Juergen Witte 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2009 (edited) Just stumbled over the first photo of Berjaya Air´s new ATR 72-500. Just see: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Berjaya-Air...next_id=1499766 So, Berjaya´s Dash-7 era is going to end soon ... The first one (still wearing factory registration F-WWEC) will become 9M-TAG Edited April 25, 2009 by Juergen Witte Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan B. 5 Report post Posted April 26, 2009 Just stumbled over the first photo of Berjaya Air´s new ATR 72-500. Just see: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Berjaya-Air...next_id=1499766 So, Berjaya´s Dash-7 era is going to end soon ... The first one (still wearing factory registration F-WWEC) will become 9M-TAG Looks good The Dash-7 will be around for awhile I think as the ATR can't operate out of Tioman and Pangkor. I heard the expansion plan for Tioman is off and no plans for expansion of Pangkor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radzi 2 Report post Posted April 26, 2009 Met a Berjaya pilot doing ATR conversion in SZB. They're supposed to take delivery of the aircraft last week, but due to some problem, they haven't done so yet. Not sure of the nature of the problem though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MIR 2 Report post Posted April 26, 2009 Delivery postponed to next month... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waiping 12 Report post Posted April 26, 2009 With this postponement does it affect FY and MasWing's delivery as well? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2009 Looks good The Dash-7 will be around for awhile I think as the ATR can't operate out of Tioman and Pangkor. I heard the expansion plan for Tioman is off and no plans for expansion of Pangkor. Why would they buy these if they cant operate at these two airports. Any idea on the min landing/take off distance on a full load? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted April 27, 2009 Data can be found here: http://www.atraircraft.com/public/atr/html...ec21d7474b5706b Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandeep G 1 Report post Posted April 27, 2009 I'm guessing firefly ain't the only guys flying into Singapore from SZB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juergen Witte 0 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 I'm guessing firefly ain't the only guys flying into Singapore from SZB If Berjaya maintains their actual ticket price level and tries to compete with Firefly i don´t see them around for long ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan B. 5 Report post Posted April 29, 2009 (edited) Why would they buy these if they cant operate at these two airports. Any idea on the min landing/take off distance on a full load? The runway length at Tioman is 3,254ft and Pangkor is 2,598ft. The runway length for ATR sea level MTW is 4,232ft. Edited April 29, 2009 by Alan B. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ja Singh 2 Report post Posted April 29, 2009 (edited) The runway length at Tioman is 3,254ft and Pangkor is 2,598ft. The runway length for ATR sea level MTW is 4,232ft. In that case they should sprinkle some Atr 42 's into their fleet. Edited April 29, 2009 by jadivindra Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 In that case they should sprinkle some Atr 42 's into their fleet. So where will they use the new aircraft? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yusoff 1 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) So where will they use the new aircraft? USM (Koh Samui) with 4724ft rwy length. Do they still fly to USM? edit: Yes they do.. Probably with spanking new aircraft, Berjaya is thinking of network expansion. Could be Phuket... Could be Batam ( ) ... Who knows... Edited April 30, 2009 by Yusoff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suadrif 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 Nice livery Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert 0 Report post Posted May 2, 2009 Nice livery I've been reading that the runway at Redang has just been extended. I dont have any further details. Maybe it will be able to take the new aircraft? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites