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It was 6-7 x weekly I’m sure - VIE-KUL-SYD, in addition to MH VIE-KUL which was 3-4 weekly

Interesting developments! Maybe they should take 10 A339s and get 3-5 more A359s so that they can expand in Europe (or even use it for premium routes in Asia Pacific). I think KUL-MXP-MAD would be a nice one to fly, or maybe KUL-FRA-MAD (Germany is probably our biggest trade partner in Europe, and MAD is the home to OW partner, IB). That will kill 2 birds with one stone and regain their visibility in Europe. makes sense to leave AMS to partner KLM - shame that KL809 is still operated by 789 rather than 77W like previously. Perhaps with MH expansion in Australia, there will be space for larger aircraft on the AMS route. I know KLM over the years have stopped completely relying on KUL for onward feed and has added codeshare connections via SIN/CAN. interesting times for MH with very cautious expansion. Hope it works out for them.

A321 XLR will be useful for MH too - can be used for some of the longer Indian and china routes as well as certain routes to Australia like Perth and Adelaide. this can potentially free up some A330s for expansion elsewhere … or just order more A350s!!

So all the little napoleons/bean counters/management type who told senior staff to ‘leave’ if they were not happy in MAG will be in trouble now! Huge exodus of trained personnel - 300 in 2 years is ridiculous! reducing validity of AOC is quite a strong signal to MAG… Loke must be worried to ask for more frequent audits

What the hell is going on? Looks like bean counters are doing extensive engineering cost cutting. Very scary indeed

Yeah, completely agree. This makes me really anxious about travelling on MH. One small mistake and that will be enough. Very shortsighted indeed, and also the management sounds incompetent to me

MH is gonna have serious reputational damage with this style of operation. There is just no room Manoeuvre… short sighted thinking by the bean counters who are basically driving what could be a profitable airline into the ground

Add to that: Northwest (now Delta): KUL-KIX-MSP Aeroflot: SIN-KUL-DXB-SVO; before that KUL-DEL-TAS-SVO; (SYD-KUL-DXB-SVO) UTA (now AF): NOU-SYD-SIN-KUL-BAH-CDG !! Air New Zealand: KUL-SIN-AKL-CHC Sabena (now Brussels airways😞 KUL-DXB-BRU Czechoslovakian airlines (now Czech airlines): KUL-DXB-PRG-BRS JAT: MEL (or SYD)-SIN-KUL-DXB-BEG Now that will be a dream… 😅😅

That’s why I usually put my bags under the seat in front of me… also my kids and wife’s bags. I’m scared that I fall asleep and someone goes and takes things from the bag. lots of people keep opening and closing the overhead compartments, really have to watch them like a hawk

Well to be fair, many pax on the Turkish airlines flight IST-KUL and KUL-IST were connecting on MH and OD service to and fro Australia/NZ

The surprise announcement to me will be BA and Lufthansa flying to SZB, like in the old days

are you serious or is this a joke? interesting expansion if anything

MH was bigger than SQ in the 90s. MH was a major player on the kangaroo route. Again, we were not so limited in terms of population like SG (and also in terms of yield etc etc), but SQ were smart and used Malaysia and Indonesia as its hinterland. That made it have a huge ‘domestic’ market. MH decided to scrap most of its European flights after the twin disasters but if they had planned properly, they could have ordered a few Dreamliners to fly those long and thin routes. That would have allowed them to get some feed from Europe into Australia. alas, their twin tragedies really knocked them back, and dented their reputation significantly (which is only just now recovering)… imagine, MH was the first to fly non stop Dubai to NYC (but were screwed by UAE limitations on their services- they were capturing a lot of India-US pax). Now AI is way bigger and offering KUL passengers services via DEL to Canada, US, UK etc etc! MH was one of the few Asian airlines into South America, and also Central America. Again, their CPT-EZE and LAX-MEX were limited by SA and USA governments to protect their own airlines. That effectively tied one hand behind their back. we could have been big but we were screwed by being a GLC (cash cow for government officials as well as poor forward planning and vision) as well as some protectionism by certain governments

KK Lee and flee hit the nail on the head!!

Air India to start daily DEL-KUL flights from 15th September using A320s… as we suspected! it’s about time anyways that AI returns to KUL. I hope there will be a BOM and MAA flight as well, like the old days! https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/air-india-launches-daily-non-stop-flights-between-delhi-and-kuala-lumpur-to-boost-trip-to-malaysia/