MAS Privatisation

[JuliusWong 0]

29 minutes ago, Robert said:

While I was sitting clearing 100's of FB joiner requesters last night you were doing something far more useful and fun inc the timetable changes haha

9M-MSE is AOG in Kuching since yesterday's diversion. FR24 seems to indicate that it could return today but not sure how accurate this is.

Haha, lol! Glad to share the information. I am asking my contact what happened to 9M-MSE, and will it be flying soon. 

[JuliusWong 0]

27 minutes ago, Craig said:

I guess ATQ surprised everyone at MH? It started off with 2 weekly last year and in just over a year, MH will increase it to 9x weekly! I know those BA TP runners will be very happy with this. And it seems like they are reorganizing their Indian metropolitan cities capacity.

And is MH receiving a lot of 7M8s soon? They have quite a bit of 7M8s planned for their Winter schedule.

They have very strong demand out of Amritsar since its launching. This is despite going head to head with Batik Air and AirAsia Malaysia. Immediately after its launching in November 10, 2023, they doubled the flight frequency to 4x weekly from January 15, 2024, then now 7x weekly effective August 1, 2024.

I hope MH has some back up plan since they will not be receiving a lot of 7M8s in the next few months. At most, Boeing can squeeze in another airframe, but even this is quite impossible. From planned eight new delivery this year, they will only get two (both have been delivered 9M-MVB, 9M-MVC). Three airframes if you are optimistic.

[BC Tam 2]

19 hours ago, Robert said:

The way that some refer to BKI they believe its the high yield center of the universe. 

They probably in trade of selling bridges of historical value ?

[Ivan_Endi 0]

1 hour ago, Robert said:

While I was sitting clearing 100's of FB joiner requesters last night you were doing something far more useful and fun inc the timetable changes haha

9M-MSE is AOG in Kuching since yesterday's diversion. FR24 seems to indicate that it could return today but not sure how accurate this is.

9M-MSE is on the way back to KUL. ETA 11.58am

[Pall 0]

2 hours ago, JuliusWong said:

They have very strong demand out of Amritsar since its launching. This is despite going head to head with Batik Air and AirAsia Malaysia. Immediately after its launching in November 10, 2023, they doubled the flight frequency to 4x weekly from January 15, 2024, then now 7x weekly effective August 1, 2024.

I hope MH has some back up plan since they will not be receiving a lot of 7M8s in the next few months. At most, Boeing can squeeze in another airframe, but even this is quite impossible. From planned eight new delivery this year, they will only get two (both have been delivered 9M-MVB, 9M-MVC). Three airframes if you are optimistic.

Two more deliveries this year VE, and VF. If the universe aligns, maybe VG. 

Edited July 30 by Pall

[JuliusWong 0]

16 hours ago, JuliusWong said:

Rex Airlines is rumoured to be in trouble, maybe MH management can call their lessors to secure some of their 10 B737-800NGs. Seating configuration 8J 168Y.

Come one MAG! Time to gird your loins! Very sad day for aviation in Australia. First Bonza, then now this.......

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4 hours ago, JuliusWong said:

I hope MH has some back up plan since they will not be receiving a lot of 7M8s in the next few months. At most, Boeing can squeeze in another airframe, but even this is quite impossible. From planned eight new delivery this year, they will only get two (both have been delivered 9M-MVB, 9M-MVC). Three airframes if you are optimistic.

I think MVB and MVC are from 2023 delivery schedule that were delayed till 2024. I guess MH's 2024 scheduled deliveries are still in the pipeline, at the mercy of how Boeing copes with its quality assurance.

[kandiah k 0]

Nice to see MH add capacity. However, as many have pointed out, the poor fleet management and planning will result in delays, frustrated passengers, long lasting bad memories flying with delays on MH (not AK surprisingly) and also AOGs.

The relaxed visa exemption for both China and India are doing justice to MH, AK, OD, D7 and other carriers too. They should have relaxed the visa's many years ago. We have since lost to SIN and BKK surely but jaguh kampung mindset has put KUL at a lower benchmark than SIN and BKK and soon to be CGK/HAN/SGN among others.  

Hope to see visa exemptions for non-ASEAN countries like Sri  Lanka (CMB and JAF) and Africa with the resumption of services to NBO and beyond.  Just my two cents.

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2 hours ago, kandiah k said:

Hope to see visa exemptions for non-ASEAN countries like Sri  Lanka (CMB and JAF) and Africa with the resumption of services to NBO and beyond.  Just my two cents.

I think that the next 5 years will be an interesting period watching the development of Malaysian carriers - lets see where D7 can spread its wings as a network LCC with its A321 XLRs and A330-900s.

As for MH, much will depend on how fast it can get its new aircraft and how long they will hold on to old ones. 20 new A330-900s is not sufficient for growth and they are still taking their own sweet time placing more orders. Maybe the outgoing CEO has decided that new orders should be made by the new CEO.

