Malaysia Airlines 2012 Summer Schedule Changes

[Craig 0]

I've read a couple of posts in various forums on this site and other sites about MH's S12 changes - thought I'd consolidate them here.

 

MH S12 changes:

 

Los Angeles, USA - increase from 3 to 4 weekly, via NRT instead of TPE (tip of the hat to LAXIntl)

MH092 KUL-NRT 1100-1910 772 x246

MH092 NRT-LAX 2040-1510 772 x246

 

MH093 LAX-NRT 1715-2030+1 772 x246

MH093 NRT-KUL 2205-0430+1 772 x357

 

London, United Kingdom - Introduction of the A380 services wef July 1, 2012 (tip of the hat to Airline Route)

MH002 KUL2340 – 0550+1LHR 388 257

MH003 LHR1200 – 0725+1KUL 388 136

Daily A380 LHR service wef Aug. 25, 2012 from KUL and Aug. 26, 2012 from LHR

Airline Route's Blog

 

Beijing, China - increase from 7 to 14 weekly (tip of the hat to Airline Route)

MH370 KUL0020 – 0635PEK 333 x457

MH392 KUL0900 – 1515PEK 333 457

MH360 KUL1810 – 0020+1PEK 772 D

 

MH361 PEK0130 – 0740KUL 772 D

MH371 PEK0900 – 1515KUL 333 x457

MH393 PEK1635 – 2250KUL 333 457

 

Taipei, Taiwan (tip of the hat to Airline Route)

MH366 KUL0925 – 1405TPE 738 D

MH367 TPE1505 – 2200KUL 738 D

*3 weekly KUL-TPE-LAX 772 cancelled.

Airline Route's Blog

 

Amsterdam, Netherlands - downgrade from 744 to 772 (tip of the hat to Airline Route)

MH016 KUL2355 – 0655+1AMS 772 D

MH017 AMS1200 – 0630+1KUL 772 D

Airline Route's Blog

 

Other changes not reflected in the GDS yet:

Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Increase from 9 weekly to 11 weekly wef Mar. 25, 2012, and 14 weekly wef May 1, 2012

Jakarta, Indonesia - Increase from 40 to 42 weekly services

Medan, Indonesia - Increase from 13 to 14 weekly services

Manila, Philippines - Increase from 2 to 3 daily B738 services

Bangkok, Thailand - Increase from 27 to 28 weekly services

 

Since I am based in LA, all I can say is that the LAX schedule is awful! If slots are available, it will be much better for them to move it 3-3.5 hours earlier for the more traditional SE/E Asia-NRT-US schedule. The LAX arrival is poor for connections anywhere east of the Rockies (other than Denver/Houston), the KUL-NRT is too late for any JL/AA flights to US/Canada other than HNL. I guess on the plus side, passengers are not required to have a forced overnight layover anymore coming from the US.

Edited January 10, 2012 by Craig

[Lock SH 0]

Los Angeles, USA - increase from 3 to 4 weekly, via NRT instead of TPE (tip of the hat to LAXIntl)

MH092 KUL-NRT 1100-1910 772 x246

MH092 NRT-LAX 2040-1510 772 x246

 

So where is the 4th flight of the week?

 

 

[Mohd Azizul Ramli 2]

x246 means there is no flight on day 2, 4 and 6 (Tue, Thu, Sat). Thus the 4 flights are on day 1, 3, 5 and 7 (Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun).

[c.lee 0]

x246 = 1357

[Cheng Kit 0]

But SIA use A380 on SIN-NRT-LAX Route

[KK Lee 5]

Beijing, China - increase from 7 to 14 weekly (tip of the hat to Airline Route)

MH370 KUL0020 – 0635PEK 333 x457

MH392 KUL0900 – 1515PEK 333 457

MH360 KUL1810 – 0020+1PEK 772 D

 

MH361 PEK0130 – 0740KUL 772 D

MH371 PEK0900 – 1515KUL 333 x457

MH393 PEK1635 – 2250KUL 333 457

 

Can’t comprehend KUL-PEK-KUL schedule, seen like the schedule is mean for aircraft utilization rather than for pax convenient. Not sure high yield pax enjoy redeye flight or midnight arrival

 

Los Angeles, USA - increase from 3 to 4 weekly, via NRT instead of TPE (tip of the hat to LAXIntl)

MH092 KUL-NRT 1100-1910 772 x246

MH092 NRT-LAX 2040-1510 772 x246

 

MH093 LAX-NRT 1715-2030+1 772 x246

MH093 NRT-KUL 2205-0430+1 772 x357

 

 

Apart from earlier departure on KUL-NRT-LAX; on LAX-NRT-KUL, believe it is more pax friendly if depart 1 or 2 hour later. It seem, the schedule is again timed to minimize parking charges at LAX

Edited January 11, 2012 by KK Lee

[Craig 0]

But SIA use A380 on SIN-NRT-LAX Route

 

But SQ also has tons of India-US connections and their premium cabins are doing extremely well.

 

Can’t comprehend KUL-PEK-KUL schedule, seen like the schedule is mean for aircraft utilization rather than for pax convenient. Not sure high yield pax enjoy redeye flight or midnight arrival

 

Apart from earlier departure on KUL-NRT-LAX; on LAX-NRT-KUL, believe it is more pax friendly if depart 1 or 2 hour later. It seem, the schedule is again timed to minimize parking charges at LAX

 

PEK - Probably aircraft utilization, but the 18:10 departure ex-KUL is great for business passengers - get a whole day's worth of work and fly home. There isn't a perfect schedule for KUL-PEK/Japan/Korea flights - you either lose a whole day or a redeye. The redeye to Japan/Korea is preferred for O&D passengers compared to the daytime flights.

 

LAX/NRT - I meant the whole schedule (ex-KUL and LAX) move forward 3-3.5 hours earlier. MH will miss the curfew for NRT if they depart 1-2 hours later - again, passengers won't be able to connect or get to downtown Tokyo with a midnight arrival (they are already left with limited choices as it is). The most ideal solution is to move all of the flights 3-3.5 hours earlier, just like the old MH 92/93.