BC Tam

Thank you for the insight ! Would be fascinating if we are able to delve into the numbers and see how investment of the many millions in the equipment is economically viable within the 8-15 years time frame Must be viable, whether airline owner or lessor, for that is what is being done now😀

Does that mean the birds end up in the knacker's yard sooner than what would have been the case in 'the old days' ?

Ah yes, I forgot about the A332s - they would have jacked up the average age somewhat

Actually, the current A330s aren't that elderly are they ? I can remember the big PR event involving our MW spotters at their reveal not that many years ago They certainly don't wring out useful years from their equipment nowadays compared to say days of the A300, B737-400 ..... 😄

Looks like Air Busan's HL8366 (A321N) gone inop at BKI ?

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/malaysia-airlines-sticks-end2022-timeline-sell-its-a380-fleet From this read, think issue has already been decided in favour of the A339 😆

According to FR24 they gonna do Seletar-Kuching on an ATR72 come next month

I take it you're referring to 9M-VVA (she is flown under AK name nowadays) and 9M-XXZ (still D7) From what can be garnered from FR24, these two seem to be employed entirely on KUL-BKI sector nowadays 9M-VVA does like one or two runs a day, 9M-XXZ once every few days or so Wonder if they are able to earn their keep with that sort of utilization ?!

Can use the 738 if traffic volume not big ?

On her way to BKI from KCH now - intriguing

Looks like she is being diverted to KCH, descending now FR24 has 9M-VVA (AK5108) arrival at BKI as "Delayed 7:14PM" - she need to do time travel to get back here in quarter of an hour 😀

Cannot make out what is happening Instead of going round for another attempt, she has gone off so far as being 38k ft over MYY, and still heading south west 😦

9M-VVA just aborted an approach into BKI runway 20 - wonder what happened ? Very late too, I think just about over the Grace Ville area

Wonder if the 2mil seed money all evaporated yet - enough to take care of the paint job and parking charges ?

ICN flight(s) now listed 😀 btw, those BX PUS/BKI flights likely dud listings - doesn't seem they made any appearance yet 😆

Meaning return of the Ajummas and Ajusshis soon ?! 😁

Really end of road ? I would have thought there is still the Federal court, then appeal to Agong, to come ? Seeing how long and how far this has dragged on already, might as well let the drama run its full course 😉 No doubt the lawyers will be rubbing hands in glee, their invoices adding up ...... 😁

I suppose this will be the base for Beluga XWB in time to come

... Air Asia v.1 ... Malaysian Airline System 😁

Either that, or the Sarawakian authorities are still limiting number of flights into the state So, if frequency is capped, capacity can still be increased with bigger birds ..... ? 😀

Tawau (TWU) airport - Page 4 - Observation Hill - MalaysianWings - Malaysia's Premier Aviation Portal Pictures here 😀

So this some random news clipping I managed to retrieve ..... 😁

Heh, still no sign yet of those diverted birds at LBU and MYY making their way over 😀

But wait, seem like 9M-RAH is now attempting to come in, after circling above Bongawan

I guess it will take quite a while to clear all the accumulated congestion - have to wait till the rain stop before they can even start repairing the damaged runway at least (it's still pouring out there as I click away .....) 🙂