Adam Lawrence 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2016 I Googled.. Reminds me of MASWings Reminds me of Gulf Traveller (the defunct low-cost subsidiary of Gulf Air) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2016 Tale note when fltying Shaheen Air. Their main core passengers are masses who want dirt cheap fares minus frills. You might want to pack your iPad or Tab. Their A332 comes with 326 all economy seats without IFE. All PTV are stripped out at KLM Engineering before delivery. On their FB wall, you may read some comments about the lack of entertaining between LHE- BHX 7 hours route. They also plan to operate flights to Copenhagen, Oslo, Milan, Shanghai, and Bangkok in the near future. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yang Zulhilmi 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2016 Ethiopian Airlines Moves Dreamliner Service to SE Asia to August 2016 Ethiopian Airlines has delayed planned Boeing 787-8 service introduction to South East Asia. Previously scheduled to begin operation from July 2016, the Dreamliner will begin serving Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Manila from August 2016. Planned schedule as follow. eff 01AUG16 Addis Ababa Bangkok Manila 4 weekly ET628 ADD0035 1315BKK1430 1900MNL 788 246 ET628 ADD0045 1315BKK1445 1925MNL 788 1 ET629 MNL2200 0025+1BKK0130+1 0630+1ADD 788 x357 eff 03AUG16 Addis Ababa Bangkok Kuala Lumpur 3 weekly ET618 ADD0040 1320BKK1425 1740KUL 788 357 ET619 KUL2315 0025+1BKK0135+1 0635+1ADD 788 357 http://airlineroute.net/2016/04/12/et-seasia-aug16/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khalil Abd Halim 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2016 ET's upgrade of equipment on this route is long overdue...glad to here it's coming hope TG will be gracious to fly some of their A350 on this route as well on their initial service once they receive the plane... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yang Zulhilmi 0 Report post Posted May 2, 2016 Lucky Air Adds New SE Asia Destinations from July 2016 Chinese carrier Lucky Air starting July 2016 plans to introduce 2 new destinations in South East Asia, from its hub in Kunming. The carrier, recently converted from full service carrier to low-cost carrier, will operate service to Bangkok and Kota Kinabalu, 3 weekly each. Planned schedule as follow. eff 29JUN16 Kunming Kota Kinabalu 8L9633 KMG0800 1230BKI 320 135 8L9634 BKI1330 1800KMG 320 135 eff 08JUL16 Kunming Bangkok 8L9597 KMG2350 0110+1BKK 320 135 8L9598 BKK0310 0630KMG 320 135 http://airlineroute.net/2016/05/02/8l-bkibkk-jul16/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kandiah k 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 KLM W16 Long-Haul Service Changes as of 03MAY16 by JL KLM within the last few days has made additional adjustment to planned Winter 2016/17 long-haul operation, effective 30OCT16. Latest changes as of 03MAY16 as follow. Amsterdam – Kuala Lumpur 3 weekly KL811/812 will continue operating on/after 30OCT16. Operational aircraft switches from 777-200ER to 787-9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Tan 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 Glad to see KUL getting some love. Those 787s have KLM's latest 1-2-1 config, which are very nice. They look very spacious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenneth Chong WT 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 https://youtu.be/Diozq0fXBpE Apparently Song Joong Ji, the new spoke person for Jeju Air is revealing that BKI will be served by 7C come July...that's a staggering 3 airlines from Korea flying to BKI! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BC Tam 2 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 Cikgu, Have you ever considered it viable to travel Korea-Kuching vv transiting at BKI instead ? ICN-BKI seem quite frequent, but BKI-KCH vv is probably the deal breaker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isaac 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 Apparently Song Joong Ji, the new spoke person for Jeju Air is revealing that BKI will be served by 7C come July...that's a staggering 3 airlines from Korea flying to BKI! Apparently Song Joong Ji, the new spoke person for Jeju Air is revealing that BKI will be served by 7C come July...that's a staggering 3 airlines from Korea flying to BKI! Actually with the addition of Jeju Air, there will be 4 Korean airlines (Asiana Airlines, Eastar Jet, Jin Air and soon Jeju Air) serving ICN-BKI. Asiana Airlines have been flying daily between ICN-BKI for many years now. Eastar Jet usually operates 4 flights a week but flight is increased to daily during peak season. And Jin Air is flying to BKI on a daily basis now too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danny Yc Leong 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2016 KLM W16 Long-Haul Service Changes as of 03MAY16 by JL KLM within the last few days has made additional adjustment to planned Winter 2016/17 long-haul operation, effective 30OCT16. Latest changes as of 03MAY16 as follow. Amsterdam – Kuala Lumpur 3 weekly KL811/812 will continue operating on/after 30OCT16. Operational aircraft switches from 777-200ER to 787-9 happy to see more and more 787s operating to KUL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenneth Chong WT 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2016 Actually with the addition of Jeju Air, there will be 4 Korean airlines (Asiana Airlines, Eastar Jet, Jin Air and soon Jeju Air) serving ICN-BKI. Asiana Airlines have been flying daily between ICN-BKI for many years now. Eastar Jet usually operates 4 flights a week but flight is increased to daily during peak season. And Jin Air is flying to BKI on a daily basis now too. Oh ya...I forgot about Asiana... Cikgu, Have you ever considered it viable to travel Korea-Kuching vv transiting at BKI instead ? ICN-BKI seem quite frequent, but BKI-KCH vv is probably the deal breaker I would but all of them fly narrow-body and LCC are not really comfortable to fly in... But, that's just me... