BC Tam
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On 7/12/2022 at 6:14 PM, flee said:It is because the current A330s are all leased - so swapping them for newer, more fuel efficient aircraft would give a net benefit in terms of operating costs. In the old days, they own many of their planes - so they hang on to them for longer.
Does that mean the birds end up in the knacker's yard sooner than what would have been the case in 'the old days' ?
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On 7/12/2022 at 10:17 AM, JuliusWong said:Average age of A330 fleet is 11.3 years old, which old by industry standard nowadays ...
Ah yes, I forgot about the A332s - they would have jacked up the average age somewhat
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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 ..... 😄
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Looks like Air Busan's HL8366 (A321N) gone inop at BKI ?
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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 😆
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According to FR24 they gonna do Seletar-Kuching on an ATR72 come next month
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On 6/20/2022 at 12:29 PM, jahur said:... Same was reported by Airasia and its still ongoing til this day 2 A333 from airasia x being subbed inconsistently for domestics.
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
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4 hours ago, Riza said:With the launch of DOH & HND, will they have enuff widebody for that?
Can use the 738 if traffic volume not big ?
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On her way to BKI from KCH now - intriguing
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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 😀
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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 😦
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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
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Wonder if the 2mil seed money all evaporated yet - enough to take care of the paint job and parking charges ?
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ICN flight(s) now listed 😀
btw, those BX PUS/BKI flights likely dud listings - doesn't seem they made any appearance yet 😆
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Meaning return of the Ajummas and Ajusshis soon ?! 😁
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2 hours ago, JuliusWong said:Finally the saga has come to an end. Not sure how Capital A gonna pay the bills.
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 ...... 😁
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I suppose this will be the base for Beluga XWB in time to come
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9 hours ago, Timothy said:I think we should also create a list of defunct "airlines" in Malaysia. Rayani, Silverfly, Seaga ...
... Air Asia v.1
... Malaysian Airline System
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1 hour ago, flee said:The start of CNY balik kampung flights?
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 ..... ? 😀
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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 😀
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But wait, seem like 9M-RAH is now attempting to come in, after circling above Bongawan
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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 .....) 🙂
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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😀