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MAS' A332's First Commercial Flight On Feb. 22

OdiE From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 1641 posts, RR: 1
Posted (10 years 3 months 1 week 4 hours ago) and read 1693 times:

MAS' first A332 (9M-MKX), which made its maiden journey from Montreal to Kuala Lumpur yesterday, will be put into its first commercial service on February 22. Initially, MAS will use this aircraft for its flights between Kuala Lumpur and Kuching or Kota Kinabalu, before extending it to Singapore and Penang in March. By the second half of this year, MAS will fully utilize the three A332s in their regional network.

The A332 is currently undergoing pre-service modifications for subsequent inspection and approval by the Malaysian Department of Civial Aviation. The other two A332 are expected to arrive before the end of February and March respectively for similar pre-service modifications and statutory approvals.

The aircraft will be fitted with 48 Business and 186 Economy seats and a freight payload of 10 tonnes. Also, an in-flight entertainment system will be fitted into each seat will be made available when the aircraft starts plying regional routes.

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OdiE From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 1641 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (10 years 3 months 1 week 4 hours ago) and read 1678 times:

Arghh...can't get the link to work. Afraid you need to cut and copy the news link.

http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/2/14/business/bsplanes1&sec=business

Also, it was reported that Singapore was the largest contributor to passenger traffic at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, contributing about 18.4% of the total traffic at KLIA (around 3.2 million passengers per year). Other large traffic contributor at KLIA was Hong Kong, Bangkok, Jakarta and London (in order). Now we could see how much traffic KLIA gets from London, and that's just from MAS alone since the other cities are served by several other carriers.

Gigneil From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 16215 posts, RR: 88
Reply 2, posted (10 years 3 months 1 week 4 hours ago) and read 1673 times:

I really think MAS would make a great addition to KL/CO/NW on a very broad basis, and, if they join SkyTeam, to Skyteam.

Anyone else think so?

N

9V-SVC From Singapore, joined Oct 2001, 1780 posts, RR: 11
Reply 3, posted (10 years 3 months 1 week 1 hour ago) and read 1637 times:

I hope eventually they will order A330-200s .

Charles

Airliners is the wings of my life.

Airbus Lover From Malaysia, joined Apr 2000, 3248 posts, RR: 10
Reply 4, posted (10 years 3 months 1 week 1 hour ago) and read 1628 times:

I think they will eventually buy some A332s, i hope they do!

and yes i think joining an alliance will greatly help MH and KLIA.

Mas a330 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (10 years 3 months 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1606 times:

A day after my birthday! maybe this could be my b'day gift!

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