| Malaysia Airlines Contributes Third Everyday Melbourne-Kuala Lumpur |
Air Travel NewsMonday, August 26, 2013
Malaysia Airlines will increase Melbourne to 'triple daily' position with the release of a third everyday flight to Kuala Lumpur later this season.
The new MH146/147 season will start on 21st Nov and use the airline's newest Airliner A330 with tilted lie-flat seats, on-demand enjoyment, AC electrical sockets for charging your laptop and USB ports for leading up your tablet or smartphone.
MH146 from Melbourne will leave at 8.55am to arrive Kuala Lumpur at 2.15pm, with the comeback leg MH147 running as an overnight flight departure KL at 7.50pm to arrive in Melbourne at 6.45am the next day.
The present MH148/149 service can move from an A330 to a Boeing 777-200.
Melbourne is Australia's biggest market for journey to and from Malaysia, bookkeeping for 32 per cent of total journey between Australia and Malaysia with more than 350,000 travelers yearly.
Labels: Malaysia Airlines Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Malaysia Airlines now comes with an Airbus A380 among its fleet, replete with the widest seats within the sky and a great on-demand food support.
The superjumbo may be deployed to make the non-stop trip between Kuala Lumpur as well as London, and is going to do so three times per week. It made their maiden journey into Heathrow today as flight MH002, hauling the airline's collection CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, Malaysian dignitaries yet others in the vacation trade. Yahya mentioned: "The A380 includes our latest premium offering and it also was imperative how the first of these new aircraft was inaugurated around the prestigious London path, a route we've been operating from Kuala Lumpur since 1974. The A380 is our latest flagship jet offering new degrees of comfort, luxury and ease for long-haul vacation and we look forward to delivering our wonderful Malaysian Hospitality to our UK guests." The Airbus A380 order puts Malaysia Airlines one of many elite ranks associated with carriers to utilize the world's largest and many Eco-efficient airliner, that happen to be powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines. However, the airline features set itself besides other Airbus A380 insurers by widening high grade seats to 45 inches, making them the roomiest within the sky. Also, business and high grade passengers will have food when they want it which has a 'Chef-On-Call' service, which need to be pre-arranged. The A380 features 494 seats, including 350 overall economy and eight fully-flat high grade seats on the bottom deck and 66 fully-flat business class as well as 70 economy seats around the upper deck. Air France currently fits essentially the most seats into their super-jumbos, with an overall total of 538, while Korean Air has got the fewest at 407. Non-stop flights between Malaysia and London increase to a weekly service right at the end of August this season when Malaysian Airlines acquires a second A380. The super-jumbo may be popular with a lot of airlines despite a lot of safety concerns. The worst was the explosion of the engine on board a Qantas A380 with November 4, 2010. A faulty gas pipe was to blame, leading to countless pounds worth of payouts once the airline had to ground all their A308s. Airbus has also been addressing smaller cracks manifesting within the wings of several planes. This is apparently as a result of a design of which merges lightweight carbon-composite materials and traditional metal in which lowers the weight with the aircraft. Labels: business class airlines, Business Class Travel, Malaysia Airlines Tuesday, August 30, 2011Effective 26 September 2011, customers of Malaysia Airlines traveling to and from Adelaide and Melbourne will be able to experience the latest state of the art product when the award winning carrier launches the new Airbus 330-300 aircraft. Malaysia Airlines provides twice daily services from Melbourne and six times weekly services from Adelaide to Kuala Lumpur with convenient connections to over 100 destinations. Malaysia Airlines' Regional Senior Vice President, Australia, New Zealand and S.W. Pacific Ignatius Ong stated that the introduction of this new aircraft demonstrates the importance we place on the South Australian and Victorian market. He also added that it will offer a better product to their discerning customers and at the same time, local and overseas visitors will have access to their vast network on a more premium product offerings. The innovative interior will consist of mood lighting in all cabins and spacious overhead baggage compartments. The novel A330-300 has a total capacity of 283 seats, 36 seats in Business class and 247 seats in Economy class. All seats will be outfitted with AC power supply and USB port for laptops and electronic equipment. Labels: Adelaide, Malaysia Airlines, Melbourne Thursday, August 18, 2011Malaysia Airlines passengers will witness several changes to Australia flights commencing next month, as the airline shuffles its planes around on Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth services. The news is enormously good for business class passengers, as it means more flights on the airline's new Airbus A330-300 planes, with an updated business class offering. In Adelaide, passengers will view the new A330 cabins rolled out on all flights, replacing the older Boeing 777-200ER planes, from Sept 26. In Melbourne, both daily Melbourne-Kuala Lumpur flights will obtain the new A330 cabins, which is also from 26 September. In Perth, the situation is slightly trickier. From 26 September to 29 October, Malaysia Airlines is actually plummeting flights from 10 per week to 9. All Perth flights will view older Boeing 777-200ER planes and cabins. Between 30 October and 30 November, Perth will persist in seeing older planes and cabins, but MH127 to Perth on Saturdays and MH126 from Perth on Sundays will be on the older Airbus A330. Subsequent to 1 December and until 14 February, most Perth flights will see the older Airbus A330.After 15 February, all Perth flights ,which is around ten a week will view the new A330-300 planes and cabins. Labels: Business class, Malaysia Airlines