Robert

BATIK AIR MALAYSIA SEP/OCT 2024 MELBOURNE A330 OPERATIONS NS24 Written By Jim Liu Published at 2045GMT 26JUL24 Batik Air Malaysia during the month of September and October 2024 once again schedules Kuala Lumpur – Melbourne nonstop service, on board the Airbus A330-300 aircraft. 4 weekly flights will be offered from 20SEP24 to 06OCT24 (Malaysia departure). OD175 KUL1745 – 0415+1MEL 330 x246 OD176 MEL0545 – 1230KUL 330 x357 This service is in addition to existing 1 daily Kuala Lumpur – Denpasar – Melbourne service, operated by 737 MAX 8.

I saw some complaints about delays yesterday. MH 2544 was 6 hours late. An equipment swap was involved but a tardy turn around in previous sectors compounds things. MH1450 to LGK was almost 2 hours late following a delay out of Tawau and they further slow turnarounds. Don't have any more specifics at the moment. Anyone know how many 737's are unplanned AOG?

This last came up on late August 2023 The exact reason why the slots were given up for "free" is not confirmed. Aside from what you have mentioned others have said it was in reduce/remove AI's right to sell to seats on MH flights. Another person is that it's a contra payment for AI channeled pax to MH to LAX, AUS, etc. This archive always confirms that the slots sent for free. https://web.archive.org/web/20120721032111/http://www.uk-airport-news.info/heathrow-airport-news-310507.htm

This came on some months ago... let me see what I can find later.

I thought the 'giving of slots' was due to MH owing a lot of money to Air India.

Anyone know how much TH to SG have to India? I know SG have an open skies agreement with AU.

5 mins on google and some sites say no A320 and others say yes they can but with a restricted payload for take off's. Another says that the runway is 1800m but wiki says 2100m Also read: Due to its short 5,905ft (1,800m) Runway 17/35, the complex serves limited traffic restricted to types including ATR 42/72 turboprops, Airbus A319s and Boeing 737-400s/737-800SFPs (Short Field Performance) in addition to an array of business jets. The truth out there somewhere

I spent some time last month looking this as well. Im not sure of AK/D7/OD are operating all of their allocation. Flying planes with seats blocked out due ATR seat capacity issues is nonsense, doesn't benefit anyone and is a waste of fuel. Perhaps it's time for the Govt to try and asked for an increase in seats.

I thought B737/A320 couldn't operate at USM especially since SQ/TR couldn't operate it once their A319's removed from the fleet. Perhaps there is significant payload restriction? IXZ - I thought you could only enter these islands via mainland India. Must have missed the change.

Thank you. Was BKI-PVG operated by FY in more recent times? If/when FY increase there jet flights at SZB then I presume that will be become a base as well?

Im curious where the crew and aircraft are based now. Can anyone advise? Also somebody on a FB group cant understand why BKI-PVG is not being serviced by FY/MH. Presume it a fleet and yields issue?

Air Asia ATR Updates in the June bulletin. AK to USM as well? 1 KUL-DAC v.v. / +7x weekly AirAsia Jun-24 2 KUL-COK v.v / +2x weekly AirAsia Aug-24 3 KUL-IXZ v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia Aug-24 4 KUL-DLI v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia Aug-24 5 KUL-CEI v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia Nov-24 6 KUL-USM v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia Nov-24 7 KUL-KHH v.v. / 1x weekly AirAsia Sep-24 8 KUL-KHI v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia X Nov-24 9 KUL-CKG v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia X Nov-24 Air Traffic Rights Available / Expired / Returned / Revoked 1 Vietnam KUL-SGN v.v.* / 4x weekly AirAsia 10-Jun-24 Revoked 2 Bandar Seri Begawan KUL-BWN-KCH-KUL* / 4x weekly AirAsia 10-Jun-24 Revoked 3 Australia KUL-OOL v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia X 20-Jun-24 Revoked

