Originally Posted by
subject2load
A particularly nice example ! Well …… nice for
me at least, in that it prompted good memories of a most agreeable sector (with MH, when they were still operating their A380’s) which left KL at around 10am, provided many great views at various points throughout the long day, the chance to enjoy a little nap, before reaching LHR late afternoon, ie in good time for a light dinner at home followed by an early night, and a fresh start next morning. All highly civilised
I would certainly agree. That still runs, as MH4, now as a A350-941, so still a nice aircraft. It's currently 09:00 out of KUL and 13.5 hours later it gets to London at 15:30 or so local. The 10 am departure would be better to enable a decent breakfast at the Hilton before departure from KL Sentral at 08:00. The routing goes over the Bay of Bengal, through the middle of India, then Iran, followed by Turkey. BA used to have a day flight from HKG when it was up to three flights a day, but those days are gone.