Hello to all FlyerTalk readers!
Welcome to my very first trip report! This trip report will cover my journey to the paradise island of Langkawi with Malaysian hybrid carrier, Malindo Air.
In this trip, I was accompanied by both of my parents and we stayed in the island for 3 days from 23rd-25th December 2017. I booked the flight tickets 4 months before the departure date through Malindo Air’s official site. Lucky me as they had a promo fare for the J class on most of its domestic destinations, so I managed to grab a 1- way J ticket from KLIA to Langkawi (LGK) for only RM159 (including taxes) per pax. The booking process was done smoothly.
Unfortunately, about 1 week before departure date, I received a short text message from Malindo that informed our flight's timing have been moved from 12:10pm to 3:40pm. This really affected our itinerary on our 1st day there.
Then, on the morning of 23rd December, another disaster struck! I received the 2nd short text message from Malindo and now our new departure time would be at 4:10pm....wow really not cool Malindo!
My parents and I left our house at 12:30pm with a Grab (the Malaysian version of UBER) and we arrived at the airport about 1 hour later.
I went to the check-in counter to collect the boarding passes (I already did the mobile check-in earlier) and drop our luggage while my parents went to the restroom.
Malindo Air opened 2 check-in counters for their J-class pax and both counters were not busied.
We received a complimentary access to the KLIA Premier Access lounge which located behind the CIMB Bank.
The lounge was quite small with basic facilities and food offerings.
We spent our time inside the lounge until 3pm and then we decided to make our way to the boarding gate, B10.
While walking, we found out that our boarding gate have been changed from gate B10 to B4.
We shared this new boarding gate with Malaysia Airlines' passengers bound for Bangkok with the airlines' new A350 aircraft!
The A350 making its was to the runway.
Not long after, the gate agent announced that Malindo Air flight OD 2202 to Langkawi will be delayed for another half an hour. Great!
Finally, the boarding commenced with the usual group of pax (pax with small kids, disabled pax, Malindo Miles Elite members and of course J-class pax) were invited to board the aircraft first.
Airline: Malindo Air
Flight: OD 2202
Origin: Kuala Lumpur
Destination: Langkawi
Departure Time: 16:40
Arrival Time: 17:30
Seat: 3A
Looking towards the Y-class section.
Malindo Air's J-class seating. My mom and I were sitting in seat 3C and 3A respectively while my father was sitting alone in seat 2A.
Comfortable seat pitch.
The boarding process completed within 20 minutes and we had a healthy load on this flight with around 80% occupancy in J and 90% in Y-class. The cabin crew then offered all J-class pax a welcome drink with a choice of Apple or Mango juice. I chose the former.
There were 4 cabin crew working on this flight with 2 of them in J-class.
At 4:40pm, our aircraft started to push back and readied for departure. The safety demo was played on the screen while our aircraft was taxiing to the runway. The flight time would be around 50 minutes.
Contents of the seat pocket.
The view seconds after takeoff.
10 minutes in the air, the cabin crew made announcement that the seat belt sign has been switched off and light snack service will begin shortly.
1 of the cabin crew in J-class was asking to each passenger if they would like to have something to eat and then she prepared the tray table for those who said "yes".
The light snack service consisted of 1 slice of Chicken Pizza, a Red Velvet Muffin and a glass of plain water. No other option was available.
The cabin crew asked if we would like to have any other drink and I requested for a glass of Pepsi.
I turned on the IFE system only for few minutes before stowed it back as nothing really caught my attention.
Cabin crew walked down the aisle once again to collect the meal trays and distributed the hot towel to every J-class pax. The cockpit crew also announced that we were about to land in LGK shortly.
The resort island of Langkawi became visible as we were approaching the airport.
Almost there.
And we were safely landed! The Mahsuri International Exhibition Centre which located just next to the airport terminal can be seen in this photo below.
Welcome to the paradise!
As there were no aerobridge available in LGK, all of the passengers need to deplane using the staircase.
1 last look to our aircraft.
All luggage of J-class pax including ours received a priority and arrived the earliest at the baggage carousel.
Within few minutes, we all set and made our way out of the terminal.
LGK was undergoing some renovations where they closed the drop off/pick up areas for both arriving and departing passengers. As a result, they set up a temporary drop off/pick up area for arriving passengers at 1 end of the terminal with the other end was for the departing passengers.
