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Sad that HX's days in KCH are numbered. I guess no one really expected the flight to be permanent but for a while there, it did look promising. Glad we have some pictures from this red eye flight before it becomes another piece of memory in KCH's record of past international carriers operating through.

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Sad that HX's days in KCH are numbered. I guess no one really expected the flight to be permanent but for a while there, it did look promising. Glad we have some pictures from this red eye flight before it becomes another piece of memory in KCH's record of past international carriers operating through.

I'm surprised it actually lasted that long. What to do? Our tourism ministry refuse to accept that we need to have attractions substantial enough to attract crowds.

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I'm surprised it actually lasted that long. What to do? Our tourism ministry refuse to accept that we need to have attractions substantial enough to attract crowds.

 

Without any known reasons for the the pullout, it is easy to put wild accusation on the ministry's concerned. But yeah you are probably correct about the lack of attractions in Kuching and its surrounding area. I see it lack of promotions, poor marketing strategies, and worse is the poor infrastructure especially connections to our natural attraction sites like Mulu, Niah, Logan Bunut and the rest of our eco attractions. As mentioned by a mainland Chinese tourist I met recently he was more interested to experience the world's largest natural underground chamber and glowing blue waves than urban attractions only to be hampered by connectivity issues. You can do all the marketing you want but if you can't bring them there, it is useless. Forget MAB, we know they don't give a damn about cooperating with us. Best suggestion is perhaps for Hornbill Skyways to see MAVCOM for an ASL, grab a few B789's or A359's, enter into code share with Chinese and middle eastern carriers, than only we will be visible in the map.

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Like the captain, salute for the pictures and effort, thank you for sharing Prestley. Wow.. you are everywhere, how did you manage unlimited access to KIA? :shok:

Unlimited may be quite far fetched although of course I do desire the coveted ALL AREA pass hehe. I work airside but am restricted to the departure hall.

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Unlimited may be quite far fetched although of course I do desire the coveted ALL AREA pass hehe. I work airside but am restricted to the departure hall.

Ramp access is the way to go for good airside pictures . When I worked at SIN years ago, my staff pass access areas were A - VIP terminal, B - Arrival Area, C - Apron/Ramp and D - Departure Area. I badly wanted T - Control Tower but alas never got it :p

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Does anyone know where AirAsia prepares their inflight meals for Kuching? I was taking out the trash earlier today and I saw one big rubbish bag of AK inflight meals, unopened being disposed at the airport rubbish dump site. I assume they've exceeded their expiry date therefore the disposal. What a waste! Instead of throwing them all out I was thinking I could maybe grab a few of them at 'lelong' price.

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Does anyone know where AirAsia prepares their inflight meals for Kuching? I was taking out the trash earlier today and I saw one big rubbish bag of AK inflight meals, unopened being disposed at the airport rubbish dump site. I assume they've exceeded their expiry date therefore the disposal. What a waste! Instead of throwing them all out I was thinking I could maybe grab a few of them at 'lelong' price.

shud be prepared at KL and delivered from kl to all station.

where u find the trash?

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Decided to go spotting today. Here are my catch for today's spotting.

 

MASwings ATR72-500 9M-MWH "Layang layang'

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Malindo Air Boeing 737-8GP 9M-LCK

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AirAsia first Airbus A320-251N 9M-NEO arrives

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After 9M-NEO landed, Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-8H6(WL) depart Runway 07 to Miri as MH642.

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Next comes rare visitor to Kuching. A Gulfstream G550 with registration N888VS.

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Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-8H6(WL) 9M-MXB

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Hornbill Skyways Sdn. Bhd.

Hawker Beechcraft King Air 350i

9M-WSC

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-The End-

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Spotting Log 2/3/2017

 

Frankly speaking, this original Malindo livery looks good on their aircrafts. Simple but nice to see. Unlike the new 'Batik Air' livery. Colorful but not nice to see. Here Malindo Air Boeing 737-8GP(WL) 9M-LNP is seen on short final ILS Runway 25 Approach into Kuching International Airport

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Next comes FO Farah Syaza of MASwings Vikings 400 fleet.

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Express Air Boeing 737-322 PK-TXI.

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Malaysia Airlines Berhad Boeing 737-8H6(WL) 9M-MSC arrive from KUL as MH2536.

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Hornbill Skyways Sdn Bhd

Hawker Beechcraft Super King Air B200GT

9M-WSB

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And last but not least AirAsia Airbus A320-216(SL) 9M-AJZ arrives from KUL as AK5210.

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~The End~

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Express Air still flies KCH - PNK?

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We still have Silkair. But loads may not be as good. Someone shared a picture of the loadsheet for one of the Silkair KCH-SIN flight last month and pax on board was only 43.

 

Yes, Xpressair still flies a scheduled PNK-KCH route.

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Hello March! Sharing some of my favorite shots from the end of February.

9M-MWJ "Libaran" taxiing in to Remote 1 with Engine 1 shut down.
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Classic MH livery. Sad that the livery matches the interior; old.
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9M-AHJ "BIG Loyalty Programme" pushes back in the low setting sunlight for a return to JHB.
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9M-AGB, AirAsia Malaysia's newest A320neo on taxiway A, approaching B. 9M-ATM takes off runway 25 in the background.
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I love the A320neo's beacon blink rate. Makes it easier to get shots like this. 9M-NEO commanded by Captain Moana Ishak pushes back as AK5227 back to Kuala Lumpur. AK5208/5209/5226/5227 are A320neo exclusive flights.

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The position of the aircraft at the remote bays against the sun really makes for good lighting with the fuselage almost directly exposed to the sun direction. 9M-MWD "Sandakan" during boarding while ground crew takes shelter under her wing.
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9M-AQS
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9M-AQD, currently based in KCH.
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9M-AJZ, one of the few A320ceo in the fleet with A320neo style LED lights.
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9M-AJG with her left engine cowling sections comprising of parts from two other different aircraft. The front part can easily be identified as it belongs to 9M-AQH "100th Awesome Plane" livery.
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Didn't see her on radar so by the time I descended from the spotting location, it was too late to climb back up. Only managed a climb halfway up.
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9M-AFO "Reverse Livery" aircraft. Formerly the albino. Heard this aircraft will be transferred out of the fleet.
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Evening lighting is splendid. 9M-MLT arriving into gate 6 from Miri.
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Spotting Log 5/3/2017

 

9M-AQQ off to Bintulu

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9M-MLU

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9M-AQG was based in KCH Hub earlier

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Guess who was flying this thing?

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Spotting Log 9/3/2017

 

9M-AQD

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PK-TXZ

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9M-AGB

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9M-AQH based in Kuching for now. AK likes to send old special liveries instead of those new special ones to be based in Kuching, or no special at all.

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