MAS Current Fleet Withdrawal Thread

[Syukri 0]

To the extend of removing the tail logo?

 

You got a point there Waiping..Maybe this is one of 2 T7 they intended to sell? Who knows..

[Josh T 0]

I'm happy if MH orders the extended range A330-300s to replace the B777-200s but they had better install a hard product that is equal to the A380. How many do they have on option? Another 10?

[Y. J. Foo 0]

Nose and boob job ?

But the starboard engine seems to be there - you wouldn't do just one side and do nothing on the other side would you?

 

On serious note any ideas on the impending fate of this frame?

[GeO 0]

The B777 can be use in for domestic routes that is high in load, demand. Instead of increasing frequency of flights to Miri, Tawau, KK or Kuching, MH can use the either A330 or B777 for this route. KK, Kch and Miri Airports are capable of handling widebody aircraft. Not sure about Tawau.

[Radzi 2]

The B777 can be use in for domestic routes that is high in load, demand. Instead of increasing frequency of flights to Miri, Tawau, KK or Kuching, MH can use the either A330 or B777 for this route. KK, Kch and Miri Airports are capable of handling widebody aircraft. Not sure about Tawau.

MH seems to be concentrating on frequency rather than volume, so people will have more choice on their time of travel.

[Kelson 0]

MH seems to be concentrating on frequency rather than volume, so people will have more choice on their time of travel.

Having more frequency to choose from is a plus since a lot of passengers are transiting via KUL from the smaller cities in the country.

[BC Tam 2]

MH seems to be concentrating on frequency rather than volume, so people will have more choice on their time of travel.

 

 

Having more frequency to choose from is a plus since a lot of passengers are transiting via KUL from the smaller cities in the country.

 

 

That being so, then all credit to MH for coming round to her senses eventually

(a bit of a disaster for us spotters ex-KUL though )

Edited March 13, 2013 by BC Tam

[JuliusWong 0]

Latest sighting: Two ex-MH B744 are now at MH Engineering Hanger at KLIA with one with her title painted over. Another B744 9M-MPM was berthed at MTB, looking very dirty and sad. B777-2H6ER 9M-MRK was pulled into another MH hanger, presumably for maintenance.

 

Also sighted: Myanmar Airlines International (MAI) A320-232 with engines removed at AirAsia maintenance hangar. Two old B733 can still be seen. An AirAsia A320 new logojet was pulled out of hangar as well.

[zeqa 1]

March 5th

 

I saw a mas 747 at Dubai airport- I think most passengers are from Indonesia. Chartered flight?

[zamim 0]

March 5th

 

I saw a mas 747 at Dubai airport- I think most passengers are from Indonesia. Chartered flight?

 

Actually the flight MH8002 9MMPPP from KUL to JED diverted to DXB to offload one sick passsenger

[Mohd Azizul Ramli 2]

The latest fleet list of MH Group of airlines, as per Going Places April 2013:

 

MH - 6 A380, 2 B744, 16 B772, 4 A330, 11 A333, 20 B738, 13 B734

MasKargo - 2 B744, 4 A332

FY - 12 ATR

MasWings - 10 ATR, 4 DHC

 

Notes:

• MH's 3 A332s are all gone.
• FY's 2 B734 are not in the list.
• Shouldn't MasWings' DHC only be 3?

 

Hope to identify the 2 B744, the missing 17th B772, the 4 A330 and the 13 B734 from MH's fleet.

[Josh T 0]

According to planespotters.net, MH should only have 2 A330s left in active service, but there should be 12 A333s and 34 B738s in service now.

[Radzi 2]

................ and 34 B738s in service now.

 

F-series: A to F = 6

L-series: D to R = 15

X-series: A to O = 15

S-series: A to C = 3

 

Total B738 = 39

 

Out of these, FFA to FFE, MLD and MLE (total 5) are used, the rest are new from Boeing.

MLM to MLR (6) and all X (15) and S (now 3) series, for a current total of 24 are -8H6 with BSI.

Therefore there are 15 B738 that are not BSI.

