Waiping 12 Report post Posted March 28, 2016 Usually 8XXX is extra flight, no? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddy Liew 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2016 Usually 8XXX is extra flight, no? That is what I observed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BC Tam 2 Report post Posted March 28, 2016 Usually 8XXX is extra flight, no? Quoting from notification received Dear Guest, We would like to inform that a new flight number has been reassigned to our flight AK5118 departing Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Kota Kinabalu (BKI) throughout 27 March 2016 – 31 May 2016. Kindly take note of the new flight number as per below: ........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddy Liew 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2016 well... let's take it as a charted flight. Charted flights and extra flight do operate as 8xxx. Strange tho it shouldn't be peak season now until the next school holiday, so having 2 A333 to BKI is intriguing. The demand will be there no doubt, but also maybe AK's pilot are moving on? Hence the change of aircraft? I see whether I can dig out any info. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adrian M 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2016 Mostly Flight Crew Manpower management. Sending 2 D7 flight daily you can free up 4 sets of A320 flightcrews to redeploy to flights that is short of manpower or cover standby or even posting to other stations that needed help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andi C 0 Report post Posted April 8, 2016 A friend of mine who was suppose to fly Rayani Air today received an SMS saying RN131 BKI-KUL has been cancelled due to pilot strike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kee Hooi Yen 0 Report post Posted April 8, 2016 Which pier in KLIA2 does AK use for its A330 flights to BKI ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddy Liew 0 Report post Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) 9M-XXT just visited BKI this evening... xcintillating phoenix livery looks nice on FR24 image wonder anyone got her? or light is unsatisfactory already when she arrived? EDIT note added. Yup she arrived at 7pm so no chance Edited April 8, 2016 by Eddy Liew Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jahur 0 Report post Posted April 8, 2016 9M-XXT just visited BKI this evening... xcintillating phoenix livery looks nice on FR24 image wonder anyone got her? or light is unsatisfactory already when she arrived? EDIT note added. Yup she arrived at 7pm so no chance she came in this morning as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddy Liew 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2016 She (XXT) is coming again! Too bad the haze is quite bad now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddy Liew 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2016 (edited) present visibility at WBKK: ATC: pilot: Tower, from holding point November we cant see Tower. We can barely see Times Square. Tower: Roger thank you. XXT diverting to BRU 1 AK A320 diverting to LBU 1 AK A320 attempting to land runway 20. Edited April 9, 2016 by Eddy Liew Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alif A. F. 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2016 present visibility at WBKK: ATC: pilot: Tower, from holding point November we cant see Tower. We can barely see Times Square. Tower: Roger thank you. XXT diverting to BRU 1 AK A320 diverting to LBU 1 AK A320 attempting to land runway 20. On a positive side, it is nice to see pilots know our local landmarks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddy Liew 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2016 Air Asia Indonesia will terminate DPS-BKI route effective 23/6/2016. source: http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2016/05/04/airasia-indonesia-to-end-bali-kota-kinabalu-services/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alif A. F. 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2016 Yikes! The so-called 1st 'casualty' after relocation to T2, according to Aireen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alif A. F. 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2016 My today's catch: Bonus pics: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Md Amer 0 Report post Posted June 2, 2016 AK5110 today operated by 9M-XXV. On another note for those who are flying with AK you might check out AK5110, AK5121, AK5118 these two weeks i've noticed this flights offers flat bed on ak website, which means they're operated by A330-300. As for y we're seeing them often it is also due to AK move to T1 and also probably related to this KUALA LUMPUR: Low-cost airline AirAsia Bhd has entered into a US$4.93mil (RM20.54mil) aircraft wet lease agreement with its long-haul sister company AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) to mitigate operational constraints during peak travel season. As part of the agreement, AirAsia will engage AAX’s services to wet lease one A330 aircraft to operate the Kuala Lumpur–Kota Kinabalu route from March 17 to June 12, 2016. Read More: http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2016/03/16/airasia-x-wet-leases-a330-aircraft-to-airasia-bhd/ nice catch! Now D7 leased flight are changed into AK87** though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddy Liew 0 Report post Posted June 5, 2016 (edited) Seems that the flight diversions due to the bad weather yesterday made into the news. Some might be quite surprised that Malindo diverted to KCH when MYY, SDK and TWU could be alternatives. I believe Labuan was full. Anyway it was nice to listen to the ATC. Stress level definitely is up when weather is bad. I am sure the controller was getting his hands fulls with so many requests and queries coming in. Edited June 5, 2016 by Eddy Liew Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waiping 12 Report post Posted July 6, 2016 Time to bring this thread up to date. Air Asia's latest special scheme featuring GE. She is currently stationed here doing BKI - SDK, BKI - SZX and occasionally BKI - CGK. Lucky Air B-6943 operated flight 8L9634 (see the confusion here?) charter KMG - BKI. This is rather new I think. Bombardier belonging to HKGFS departing back to HKG. Bell 412EP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddy Liew 0 Report post Posted July 6, 2016 good to have an update! it's been so quiet here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waiping 12 Report post Posted July 9, 2016 PK-JLT performing charter DPS - BKI - TNA today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alif A. F. 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2016 So, JT stopped by BKI to pick up passengers or purely tech? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waiping 12 Report post Posted July 10, 2016 Could be passengers only. Was informed that the charter is actually from BKI - TNA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BC Tam 2 Report post Posted July 10, 2016 So Lion getting into the charter act as well - Malindo will be doing some charters BKI-Japan in August apparently Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S V Choong 4 Report post Posted July 10, 2016 TNA - Jinan Yaoqiang Airport Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