[Craig 0]

4 hours ago, kandiah k said:

Hope to see visa exemptions for non-ASEAN countries like Sri  Lanka (CMB and JAF) and Africa with the resumption of services to NBO and beyond.  Just my two cents.

If anything, Malaysia's visa policy is too liberal. We even give visa free to Syrians, Sudanese, and Yemenis (all 90 days!) but oddly enough, we require Colombians visa (and that was reciprocated by them about 6-7 years ago). Kenyans already enjoy 30-day visa free to Malaysia. I think Malaysia need to have a look at the map again and redo some of their visa policies. 

[JuliusWong 0]

3 hours ago, Craig said:

If anything, Malaysia's visa policy is too liberal. We even give visa free to Syrians, Sudanese, and Yemenis (all 90 days!) but oddly enough, we require Colombians visa (and that was reciprocated by them about 6-7 years ago). Kenyans already enjoy 30-day visa free to Malaysia. I think Malaysia need to have a look at the map again and redo some of their visa policies. 

All for the Muslims brotherhood. Visa was imposed on Colombia quite possibly due to its infamous status as the drug epicenter. Colombia returned the favour in 2018. Lol!

Talking about visa-free visit, the recent Henley Passport Index release ranks Malaysia passport at 12th with 182 countries and territories.. As usual, Singapore is #1 with 195 countries and territories. Comparing both passports:

Edited July 30 by JuliusWong

[Alif A. F. 0]

Apparently Malaysians can enter Guam, visa-free.

[JuliusWong 0]

Malaysia Airlines and Apple Vacations have signed an MoU to offer new charter flights to Urumqi, Hokkaido, Tohoku, and Harbin!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/malaysia-airlines_malaysiaairlines-yourgatewaytoasiaandbeyond-activity-7223999490116968448-Ajf9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Malaysia Airlines and Apple Vacations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to introduce new charter flights to Urumqi, Hokkaido, Tohoku, and Harbin. This new venture marks a significant milestone, celebrating 12 years of successful collaboration between the two companies.

The MoU underscores the continued partnership and commitment to offering exceptional travel experiences to these exciting destinations.

[Craig 0]

10 hours ago, JuliusWong said:

All for the Muslims brotherhood. Visa was imposed on Colombia quite possibly due to its infamous status as the drug epicenter. Colombia returned the favour in 2018. Lol!

Talking about visa-free visit, the recent Henley Passport Index release ranks Malaysia passport at 12th with 182 countries and territories.. As usual, Singapore is #1 with 195 countries and territories. Comparing both passports:

Colombia is no longer the drug epicenter. It doesn't make sense when Mexico gets visa free where as Colombians don't (if drugs are to be blamed). Hence I said, they need to relook at their visa policies and whilst they are at, check if countries such as Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia still exists in any of our MOFA websites/references. Colombia is a decently sized tourism country now (mostly inbound) and outbound to Europe and North America. I don't know where Malaysians get the idea that Colombia is very dangerous from - some places are more dangerous than others but it's no Venezuela (which apparently we have visa waiver reciprocal arrangement with lol).

And from the list, the countries most Malaysians want to visit but require a visa (comparing with Singaporeans) are Canada and US and for a small population, Israel (before October 2023), Armenia, and Serbia. The latter two along with Turks and Caicos will waive the visa requirements if you have a US or Canada visa. They will waive for Schengen/UK/ANZ etc. visa holders too but it's moot point for us since we don't require a tourist visa for those countries (work visa is accepted tho).

6 hours ago, Alif A. F. said:

Apparently Malaysians can enter Guam, visa-free.

Yes we can.

[JuliusWong 0]

4 minutes ago, Craig said:

Colombia is no longer the drug epicenter. It doesn't make sense when Mexico gets visa free where as Colombians don't (if drugs are to be blamed). Hence I said, they need to relook at their visa policies and whilst they are at, check if countries such as Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia still exists in any of our MOFA websites/references. Colombia is a decently sized tourism country now (mostly inbound) and outbound to Europe and North America. I don't know where Malaysians get the idea that Colombia is very dangerous from - some places are more dangerous than others but it's no Venezuela (which apparently we have visa waiver reciprocal arrangement with lol).

And from the list, the countries most Malaysians want to visit but require a visa (comparing with Singaporeans) are Canada and US and for a small population, Israel (before October 2023), Armenia, and Serbia. The latter two along with Turks and Caicos will waive the visa requirements if you have a US or Canada visa. They will waive for Schengen/UK/ANZ etc. visa holders too but it's moot point for us since we don't require a tourist visa for those countries (work visa is accepted tho).

Colombia may not longer be the drug epicenter but it will take years of negotiation before either countries will drop the visa requirement for their citizens to enter either countries.