June ATR Update. USM is an interesting one. Can it handle a 737? 10 KUL-LHE v.v. / +2x weekly Batik Air May-24 11 KUL-DAC v.v. / +9x weekly Batik Air Jun-24 12 KUL-CSX v.v. / 4x weekly Batik Air Jun-24 13 KUL-USM v.v. / 4x weekly Batik Air Sep-24 14 KUL-HDY v.v. / 7x weekly Batik Air Sep-24 15 KUL-KBV v.v / 7x weekly Batik Air Sep-24 16 KUL-SUB v.v. / 14x weekly Batik Air Aug-24 17 KUL-KNO v.v. / 7x weekly Batik Air Aug-24 18 BKI-TFU v.v. / 3x weekly Batik Air Jun-24 19 KUL-LHW v.v. / 1x weekly Batik Air Jun-24 20 PEN-CGK v.v. / 7x weekly Batik Air Jul-24 21 KUL-PKU v.v. / 7x weekly (10.5 units) Batik Air Jul-24 22 KUL-LOP v.v. / +0.7 units weekly Batik Air Jul-24 23 KUL-PDG v.v. / 7x weekly (10.5 units) Batik Air Jul-24 24 JHB-DMK v.v. / 7x weekly Batik Air Oct-24 25 KUL-KHH-NGO v.v. / +4x weekly Batik Air Oct-24 26 KUL-PER v.v. / 7x weekly (1,260 seats) Batik Air Jul-24 27 KUL-TWU v.v. / +7x weekly Batik Air Jul-24 28 KUL-JHB v.v. / +7x weekly Batik Air Jul-24 Air Traffic Rights Available / Expired / Returned / Revoked Indonesia KUL-BDO v.v. / 10.5 units weekly Batik Air 12-Jun-24 Returned and swap with KUL-PKU v.v., KUL-PDG v.v. and KUL-LOP v.v. 11 Indonesia MKZ-PKU v.v. / 4.0 units weekly Batik Air 12-Jun-24 Returned and swap with KUL-PKU v.v., KUL-PDG v.v. and KUL-LOP v.v. 12 Indonesia SZB-PKU v.v. / 2.8 units weekly Batik Air 12-Jun-24 Returned and swap with KUL-PKU v.v., KUL-PDG v.v. and KUL-LOP v.v. 13 Indonesia SZB-BTH v.v. / 4.4 units weekly Batik Air 12-Jun-24 Returned and swap with KUL-PKU v.v., KUL-PDG v.v. and KUL-LOP v.v.

June ATR Changes 34 KUL-DAC v.v. / +7x weekly Malaysia Airlines May-24 35 KUL-JED-JHB / 1x weekly Malaysia Airlines Jul-24 36 JHB-MED-KUL / 1x weekly Malaysia Airlines Jul-24 37 KUL-DEL v.v. / +116 seats weekly Malaysia Airlines 6-Aug-24 38 KUL-HYD v.v. / +28 seats weekly Malaysia Airlines 6-Aug-24 39 KUL-MAA v.v. / -152 seats weekly Malaysia Airlines 6-Aug-24 40 KUL-BLR v.v. / -20 seats weekly Malaysia Airlines 6-Aug-24 41 KUL-BOM v.v. / +42 seats weekly Malaysia Airlines 6-Aug-24 Air Traffic Rights Available / Expired / Returned / Revoke 4 Japan KUL-HND v.v. / 7x weekly Malaysia Airlines 20-Jun-24 Revoked

In Mavcom ATR bulletin FY the following have have been listed 29 PEN-KMG v.v. / 4x weekly Firefly Jul-24 30 SZB-XSP v.v. / +7x weekly Firefly Jul-24 Revoked: 5 Indonesia PEN-CGK v.v. / 7x weekly Firefly 1-Jun-24 Revoked 6 China BKI-CGO v.v. / 5x weekly Firefly 11-Jun-24 Revoked 7 China BKI-PVG v.v. / 3x weekly Firefly 28-Jun-24 Returned 8 Malaysia BKI-MYY v.v. / 2x weekly Firefly 28-Jun-2 Returned