Their first A339 route will be KUL-MEL in Nov 2024, followed by KUL-AKL in March 2025 when more aircraft are delivered. KUL-MEL https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240322-mhnov24339 KUL-AKL https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240325-mhns25akl Of course, this is contingent on Airbus deliveries being made on ti...
Jump to postI expect the 77E and A330 will mostly be replaced by the 789 and 787-10. I think the A330 Neo has some of that market too - significantly we have seen airlines like Delta and TAP using the A330 Neo. Singapore Airlines has used the A350-900 and 787-10 to replace their 77E and A330s while Malaysia Ai...
Jump to postIt seems to me that for minimal extra investment by Boeing in their 787 program they have produced a perfectly competant larger varient that does all that it was said to do, but a varient that currently has very limited prospects of doing much more. Buyers are getting what they paid for, but if the...
Jump to postThai is a government owned airline and profit is not as important as saving face. They ordered the 787/GE combo so as they can spite RR for not giving them the deal they wanted. For RR, its a question of survival - any deal that is not profitable is a step nearer to shutting down the company. In any...
Jump to postScottB wrote:I thought there was an issue with some of the seats on the retired SQ A380s that would require a fairly costly replacement in the near future.
Given the A380 is only profitable on a small number of routes where does this fake, make believe plan to fly it? Not to mention the limited number of airports that can even handle the A380. I believe the A380's economic sweet spot is on routes around 7-10 hours flight time. Since it is operating fr...
Jump to postThough if some airline wanted quad engines on the plane today, I'm curious how the CFM-1A or PW-GTF 1100g will do. Is it fuel inefficient? Probably. Will it have better takeoff and climb performance? Fun thought experiment These modern fuel efficient engines should do wonders for cruise fuel burn b...
Jump to postI have flown in A343s before - on the takeoff roll, you will feel the same kick in the back as the engines power up to take the aircraft airborne. Most airlines use flex takeoff power settings these days to minimise engine wear and tear. Only yesterday, I was watching departures at my local airport ...
Jump to postA number of airlines have indicated that they are booking up slots a decade in advance purely in order to secure slots (e.g. Easyjet). I have to say that this phenomenon seems to be particularly focussed around the A32X NEO family, and especially the A321 NEO. The NEO backlog is 7,200 aircraft. Tha...
Jump to postThe firm order is now in place: https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-01-eva-air-places-landmark-order-with-airbus The -1000 seems to be doing much better than it did before the last six months or so. Perhaps, some airlines no longer have the luxury of time waiting on Boeing's deli...
Jump to postMods please lock as there are to many posters on this thread talking out their butts. Same with the Japan Airlines A350 accident at Haneda they watch a news broadcast or read an article they know everything. Threads like these should be banned until at a minimum a preliminary report on the accident...
Jump to postHere is someone's image superimposing an A350-390 and DHC-8-300. The damage on the A350's engine looks consistent with the height of the DHC-8 wings. https://twitter.com/AGeeknologist/status/1742330669160886515 Nice, thanks! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GC4AJ5uWsAA0izC?format=jpg&name=small The ...
Jump to postDaylight is certainly giving us a better understanding of the position of the Dash. They were in the runway center line basically…very hard to spot an aircraft in that position and orientation from the cockpit of the Airbus. They never had a chance, but controllers should be noted this mistake. I, ...
Jump to postI think the C919 is too heavily dependant on western engine and avionics technologies. They may be able to steal the technology for these items and incorporate them into China made product. However this will take some time to integrate. If the Americans and Europeans decide to have a full blown econ...
Jump to postI wonder how many a330 operators have ordered 787 due to lack of engine choice . If you operated a cf6 or pw powered a330 are you less likely to order an a330 neo? Thats really not a major issue with most airlines as engines nowdays are very often under power by the hour contracts with the OEM so t...
Jump to postWhat is the next potential customer? A big UPS order would be a beautiful news. Its probably a little different for all freight airlines - airlines like SQ and CX already have a large fleet of A350s, so the A350F makes sense. UPS does not yet have an A350, so it needs a clear TCO advantage before i...
Jump to postIf Airbus was smart, they would develop an A330-800 freighter, and an MRTT based on that. It would be worth the larger aircraft size to get the larger cargo volume. A 767-300ER freighter has a similar capacity for military 88"x108" pallets as the A330-200F, so a tanker based on the longer...