As for Canada and the US, Malaysia has made every effort to oblige, without surrendering their sovereignty and risk the wrath of the local Islamic fanatics, to meet their requirement to be placed on visa waiver program. The US and Canada do not seem to be reciprocal. You may want to ask them why they are doing so, since Malaysia grants both countries visa free entry for 90 days. Anwar brought up the issue with Canadian PM last November when he was in SFO for APEC Meeting. Also in several ministerial meeting of late. Perhaps Malaysia's close relationship with many Islamic counties made them feel uneasy and the fact some of the 9/11 terrorists transiting via Malaysia automatically make the country to be in their "naughty" list. Not forgetting Malaysian Immigration is known to corrupted and the annual number of lost Malaysia passport raised some eyebrows in the West. Here is an excerpt when Canada removed Malaysia from visa-free list of countries a year after 9/11:

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Media Statement
by DAPSY Acting National Secretary, Loke Siew Fook
on Tuesday, September 24, 2002
in Petaling Jaya

New visa requirements to Canada: Wisma Putra must seek explanation from Ottawa

The Canadian government has just imposed new visa requirements on Malaysians and effective 25th September, all Malaysians traveling to Canada are required to apply a “temporary resident visa”. 

According to Canadian Immigration Minister Denis Coderre, the decision to lift the visa exemption for Malaysian citizens was made because the “Malaysian passport and passport issuing system are vulnerable to abuse”. 

As the members of the Commonwealth countries, citizens of both countries were exempted from visa requirements to enter each other’s country previously. 

The Canadian government cited security factors of the Malaysian passports and passport issuing system, but they had never raised this issue before September 11 though the new Malaysian passports were introduced in March 1998. 

This development has again strengthen the notion in the West that Malaysia is vulnerable and not a safe place and this will definitely affected the image of Malaysia among the foreign investors and tourists. 

Although visa rulings is the prerogative of the government, the move by the Canadian government is very unfair as it is a discriminatory move against Muslims in general and Malaysia being a Muslims majority country in particular following the footsteps of the United States. 

I urge the Immigration department to immediately explain the allegations of the Canadian government that our passports and passports issuing system are vulnerable to abuse and to reexamine the security features of the passport, as it is a very serious matter involving issues of national security. 

Wisma Putra must also act fast and immediately censure the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia to voice our strongest protest to the Canadian move and seek a formal explanation from Ottawa. 

 

[Chris Tan 0]

1 hour ago, JuliusWong said:

Colombia may not longer be the drug epicenter but it will take years of negotiation before either countries will drop the visa requirement for their citizens to enter either countries.

Hardly. With a stroke of the pen a visa requirement can be lifted or imposed. Not everything has to be a treaty.

[JuliusWong 0]

11 minutes ago, Chris Tan said:

Hardly. With a stroke of the pen a visa requirement can be lifted or imposed. Not everything has to be a treaty.

LOL, clearly you don't know how government to government relationship works.

[Chris Tan 0]

10 hours ago, JuliusWong said:

LOL, clearly you don't know how government to government relationship works.

Do you?

[JuliusWong 0]

10 hours ago, Chris Tan said:

Do you?

Yes, most definitely better than you do. If you think a visa restriction can be simply undone with a stroke of pen, there will be a lot of salesman willing to sell you old and new bridges.

[Robert 0]

Have just seen a pic of 9M-FFF and its looks slick it being stored for a while with the wheels wrapped up and cockpit windows covered.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/CyMnDD4G8BccWVek/

Any news the plans for this? Is it broken?

 

 

[Riza 0]

Looks like ATQ started to get 7M8 starting today. 

[JuliusWong 0]

Two A330s out of service today.

1. A330-223 9M-MTX doing KUL-JED flight MH156 returned to KUL two hours after taking off, pax noticing vibration during taking off run.
2. A330-323 9M-MTL was supposed to do BKK-KUL MH789 today but aircraft is now grounded at BKK due to technical fault.

 

[Robert 0]

Just now, JuliusWong said:

Two A330s out of service today.

1. A330-223 9M-MTX doing KUL-JED flight MH156 returned to KUL two hours after taking off, pax noticing vibration during taking off run.
2. A330-323 9M-MTL was supposed to do BKK-KUL MH789 today but aircraft is now grounded at BKK due to technical fault.

 

thats going to hurt them.

[JuliusWong 0]

2 hours ago, Robert said:

thats going to hurt them.

The A330 fleet is barely holding together, a lot of them are flying with Minimum Equipment List (MEL), a lot of unplanned and planned maintenance are postponed to keep up with the schedule. Don't think Captain Izham gives a s#1t now, since he is scheduled to leave in two months. Haven't heard he is renewing his contract. 

[Izanee 0]

MH is gonna have serious reputational damage

with this style of operation. There is just no room Manoeuvre… short sighted thinking by the bean counters who are basically driving what could be a profitable airline into the ground