MH New aircraft orders... and seating for A350
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MH New aircraft orders... and seating for A350
Looks like they will keep F class on the A350 but only reduced to one row
https://www.ausbt.com.au/malaysia-ai...eing-787-order
https://www.ausbt.com.au/malaysia-ai...eing-787-order
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Are they using Vantage (on MH 330) or Vantage XL (on QF 330) for the 350s?
And in the article, Bellew mentioned that India, Bali and Hong Kong will be upgraded to the new leased widebody when they get it. I noticed that 1 of the 3 daily DPS flights has already been upgauged to 330 for summer. ^
And in the article, Bellew mentioned that India, Bali and Hong Kong will be upgraded to the new leased widebody when they get it. I noticed that 1 of the 3 daily DPS flights has already been upgauged to 330 for summer. ^
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Are they using Vantage (on MH 330) or Vantage XL (on QF 330) for the 350s?
And in the article, Bellew mentioned that India, Bali and Hong Kong will be upgraded to the new leased widebody when they get it. I noticed that 1 of the 3 daily DPS flights has already been upgauged to 330 for summer. ^
And in the article, Bellew mentioned that India, Bali and Hong Kong will be upgraded to the new leased widebody when they get it. I noticed that 1 of the 3 daily DPS flights has already been upgauged to 330 for summer. ^
By the way, are the A330s all refurbished with the new J seats?
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TPE could do with a widebodied service too. My last flight in Jan was a full load .. and the check in agent said that it was almost an every day occurrence for the flight to both KUL and BKI. Mind you, Air Asia flies the A330 to TPE and it was sort of embarrassing to see the 737-800 pull up next to Air Asia X's aircraft at the gate.
Hopefully that would also open up direct widebodied services from / to Penang. MH does not have any other destinations to/from Penang other than KL. Those were the days when there was a direct 744 service from LHR to KL via Penang. And then one can buy a ticket between Penang and KL. Must be the shortest 747 service around then...
Hopefully that would also open up direct widebodied services from / to Penang. MH does not have any other destinations to/from Penang other than KL. Those were the days when there was a direct 744 service from LHR to KL via Penang. And then one can buy a ticket between Penang and KL. Must be the shortest 747 service around then...
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TPE could do with a widebodied service too. My last flight in Jan was a full load .. and the check in agent said that it was almost an every day occurrence for the flight to both KUL and BKI. Mind you, Air Asia flies the A330 to TPE and it was sort of embarrassing to see the 737-800 pull up next to Air Asia X's aircraft at the gate.
Hopefully that would also open up direct widebodied services from / to Penang. MH does not have any other destinations to/from Penang other than KL. Those were the days when there was a direct 744 service from LHR to KL via Penang. And then one can buy a ticket between Penang and KL. Must be the shortest 747 service around then...
Hopefully that would also open up direct widebodied services from / to Penang. MH does not have any other destinations to/from Penang other than KL. Those were the days when there was a direct 744 service from LHR to KL via Penang. And then one can buy a ticket between Penang and KL. Must be the shortest 747 service around then...
Personally I don't think it's a 'if' wide bodies start colonising all the longer intra-Asia routes, but a 'when'. Getting rid of their 772s made sense during the restructuring, but it did cause quite a dip in MH wide body capacity. It streamlined their fleet, but the A330 fleet really looked a bit small to cover things, especially if they were to go into expansion - which is now.
Also I think if they do have 738s left after getting in more wide bodies and Chinese flights, they should try to develop routes out of places like LGK, MYY, SBW, TWU to destinations like SIN - could make them some money if they avoid competing with AK head-on.
But ah well - at least things are getting rosier at MH!
Last edited by MeltingAlf; Mar 29, 2017 at 8:52 am
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Very similar to those domestic flights that are part of an international flight in Australia/India.
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TPE could do with a widebodied service too. My last flight in Jan was a full load .. and the check in agent said that it was almost an every day occurrence for the flight to both KUL and BKI. Mind you, Air Asia flies the A330 to TPE and it was sort of embarrassing to see the 737-800 pull up next to Air Asia X's aircraft at the gate.
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CI is just showing off It was a 747 before, now a 350 and soon a 77W plus 5 weekly 738.
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TPE was a double daily 737. MH408 KUL TPE in the middle of the night (which I dearly loved. There was a girl I used to see on this route every 3rd week when I was a regular on this service) returning as 409 in the morning, alongside the 366/367 today.
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Thanks for your suggestion. That's what I did (twice) last year and at cheaper fare it would make a more pleasant jounrney if they operate A330 for the HKG segment !