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted May 4, 2016 I would but all of them fly narrow-body and LCC are not really comfortable to fly in... I still remember the time in the late 1970s when I flew TG from LHR-KUL in a Super DC8. Long journey with many stops... and a 10 hour stopover in BKK! Fortunately, the BKK-KUL leg was done in the A300! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isaac 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2016 Oh ya...I forgot about Asiana... I would but all of them fly narrow-body and LCC are not really comfortable to fly in... But, that's just me... Asiana Airlines A321-200 fitted with AVOD comes with an average of 33" of seat pitch in Y and they are very comfortable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
euricko 0 Report post Posted May 5, 2016 Is there a news article/press release for Jeju Air's ICN-BKI flight? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isaac 0 Report post Posted May 5, 2016 Is there a news article/press release for Jeju Air's ICN-BKI flight? Sinchew covers this today. http://ent.sinchew.com.my/node/65779?v=mobile OMG! This is an wonderful piece of news! Went there last month, absolutely love Taiwan! Thank you for sharing. Found this news mentioning about OD KUL-TPE launching: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/04/15/2003644018 No problem Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddy Liew 0 Report post Posted May 5, 2016 Sinchew covers this today. http://ent.sinchew.com.my/node/65779?v=mobile No problem Wow... BKI mentioned by in demand spokesperson! Good advertisement! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alif A. F. 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2016 Probably too early, but if materialises, hope it will be sustainable in the long term... THAI allows Thai Smile to seek new routes through out the region. At this stage, Thai Smile is lining up Nakhon Si Thammarat in Thailand, Danang in Vietnam, Kota Kinabalu in East Malaysia, and Surabaya and Medan in Indonesia. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Thai-Airways-to-recruit-flight-attendants-on-short-30288371.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BC Tam 2 Report post Posted June 17, 2016 Hope it's third time lucky and will last Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alif A. F. 0 Report post Posted July 8, 2016 Pretty cool...and on a daily basis too... http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/267781/jin-air-adds-new-boeing-777-routes-in-s16/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddy Liew 0 Report post Posted July 8, 2016 Pretty cool...and on a daily basis too... http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/267781/jin-air-adds-new-boeing-777-routes-in-s16/ cool indeed, albeit only from 20/7/16 to 28/8/16.Demand so good? Summer peak travelling time I presume. Though obviously not ideal timing for spotters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isaac 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2016 cool indeed, albeit only from 20/7/16 to 28/8/16.Demand so good? Summer peak travelling time I presume. Yes. Normally Asiana Airlines will have extra flights or have some flights upgraded to an A330-300X throughout July and August. There normally are chartered flights from Busan during July and August too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted July 11, 2016 Another new South Korea LCC airlines will be mounting flight to Malaysia, route not specified yet. Air Seoul, Kumho Group (owner of Asiana Airlines and Air Busan) started operation with A321 leased from Asiana Airlines. http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/asiana-airlines-part-1-air-seoul-approval-received-asiana-has-a-window-to-regain-lcc-initiative-261069 http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2016/07/488_208653.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2016 Per RoutesOnline, CI will up gauge its daily TPE-KUL from A343 to B744 for NW16/17 (extending its B744 run from NS16). 2 other carriers (and soon OD) flies KUL-TPE with once a day flight, but CI takes the prize for highest capacity (MH 738, BR mix of A332/A321 and soon OD with B739). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Tan 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2016 Per RoutesOnline, CI will up gauge its daily TPE-KUL from A343 to B744 for NW16/17 (extending its B744 run from NS16). 2 other carriers (and soon OD) flies KUL-TPE with once a day flight, but CI takes the prize for highest capacity (MH 738, BR mix of A332/A321 and soon OD with B739).Noticed that when I went to select my seats for TPE-KUL for this Dec. Can't seem to select the upper deck or the nose, tho On a side note, does anyone know if CI gives out amenity kits on TPE-KUL? And how is the seat on the 744? Better than JL's 787 on LAX-KIX? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites