flee 5 Report post Posted September 18, 2010 MH will be taking delivery of 3 more leased B737-8FZ, brand-new from Seattle. In fact MLG should be arriving to KUL or SZB within a week. I wonder how many B738's will MH lease? It looks like MH has just discovered that the B738 is vastly superior to the B734 and can't have enough of them! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pall 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2010 MH equipment downgrade from A333 means MH is badly beaten by D7. DEL and other Indian cities were at one time high yield and high load routes for MH. Instead of focusing on O&D pax, MH need to consider transit pax. Believe SQ is keeping a 772 at SYD for over 12 hours just to time arrival at SIN for quick connection to South Asia. Its not a downgrade. The B738 is currently being deployed 5X weekly effective September 1, 2010 in addition to the daily evening A330 runs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh T 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2010 I can't wait to see the first set of pics of the interior. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh T 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2010 Its not a downgrade. The B738 is currently being deployed 5X weekly effective September 1, 2010 in addition to the daily evening A330 runs. They must be making money on these routes then! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amir M. Merican 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2010 9M-MXA? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh T 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2010 9M-MXA? No. It's one of the lease ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MIR 2 Report post Posted September 23, 2010 (edited) From HNL RareBirds,23 September 2010 : Malaysia Airlines is taking delivery of 9M-MLG (c/n 31779), a 737-8FZ, and is making its flight from BFI as MAS5403. Edited September 23, 2010 by MIR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobK 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2010 (edited) 9M-MLG on the way. Just landing HNL as I write. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/MAS5403 Edited September 23, 2010 by RobK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh T 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2010 Does this mean the next one to arrive is going to be 9M-MXA? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh T 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2010 From HNL RareBirds,23 September 2010 : Is 9M-MLG the last of the leased B738s? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radzi 2 Report post Posted September 24, 2010 Is 9M-MLG the last of the leased B738s? No, there will be 2 more, for a total of 9. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobK 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2010 (edited) Josh, not sure yet. 9M-MXA is scheduled to deliver on 29 Oct, but 9M-MLH is due to make first flight on 1 Oct and will likely deliver at some point during Oct as well. Although a delivery date has not yet been set for MLH, my gut feeling is that it will arrive before MXA. I'll advise the date when I have it. Edited September 24, 2010 by RobK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh T 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2010 Josh, not sure yet. 9M-MXA is scheduled to deliver on 29 Oct, but 9M-MLH is due to make first flight on 1 Oct and will likely deliver at some point during Oct as well. Although a delivery date has not yet been set for MLH, my gut feeling is that it will arrive before MXA. I'll advise the date when I have it. Thanks, Rob! So, does this mean that 9M-MLH will be the last of the leased B738s then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh T 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2010 No, there will be 2 more, for a total of 9. Thanks for clarifying. It'll be so nice to see these new birds all over KLIA instead of those old B734s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobK 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2010 Nope. There is 9M-MLI to come after that. That is the last known leased one at present, but there are some more BBAM aircraft in the pipes that don't have lessees assigned yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobK 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2010 9M-MLH is now loaded. Due to deliver on 18 Oct. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chaity 1 Report post Posted September 26, 2010 (edited) Just saw this info on KLIA arrival Schedule for 26/9/10 MH 5403 26/09/2010 0:01:20:00 PM GUAM Anyone there to welcome her with a few camera clicks ? Still 14 in use now. Edited September 26, 2010 by Chaity Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johan Z 0 Report post Posted September 26, 2010 When will the lease expire? One think I'm afraid of is we will get a mix of cabin product from the new 738s (9M-MX_) and the leased ones. 9M-MX_ variants will feature Sky Interior and the all-new cabin, whilst the leased will have limited input from MH. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Min Chun 0 Report post Posted September 29, 2010 watch out for MXA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted September 29, 2010 9M-MLG on the way. Just landing HNL as I write. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/MAS5403 Leased from BBAM ferried BFI-HNL-MAJ-GUM-KUL 23 - 25-09-2010 on delivery Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S M Tang 0 Report post Posted September 29, 2010 9M-MLG at BFI on A.net. My link Any idea who is doing the ferry flights? Boeing or MH's crew? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michgyver 0 Report post Posted September 29, 2010 9M-MLG at Seattle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radzi 2 Report post Posted October 8, 2010 just in case anybody is interested. MLF has the MAS logo on the inside of the winglet as well. MLG don't have this. According to a friend, one who did the MLG acceptance flight test... The company tak nak. It's not even extra cost. Go figure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T Azahan 1 Report post Posted October 8, 2010 MXA (738H6,c/n:40128,l/n:3421) had its first flight on 6 Oct. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
