Ahmad Sharilamin 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2006 (edited) Some more info on Finnair MD-11s coming to KUL '07... "Finnair are shuffling around thier long haul services in the Winter timetable due to planned MD11 maintenance. Currently their sole A340 operates to Shanghai. From 29 October till 2nd December the A340 will operate the Osaka and Nagoya flights vice MD11 and from 2nd December the A340 will revert back to the Shanghai route. From June 2007 after the arrival of 2 new A340's, Beijing and Delhi will be operated by the new aircraft. Bangkok will have 13 flights a week from May 2007, all MD11 operated with 4 flights continuing to Singapore and 3 onto the new destination of Kuala Lumpur. Hong Kong flights will revert to non stop operations for the Summer period instead if via Bangkok. Thanks to Ikka Mannikainen for this info. Edited November 19, 2006 by Ahmad Sharilamin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mushrif A 3 Report post Posted January 22, 2007 NO, AY will NOT fly to KUL. Plans dropped. So will SIN. AY going to do more India & China instead. http://www.finnairgroup.com/group/group_11...0000062409.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Fendy Report post Posted January 22, 2007 and after all the promotion they put in here.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sing Yew 1 Report post Posted January 22, 2007 MAHB will be so disappointed. I'm sure they'll be going all out to woo other airlines. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith T 2 Report post Posted January 22, 2007 :angry: Was planning to issue an award tix using my AA miles - MEL-SIN-KUL-BKK (QF, JL, AY) return but that's no longer possible then ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted January 22, 2007 Wahh What an shocking news Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessnor Arif 1 Report post Posted January 22, 2007 Singapore and the flights previously planned for Kuala Lumpur will be served in cooperation with partner airlines. Who might that be? TG? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seth K 3 Report post Posted January 22, 2007 My dad company already booked us on Finnair to Bangkok this summer. Will see................ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith T 2 Report post Posted January 22, 2007 (edited) My dad company already booked us on Finnair to Bangkok this summer. Will see................ It is AY's responsibility to rebook you at no charge if you've already ticketed your booking. Edited January 22, 2007 by Keith T Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith T 2 Report post Posted January 22, 2007 (edited) Who might that be? TG? Could be LH. LH's load factors BKK-KUL are extremely low and feeder traffic from AY would be good. The planned BKK-KUL frequency was 3xweekly. It could be TG if they want a daily though. And the operative word being 'partners.' A stronger possibility is CX HKG-KUL like what BA and AA are doing. Given that CX = oneworld, an arrangement like this is highly probable. Edited January 22, 2007 by Keith T Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted January 23, 2007 "Singapore and the flights previously planned for Kuala Lumpur will be served in cooperation with partner airlines." My bet would be: SIN by BA/QF and KUL by CX Bad news, indeed, for you guys....glad I made a trip to Helsinfors/Helsinki last Summer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seth K 3 Report post Posted January 23, 2007 Haven't heard new from my dad yet...........I guess the company receive the notice real late <_> Bad for spotters, ergh.........Santa Claus not coming to KUL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Y C LEONG 1 Report post Posted January 23, 2007 sekejap ada, sekejap tak ada.. macam chipsmore pulak.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted January 24, 2007 Finnair will report a negative operating result for 2006 "due to costs from structural arrangements and changes in fuel derivative market value," CEO Jukka Hienonen said yesterday. He cited a €100 million ($129.6 million) year-over-year increase in fuel costs and more than €15 million in one-off costs from Finnair Technical Division, "which had a hard year," he admitted. "The year 2006 will be an interim year in Finnair's result development," he said at an industry forum in Kirkkonummi. "The structural changes begun last year give justified reason to believe that the result for 2007 will be significantly better than in the previous year." Finnair posted a 2005 profit of €61.4 million, but after reporting a 61% year-over-year plunge in third-quarter earnings to €10.3 million, it said it would cut approximately 670 jobs as part of its restructuring. Hienonen said capacity to Asia will rise 30% in 2007, including a new five-times-weekly flight to Mumbai and an increase in Delhi service from thrice-weekly to daily from May. Frequencies to Guangzhou and Hong Kong also will rise. Previously planned service to Kuala Lumpur will be operated as a codeshare. In addition, all long-haul flights from Helsinki will be nonstop. The airline will add two new A340-300s in May and June. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted January 24, 2007 Previously planned service to Kuala Lumpur will be operated as a codeshare. Hmm,planned flight to KUL as codeshare.Perhaps CX,from my point of view. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kandiah k 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) Well, what else can be said, the focus is indeed on India and China generally !! Perhaps Malaysia should look into serious methods to attract not only airlines but tourist and business expatriates to Malaysia, which IMHO, should be changing lot of things like opening up business opportunities to more foreigners and improving on many more issues before aggressively promoting Malaysia. At least AY's lost is now compensated with JQ (Jetstar) which I hope will be a boost to both airline and Malaysia in the long run. Edited January 24, 2007 by kandiah k Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
