S V Choong 4 Report post Posted May 14, 2017 Malindo to be renamed Batik Air BATIK Air is going to be the new name for Malindo Air. This will come into effect in the second half of this year, but everything else will remain the same. The rationale behind the branding change is to better align the offerings within Indonesia’s Lion Air Group stable of airlines to ensure there is seamless full service travel domestically and internationally. “The feeder traffic from Lion Air group is not much now but the dynamics will change with Batik Air in the second half of this year,’’ Malindo Air CEO Chandran Rama Muthy says. “We, Malindo Air (Batik Air Malaysia) will be the international link within the Lion Air group while the existing Batik Air Indonesia will continue to serve the Indonesian market and it is a full service carrier. We will promote Batik Air Malaysia brand across the 16 countries we operated in, and this will be a boost to our country, heritage and culture,’’ Chandran says. The Lion Air Group controls Lion Air, Wings Air, Batik Air (Indonesia), Lion Bizjet, Malaysia’s Malindo Air, and Thailand’s Thai Lion Air. Malindo is 49% owned by Lion Group, controlled by Rusdi Kirana and his brother, and the remaining 51% is held predominately held by Chandran. Read more at http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2017/05/13/malindo-to-be-renamed-batik-air/ They announced it a long time ago - almost two years. What took them so long? Keep hearing it all the time without any concrete dates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mulyadir Fitri 0 Report post Posted May 14, 2017 51% held by Chandran? hm..On paper only. Just like NADI's stake before. Malindo is basically 100% Rusdi's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radzi 2 Report post Posted May 14, 2017 On paper only. Just like NADI's stake before. Malindo is basically 100% Rusdi's NADI no more in Malindo? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mulyadir Fitri 0 Report post Posted May 14, 2017 NADI no more in Malindo? Nadi reduced their stake to 5% back in Feb. http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2147807 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BC Tam 2 Report post Posted August 21, 2017 (edited) First Qatar, now ANA ...... Malindo Air partners All-Nippon KUALA LUMPUR: Malindo Air, CAPA 2016 Asia Pacific Regional Airline of the Year, has teamed up with All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest and only 5-Star airline, to offer passengers seamless travel and greater connectivity when travelling between ASEAN and over 200 routes on ANA’s network ..... Read more at http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2017/08/21/malindo-air-partners-all-nippon/#yZejq2MtxkJWhZeL.99 And the Red's former partner no less ......... Edited August 21, 2017 by BC Tam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 Report post Posted August 21, 2017 (edited) First Qatar, now ANA ...... And the Red's former partner no less ......... Again this is an interline agreement, not a code-share/JV etc. deal. It's a win-win with OD benefitting from NH's traffic and NH has more (albeit limited) connections beyond KUL to fill its KUL flight (HND-KUL has been or will be downgraded to 788 again btw). Edit: Just checked - NH is simply adding OD as an interline partner and MH did not lost NH as an interline partner. e.g. allowed routing for a simple TYO-SIN flight: 1. TYO-NH-SIN/KUL-VN/TG/SQ/PG/OD/NH/MI/MH-SIN 2. TYO-NH-TYO-NH-SIN/KUL-VN/TG/SQ/PG/OD/NH/MI/MH-SIN 3. TYO-NH-PNH/MNL/KUL/HAN-VN/SQ/PR/NH/MI/MH-SIN 4. TYO-NH-TYO-NH-PNH/MNL/KUL/HAN-VN/SQ/PR/NH/MI/MH-SIN 5. TYO-NH-SIN 6. TYO-NH-TYO-NH-SIN Edited August 21, 2017 by Craig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeO 0 Report post Posted September 4, 2017 On paper only. Just like NADI's stake before. Malindo is basically 100% Rusdi's Agree. Rusdi is controlling everything. They announced it a long time ago - almost two years. What took them so long? Keep hearing it all the time without any concrete dates. Heard it's something to do with their AOC. If they change rebrand, they need to apply for new AOC from DCA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2022 Six years in the making....finally....... Malindo Air is Batik Air from tomorrow https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2022/04/792384/malindo-air-batik-air-tomorrow?fbclid=IwAR1n33_4rfOz7ziNomellsH-3t_eEuRh6x_qlEAFLAukjW1F3xEoQJ-T7O0 KUALA LUMPUR: Effective midnight, Malindo Air will be known as Batik Air. The Malaysia-based regional airline announced this evening its official rebranding. "The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia has granted a new Air Operators Certificate to Malindo Airways Sdn Bhd to do business as Batik Air with effect from April 28," the airline said in a statement. Malindo Air is a subsidiary company of the Lion Air Group. Other airlines under its stable include Super Jet, Wings Air, Batik Air Indonesia, Biz Jet, Thai Lion Air and Lion Air. The rebranding exercise, it said, was in line with the Lion Group's goal to establish a common identity for the full service airlines within the group. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted May 2, 2022 The aircraft they are currently flying are already in Batik Air livery. We now wait for the arrival of the Max. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2022 Saw this at airliners.net: "Batik Air Malaysia have quietly opened bookings for nonstop Melbourne-KL flights, to commence 06/12 (ex-Malaysia). The flights will be operated with the 737 MAX 8, as follows: KUL-MEL OD173 0910-2005 Days 1/3/5/7 OD175 1925-0620 Days 2/4/6 MEL-KUL OD176 0720-1255 Days 1/3/5/7 OD174 2105-0240 Days 3/5/7 No announcement has been made, and at this stage flights are only loaded until February, so further changes are highly possible. If this does come to fruition however, it will be the longest scheduled 737 MAX flight anywhere in the world." Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne should be around 6,363km or 3436 nautical mile. Current longest B737 MAX8 flight is hold by Brazil's GOL Airlines's Orlando, USA to Brasilia, Brazil; covering 6,080km (3,283 nautical miles) with total flight duration of 8 hours 20 mins. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 Report post Posted September 4, 2022 On 9/1/2022 at 8:46 PM, JuliusWong said: Saw this at airliners.net: "Batik Air Malaysia have quietly opened bookings for nonstop Melbourne-KL flights, to commence 06/12 (ex-Malaysia). The flights will be operated with the 737 MAX 8, as follows: KUL-MEL OD173 0910-2005 Days 1/3/5/7 OD175 1925-0620 Days 2/4/6 MEL-KUL OD176 0720-1255 Days 1/3/5/7 OD174 2105-0240 Days 3/5/7 No announcement has been made, and at this stage flights are only loaded until February, so further changes are highly possible. If this does come to fruition however, it will be the longest scheduled 737 MAX flight anywhere in the world." I hope MAVCOM gave them a condition for their DPS 5th freedom flights. The AU seat capacity they requested must be returned if other airlines request for a nonstop service to AU unless they can provide the nonstop service themselves. They are basically using DPS as origin/destination for most of their AU flights but using MY's air traffic rights. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zamir 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2022 (edited) Melaka airport to resume 2 Batik Air flight routes https://www.nst.com.my/business/2022/09/830506/melaka-airport-resume-2-batik-air-flight-routes Quote KUALA LUMPUR: Melaka International Airport (MIA) in Batu Berendam will resume operations with Melaka-Penang-Melaka and Melaka-Pekanbaru-Melaka flights by Batik Air on Sept 12. The flight from Penang, OD 1330, will arrive at 11.30 a.m. at the airport. It will subsequently depart MIA at 11.50 a.m. via OD 310 for Pekanbaru, Indonesia. Following that, Batik Air will arrive at MIA at 2.25 pm on the same day from Pekanbaru via OD 311 and depart at 2.45 pm to continue its trip to Penang through OD 1311. Seems that Melaka airport is operating again with the usual flights to Penang and Pekanbaru. Even though supposedly there were planned to resume it in June https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/05/27/melaka-airport-to-reopen-in-june-with-flights-to-penang-via-batik-air/9260 The tickets were been sold as early as July this year. Edited September 12, 2022 by Zamir Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 Report post Posted September 16, 2022 OD applied and received permission to operate KUL-PER-AKL and KUL-MEL-AKL 7 weekly each. That's one *long* flight on the 737 Max! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jahur 0 Report post Posted September 16, 2022 Wonder if the panasonic IFE'S are already loaded. Last heard from a friend no content as of yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kandiah k 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2022 Why can't they get a widebody for AKL route? Were they not suppose to order/receive an A330? Or was that Lion Air? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, kandiah k said: Why can't they get a widebody for AKL route? Were they not suppose to order/receive an A330? Or was that Lion Air? Those A330-300ceo which were meant for Malindo were reassigned to Thai Lion Air because back then Thailand was registering more promising numbers and figures than Malaysia. Thailand also has more liberal aviation policies compared to Malaysia. Prior to COVID, Malaysia traffic rights to Australia and New Zealand have mostly, if not, all have been utilised by incumbents MH and D7. Edited September 19, 2022 by JuliusWong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2022 16 minutes ago, JuliusWong said: Malaysia traffic rights to Australia and New Zealand have mostly, if not, all have been utilised by incumbents MH and D7. According to MAVCOM (as of May 2022), Malaysia has open-skies agreement with NZ (unlimited flights, capacity and fifth freedom for beyond and intermediate points as long as there is 6 months prior notice). And as of 6th Sept. 2022, Malaysian carriers still has 2,774 seats capacity per week to Australia. Australia Capacity (per week, to Australia): 36,500 D7: 12,064 (33%) MH: 13,176 (36%) OD: 8,486 (23%); out of which 4,461 (53% of OD's capacity) is via DPS Unallocated capacity: 2,774 (8%) If OD wants more capacity to AU, they should get rid of their DPS stop (and in the future, should D7/MH wants more capacity to Australia, OD must either use that capacity to fly nonstop to AU or surrender their rights). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kandiah k 0 Report post Posted September 20, 2022 16 hours ago, JuliusWong said: Those A330-300ceo which were meant for Malindo were reassigned to Thai Lion Air because back then Thailand was registering more promising numbers and figures than Malaysia. Thailand also has more liberal aviation policies compared to Malaysia. Prior to COVID, Malaysia traffic rights to Australia and New Zealand have mostly, if not, all have been utilised by incumbents MH and D7. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 Report post Posted October 29, 2022 (edited) Per aeroroutes, OD is adding 7M8 services to NRT. RTW here they come! KUL-NRT-ANC-YVR-LAX-MEX-JFK-LHR-DXB-KUL all on 7M8! Edited October 29, 2022 by Craig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zamir 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2022 BATIK AIR MALAYSIA RESUMES HOKKAIDO SERVICE IN 1Q23 Batik Air Malaysia this week filed operational schedule for service to Sapporo in Hokkaido, as the airline schedules service resumption to Hokkaido in January 2023. From 03JAN23, the airline’s Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft will operate Kuala Lumpur – Taipei Taoyuan – Sapporo New Chitose routing, 3 times weekly. OD888 KUL0720 – 1215TPE1315 – 1750CTS 7M8 246 OD889 CTS1850 – 2235TPE2335 – 0425+1KUL 7M8 246 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Zamir said: BATIK AIR MALAYSIA RESUMES HOKKAIDO SERVICE IN 1Q23 Batik Air Malaysia this week filed operational schedule for service to Sapporo in Hokkaido, as the airline schedules service resumption to Hokkaido in January 2023. From 03JAN23, the airline’s Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft will operate Kuala Lumpur – Taipei Taoyuan – Sapporo New Chitose routing, 3 times weekly. OD888 KUL0720 – 1215TPE1315 – 1750CTS 7M8 246 OD889 CTS1850 – 2235TPE2335 – 0425+1KUL 7M8 246 I wonder if there is a crew chance at TPE on the inbound flight. The flight timing is brutal...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 Report post Posted November 26, 2022 15 hours ago, JuliusWong said: I wonder if there is a crew chance at TPE on the inbound flight. The flight timing is brutal...... Not the best example, but I don't think there's a crew change at DPS for OD's KUL-DPS-AU flights. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zamir 0 Report post Posted November 28, 2022 On 9/1/2022 at 8:46 PM, JuliusWong said: Saw this at airliners.net: "Batik Air Malaysia have quietly opened bookings for nonstop Melbourne-KL flights, to commence 06/12 (ex-Malaysia). The flights will be operated with the 737 MAX 8, as follows: KUL-MEL OD173 0910-2005 Days 1/3/5/7 OD175 1925-0620 Days 2/4/6 MEL-KUL OD176 0720-1255 Days 1/3/5/7 OD174 2105-0240 Days 3/5/7 No announcement has been made, and at this stage flights are only loaded until February, so further changes are highly possible. If this does come to fruition however, it will be the longest scheduled 737 MAX flight anywhere in the world." Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne should be around 6,363km or 3436 nautical mile. Current longest B737 MAX8 flight is hold by Brazil's GOL Airlines's Orlando, USA to Brasilia, Brazil; covering 6,080km (3,283 nautical miles) with total flight duration of 8 hours 20 mins. BATIK AIR MALAYSIA NS23 MELBOURNE OPERATIONS – 27NOV22 Batik Air Malaysia in Northern summer 2023 season is adjusting service to Melbourne. From 30MAR23, the airline once again operates nonstop Kuala Lumpur – Melbourne service with Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. Previously reported on AeroRoutes, the airline during Northern winter 2022/23 season is offering limited-time nonstop service from 06DEC22 to 06FEB23. Planned operation during Northern summer 2023 season as follows. 30MAR23 – 30APR23 1 daily 23JUN23 – 11JUL23 1 daily 12JUL23 – 13SEP23 3 weekly (Day 137) 16SEP23 – 03OCT23 1 daily 08OCT23 – 30OCT23 3 weekly (Day 137) OD173 KUL1010 – 2005MEL 7M8 OD174 MEL2335 – 0510+1KUL 7M8 The airline continues to operate 1 daily Kuala Lumpur – Denpasar – Melbourne service Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2022 I read from MAVCOM that OD's KUL-IST rights were returned. What aircraft are they going to operate KUL-IST with? 7M8 might make it somewhere to Doha? 😂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