Wednesday, May 18, 2011Malaysia Airlines lately introduced the Frontend Check-in Lounge, an upgraded and elite premium check-in facility at KL International Airport (KLIA) for its First Class and Business Class passengers as well as Enrich Platinum Loyalty and Frequent Flyer members. The launch was graced by the presence of well-known Malaysian celebrity, Datin Seri Tiara Jacquelina. Additionally Malaysia Airlines' Chairman, Tan Sri Dr Munir Majid and Malaysia Airlines' Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Tengku Dato Sri Azmil Zahruddi were present at the launch. ![]() First class and business class passengers of Malaysia Airlines will now be able to get pleasure from Malaysia Airlines hospitality in a special check-in lounge where their departure procedures at KLIA will be processed with simplicity and comfort.The Enrich Platinum members will persist in enjoying the 'Meet and Greet' service which will now be part of the fresh Frontend Check-in Lounge. This transformed environment will assist the airline's personnel and their customers to interact in a classier, friendlier and cozier atmosphere while the novel check-in technologies launched in this facility will additionally help to automate processes and develop workforce productivity. Labels: Business class, First Class, Malaysia Airlines Tuesday, April 26, 2011Malaysia Airlines has introduced its fresh A330-300 aircraft lately in a ceremonious event at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Tengku Dato’ Sri Azmil Zahruddin, Malaysia Airlines’ Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer stated that they were thrilled to introduce their first A330-300 just 5 months after the delivery of the fresh B737-800 in November. He also added that the most recent fleet is aimed at creating a strong and constant platform for them to serve their sharp customers and for Malaysia Airlines to remain lucrative. These aircrafts will serve the escalating markets of South Asia, China, North Asia and Australia. ![]() The improved A330-300 has a total capacity of 283 seats, 36 seats in Business class as well as 247 seats in Economy class. All seats are outfitted with AC power supply as well as USB port for laptops and electronic equipment. The fresh interiors are installed with mood lighting in all cabins and roomy overhead baggage compartments. To offer superior experience and comfort, the classy features and interiors of the fresh A330-300 Business Class cabin provide comfortable angled lie flat seats, a fold-out privacy divider and six-way amendable headrest, among others, presenting the traveler with both a mini office, as well as a place to relax. Labels: Business class, economy class, Malaysia Airlines Friday, November 26, 2010
Malaysia Airlines(MAS) continues to increase the frequency of its Australian services with the launching of near-daily direct flights between Adelaide and Kuala Lumpur.
The new service will commence on March 27th 2011, and will witness a Boeing 777-200 with 35 business class seats and 245 in economy, departing Adelaide every day except Wednesday, with returns from Kuala Lumpur daily except for Tuesday. ![]() MAS is splitting the ex-Adelaide departures so that Monday, Thursday and Saturday's MH138 flight will leave at 3 pm and arrive into Kuala Lumpur at 9pm; while on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday the MH136 will depart at 9am for a 3pm touchdown in Kuala Lumpur. The selection of arrival times in Kuala Lumpur will offer more flexibility for passengers traveling to Malaysian capital for business and those making onwards MAS connections to other parts of Asia,Europe and the UK. The MH139 from Kuala Lumpur to Adelaide will have a set departure time of 9.50pm for arrival in Adelaide at 6.15am the next day. Labels: busines class, business class seats, Malaysia Airlines Friday, July 16, 2010Malaysia Airlines has introduced a business class sale this July. The 5-Star Airline is providing discounted business class flights to Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Singapore, Jakarta, Bali, Hanoi, Phuket, Ho Chi Minh, Perth, Sydney and Auckland. ![]() Flights from London Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur start from £2,161, to Denpasar and Jakarta from £2,261, Manila from £2,265, Singapore from £2,251, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh from £2,268, Phuket from £2,277, Perth from £2,817, Auckland from £2,792 or Sydney from £2,830. These comprehensive fares are obtainable for sale from 10 July until 10 August, for travel between 01 August and 31 March 2011. Malaysian Airlines is amongst the best in the world. Gaining huge popularity with global flyers, Malaysian Air has been making its presence known in the travel industry for some time.Malaysian Air provides quality service at an affordable price. An awesome air carrier for holiday makers seeking great deals on holiday packages or irresistibly cheap airfares for business class flights, Malaysian Air has flights to suit any budget. Labels: Business Class Air, Business class flights, Malaysia Airlines Saturday, August 29, 2009 Malaysia Airlines (MAS) recorded its maximum ever quarterly net profit inspite of the constant crash in the airline industry because of the worldwide financial slowdown.Its net profit of RM876 million offset first quarterly losses of RM695 million leading to a first-half net profit of RM181 million, becoming one of the few main airlines to display a profit for the first half of the year. MAS had applied extremely forceful sales campaigns in order to deal with the worst ever crisis that struck the airline industry. Load factors later improved to 66 per cent in the second quarter in comparison to 56 per cent in the first quarter.
The airline will persist to focus on increasing sales .Additionally, an advertising blitz comprising of around 15 sales campaigns has been considered for Malaysia and another 30 for the worldwide market.Datuk Seri Idris Jala,CEO of MAS stated that Malaysia Airlines will focus mainly on top line growth and improvement.He however refused to divulge the volume of the advertising campaign budget,mentioning that these were trade secrets.
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