Jump to postWe should not forget that the RR Trent 7000 is also a viable candidate. It is a bleed air engine with Trent TEN and Trent XWB tech incorporated. A fan diameter downgrade should see thrust reduced from 70K to 60K lbs.
Jump to postWith all the production rate hikes coming up shouldn't they build even more? Maybe if only to shuttle engines to repair and back faster? :biggrin: They still have the old Belugas with a lot of flight time left in them. I think Airbus may reconsider retaining one or two of them as additional lift ca...
Jump to postThe 2 x current A321NEO's are being deployed on the new daily KUL-PER-KUL which AK is launching in March 24, I've often thought there can't be too many efficiencies and synergies only have 2 of these planes in the current fleet. They just seem to rotate around the AK network, without any real purpo...
Jump to postCan we actually keep the focus on what the airline did? I understand people have opinions about YouTubers from left to right. If so than this thread will go off the rails pretty quickly :oops: Airlines nowadays are now becoming more closely scrutinized by the public with the advent of online review...
Jump to postAs travel demand recovers, AirAsia is in the market for more planes. Says its initially looking to lease in 15 additional frames. Carrier projects to be back to pre-Covid-19 flying levels by early to mid-2024, which is also when new A321LRs start to arrive. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia...
Jump to postMost of the questions seem to stem from the xwb-97 and hampering sales on the A350-1000, which Turkish only ordered 15 of. This order also took way longer than it probably should have, given how long it has been rumored. So what's the reason for the excruciatingly long delay for the Boeing half of ...
Jump to postIt would be difficult to do that because modern tech engines require a bigger front fan - the B787 already has a nacelle that can fit that kind of fan whereas the old tech CF6 or PW4000 does not. Why does modern tech require a bigger fan? A LEAP and Pratt GTF is considered modern tech and their fan...
Jump to postSo performing a "TrentTen" style upgrade to either the CF6 or PW4000 might get it across the line. It would be difficult to do that because modern tech engines require a bigger front fan - the B787 already has a nacelle that can fit that kind of fan whereas the old tech CF6 or PW4000 does...
Jump to postShould be happy, leaving them the only one serving NZ. I imagine AKL will be one of the first routes they're gonna put their new A330neo once they get it in September 24. Well, in my mind it was D7 direct but yeah, there's still Batik Air via Perth. Still good for MH tho as they're still the only d...
Jump to postI think China will succeed with commercial aircraft production faster than most people think. The holdup so far has been R&D and development, once that is sorted production lines can be built rather quickly. One of the reasons development takes so long is that they've designed an aircraft that ...
Jump to postSAS returned 3. SE-RSA/B/C. RSB is the tail MH took already. RSA is going to Taiwan, so RSC is theoretically the 2nd MH tail. RSC is going back to SAS again, so will not go to MH It would appear that the ex-SAS aircraft configuration is unsuitable for MH's long haul operations as it is more suited ...
Jump to postThe GENx is ~15% more efficient than the CF6, and the GENx is almost 20 years old. So kinda same thing. But at the end of the day it was a WAG. But even a 10-15% improvement would be significant imho. That's in the range of what the 330NEO achieved, and the 767 is smaller, so block costs would be q...
Jump to postI’m curious to see what a Leap-1A equipped A340-300 fuel burn would be like With so few active A343s, I doubt if it is feasible to launch a re-engining program. My guess would be around a 10-12% fuel burn improvement but it would depend on the length of the flight. I am not sure if the wings are ab...
Jump to postThe article looks like a simple opinion piece. It only mention that " the USAF has been asked about the prospect of a KC-46A re-engine, but so far remains cool to the idea ". The only news here is that Airbus consider a "neo-MRTT" as reported on other news sites. Nothing from Bo...
Jump to postThe A330 and A340 were developed in parallel, the A340 being the longer ranged version of the A330. However, changes changes in ETOPS rules and the arrival of the B777 changed the market somewhat and limited the sales of the A340. Later in the A330's development, long range flights were made possibl...
