M-AQF a few days before.
AK1028 pushed back from bay 9 a few minutes ahead of the scheduled 11.55am departure. It would then take off from runway 25 at 11.58am via intersection A2.
Very nice of the crew to take A2 instead of the usual A1. Light load perhaps? If anybody know what the load was on that day, do share.
The return flight, AK1029 landed a few minutes ahead of schedule despite the delayed departure from Pontianak. Coming in for runway 25 with a visual approach. It then parked at bay 9 with the airport AFRS ready for the traditional water cannon salute.
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As always, great catch Prestley. Thank you for sharing. If there is an award for the dirtiest and ugliest airplane in this post it would go to RYA and the cleanest and most beautiful M54-04, why.. because she is just stunning to look at
Oh you'd be surprised! RYA isn't the dirtiest I've seen. Wait till you look at their 727s! It's like a chimney blew soot all over it!
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Nice update Prestly, thanks!
My pleasure!
Awesome low evening light for two days in a row, something which is quite rare nowadays. And on one of those days, Malaysia Airlines decided to send one of their widebody jets here. Was extremely lucky to catch it in good light too!
Raya Airways Boeing 757, 9M-RYA now taxiing under her own power compared to the last time I saw her.
9M-MSB on taxiway A while sister ship 9M-MXL rotates off runway 25 in the background.
Not the very best panning attempt. 9M-AGC in dusk light.
And again in bright evening light.
After pushback for a flight back to JHB.
9M-MUA shimmering in the golden light.
Followed by M54-04, RMAF's fourth A400M.
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Time to clean up on April spotting.
9M-AFB
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Giovanni arriving in 9M-WSB
9M-MTJ was sent here on the 10th, a nice equipment upgrade, the first of the year.
US Navy Boeing 737-C40 Clipper stopping by before continuing to Halim.
9M-RYA being towed to the cargo apron from the runway. The aircraft experienced hydraulic failure shortly after takeoff and performed a safe emergency landing back to Kuching.
Private A318 of Alpha Star Aviation Services nightstopping in Kuching. Registration HZ-A5.
9M-AGC, the youngest in the fleet. Currently still based in KCH.
9M-LCM, one of the newest member of Malindo's fleet.
9M-AFP 1 Malaysia livery.
9M-AQZ pushing back in some nice evening light.
9M-AQD resting and on GPU power after completing all sectors for the day.
9M-MXR which had also completed all the day's sectors.
One half of the twin livery aircraft. The other one being 9M-AHL with very minor differences between the two.
9M-AHR which is currently based here in KCH.
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Awesome catch; maybe you guys at KCH could spot my flight from SBW on May 5th later
Hi Tamizi..which flight will you be on?
Thank you for sharing those great images Prestley. Btw I just realized in the fourth image that I recently posted, some guys are hanging out on the structure next to taxiway, who are they and what were they doing actually?
Honestly I don't know either haha
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Let the MH bashing begin.
"Third MAS plane crash since 2014"
"Terrified passengers describe their dramatic escape from MH aircraft"
And of course, we'll be hearing from the experts on social media:
"It's obvious MH decided to save on fuel and sacrifice safety!"
"I'm never flying this lousy unsafe airline ever again!"
Ahh the classics. Wonder if we'll see anything new this time. I'm sure people are more creative nowadays.
MAB A350-900 Regional Flights to PEN, BKK, SIN & BKI from 9 December 2017
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The frustration right now is unreal. Even if we do get it, it'll be quite a while after BKI, just like when the A320neo was introduced into AK fleet.