Edited April 13, 2013 by Radzi

[JingKai Seah 0]

I'm sorry for my ignorance and stupidity.. but whats the difference between A330 and A333? thanks

[Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2]

I'm sorry for my ignorance and stupidity.. but whats the difference between A330 and A333? thanks

The A330 is the 90s vintage plane, the MK-series. The A333 is the new A330-300, the MT-series

[JingKai Seah 0]

Okay.. thanks

[GeO 0]

F-series: A to F = 6

L-series: D to R = 15

X-series: A to O = 15

S-series: A to C = 3

 

Total B738 = 39

 

Out of these, FFA to FFE, MLD and MLE (total 5) are used, the rest are new from Boeing.

MLM to MLR (6) and all X (15) and S (now 3) series, for a current total of 24 are -8H6 with BSI.

Therefore there are 15 B738 that are not BSI.

Any new X-series incoming?

[Geoff R. 0]

Picture of 9M-MMI here at Kemble. Maybe the fuselage is going to be used for something and not scrapped.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/awilson154/8485413754/

 

Geoff

[jahur 0]

Picture of 9M-MMI here at Kemble. Maybe the fuselage is going to be used for something and not scrapped.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/awilson154/8485413754/

 

Geoff

She looks like a scrap boat. Sad to see it go like that.

[Mohd Azizul Ramli 2]

She served her time well for 2 decades. It's better to retire as something else like that rather than being a scrap iron.

[zeqa 1]

March 5th

 

I saw a mas 747 at Dubai airport- I think most passengers are from Indonesia. Chartered flight?

 

Actually the flight MH8002 9MMPPP from KUL to JED diverted to DXB to offload one sick passsenger

Oo who will pay the expense?

[Lock SH 0]

The airline will pay all charges related to the aircraft operation and the pax (or your insurance company if you have one) will pay for the medical bills and other charges incur during his/her stay in a foreign country. This include the air ticket for him/her to return to his/her point of origin or destination.

 

 

[CH Teo 0]

MASwings To Replace Ageing Twin Otter Aircraft By End-2014

MIRI, April 16 (Bernama) -- MASwings Sdn Bhd, a unit of Malaysia Airlines (MAS), will replace its three ageing DHC6-300 Twin Otter aircraft by end-2014
with the 19-seater DHC6-400 aircraft to better serve the rural areas in Sarawak and Sabah.

Its chief executive officer, Datuk Captain Mohd Nawawi Awang, said MASwings will phase out the DHC6-300s, which had been in operation for 30 years and were no longer in production, once it completed the delivery of the new DHC6-400s by November 2014.

Nawawi said MASwing will take delivery of the first DHC6-400 by end-August this year.

The new aircraft will start service by September, he said.

"The new aircraft will support the existing three DHC6-300s for the rural air services (RAS). We expect two more deliveries in October and November this year," he told a media briefing here today.

Nawawi said the fifth and six aircraft were expected to be delivered in May and November next year.

He said MASwings signed an agreement with Viking Air Ltd of Victoria, Canada in February this year to buy six DHC6-400s that included flight and maintenance training along with comprehensive spares support package.


Nawawi said MASwings' fleet replacement programme will transform and redefine the RAS business which in the past was characterised, among others, by ageing
aircraft, sub-standard facilities and limited frequencies.

Currently, MASwings uses the DHC6-300s to service the RAS in Sabah and Sarawak covering 13 routes.

The new DHC6 400s will have a stretcher for those in need of medical attention and is equipped with required navigation performance approaches equipment which will enable the aircraft to land during marginal weather thus reducing cancellation of flights.

 

Sources: http://aviation.bernama.com/news.php?id=942450&lang=en

 

At last, in one and half year plus time, the DHC-6 300 series will be gone; they had been working hard enough for East Malaysian over the past 3 decades, really time to say goodbye to them and get the newer "brothers"!

F-series: A to F = 6

L-series: D to R = 15

X-series: A to O = 15

S-series: A to C = 3

 

Total B738 = 39

 

Out of these, FFA to FFE, MLD and MLE (total 5) are used, the rest are new from Boeing.

MLM to MLR (6) and all X (15) and S (now 3) series, for a current total of 24 are -8H6 with BSI.

Therefore there are 15 B738 that are not BSI.

Does all the F-series still flying with MH?

 

FFA to FFE + MLD & MLE, shouldn't it be 7 altogether?

[alberttky 0]

It's well and truly about time!

[Johan Z 0]

Good bye -MRK? Gasp!

 

 

http://hnlrarebirds.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/ex-malaysia-airlines-9m-mrk.html