Jump to postA new wing for the A320 family is probably not Airbus' priority at the moment - the industrial part of aircraft production is. With the order book bulging, Airbus is racing to increase production rates and supply chain optimisation is more important than engineering and testing a new wing. Since Air...
Jump to postThe fact that they have released a development roadmap is a good sign that COMAC is thinking of the next step in the evolution of this aircraft. However I do not understand why they are even studying the idea of a shrunken version, when the A319 NEO has largely been a failure. Honestly they should ...
Jump to postJust flew BKK-KUL on 3 Sept. Aircraft was A330, configured 2-4-2 in economy. From the seat map looks like ex-SQ bird, but in AAX livery. So they must have returned all their previous aircraft and leased "new" ones According to planespotters.net, they now have 14 active aircraft - 10 are f...
Jump to postflyaa757 wrote:Other than the 40 logo, any differences?
manny wrote:Does MH still offer first class on the route to Tokyo ?
flyaa757 wrote:MVB may deliver this year also.
Pushback from Airbus. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/emirates-airline-rules-out-immediate-airbus-a350-order-2023-11-14/ Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Christian Scherer defended Rolls-Royce's Trent XWB-97 engine. "It's a perfectly fine engine operated by many customers aro...
Jump to postWell, found this in a local plane spotters group. MH 7th A359 (9M-MAH) will be arriving at KUL on Nov 11th; and the routing as follows: MH5051 VCV STD 10/11/23 1900 UTC BKI STA 11/11/23 1830 UTC+8 BKI STD 11/11/23 19:30 UTC+8 KUL STA 11/11/23 22:00 UTC+8 So we'll find out in 2-3 days if it's true. ...
Jump to postAny idea if they intend on maintaining the SAS interiors? https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SAS-Business-Class-A350-8.jpeg Pic source: https://onemileatatime.com/reviews/sas-business-class-a350/ There are some rumours that their current A350 business class cabin will be refi...
Jump to postThe CEO of Malaysia Airlines today talked about the group's long term fleet expansion and is considering of ordering upto 45 planes; 35 narrowbodies and 10 widebodies. Not sure if it's including the A350 they're looking at adding is included in that. The widebody order is more of a long-term one wh...
Jump to post13 of Eva Air B777-300s are between 13.6 to 17.4 years old, the remaining 21 are between 6.1 to 9.6 years old. 18 A350Ks seem to be replacing the older batch plus accounting for growth. If they perform well for EVA, in about 5 years we might see a follow-up order for the rest of B777-300 fleet. Con...
Jump to post“We should at least have 35 widebody aircraft by 2028.” https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/688645 MH is planning to have around ten A359s. That means it will have 25 A330s. However, no reference was made about the A332 freighters (currently 3) and I suspect they will continue in the fleet for some ti...
Jump to postI assume it's not LH since they retired theirs several years ago. UA had a gap from when they retired the -22s to the CO merger. Is it really WN from 1971? Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA) operated 737-100s from July 1969 and one of its successors (Malaysia Airlines) operated 737s till this day. T...
Jump to postMaybe this will help us see the A35K at EK. It was never range or MTOW for Emirates, it was engine reliability and durability in the dusty climate of the ME. EK operates all kinds on engines on their aircraft these days. I don't read much about them having big problems with any of the engines that ...
Jump to postYou wonder how the recent A350 orders may help their situation. Doesn’t help the fact that so many customers, even BA (who as we know are rumoured to switch to GE) have bad tastes in their mouths from the T1000 issues for the B787… Yup! The T1000 issues were a killer, even to this day. Plus the fac...
Jump to postHot brakes seem to be a bigger issue on B787s - I see a lot of departing aircraft leaving their gear up after take off for a long time so as to cool the brakes. This usually happens if the turnaround is too short for the brakes to properly cool down. I also see the occasional A330 do that when depar...
Jump to postI think there's a paradox here in that a large part of the long backlog is driven by the length of the backlog itself, with customers desperately not wanting to "miss the boat" on delivery positions. For what its worth I see that for both OEM's - the MAX backlog was 4,500 frames at the en...
Jump to postAgree. While the 78X is a good replacement for the GE 777s, the 789 or A359 would be much better replacement for the role the RR 777s play in the BA network. I do think this will be a split order, the 787-10, likely in a 4 class layout and the 787-9 or A350, either in a three class layout. Very con...
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