KFlyer From Sri Lanka, joined Mar 2007, 1208 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (2 years 6 months 1 week 18 hours ago) and read 4033 times:
Remains to be seen how successful it would be. Perhaps they're testing the waters with this route, for a possible ply into widebodies though am not sure whether they can convert 320 orders.
This sounds like a natural progression. Choice of KTM probably due to fifth freedom, likely thanks to past Yeti links.
Qantas747, it is available for booking on the website.
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qantas747 From Australia, joined Mar 2000, 207 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (2 years 6 months 1 week 17 hours ago) and read 4004 times:
I am looking on the website and I can find No link whatsoever in the online booking form; is there a back door somehow to access this?
Kuala Lumpur is not listed as a destination on the UAE website.
There is a Malaysian website, but still I cannot find access to the booking system to check fares/ or even find the news announcement, can anybody provide a link please?
flyingalex From Germany, joined Jul 2010, 1004 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (2 years 6 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 3596 times:
Quoting QatarA340 (Reply 5): Well, wouldnt KTM be a huge detour? Dhaka would be more logical I guess!
If the flight were only making a technical stop, you would be correct.
In this case, since they have 5th freedom rights between Nepal and Malaysia, a different set of assumptions apply.
Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur is already served by 5 airlines: Air Asia, Biman, Malaysia, GMG and United Airways (no relation to the US-based carrier United Airlines).
On Kathmandu-Kuala Lumpur, their only competition is Nepal Airlines.
Detours can be worthwhile sometimes, if there is a commercial business case for them. I think this one has the potential to be very worthwhile indeed.
I expect to see very few pax actually flying SHJ-KUL. It'll mostly be SHJ-KTM and then new pax on KTM-KUL.
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MHG From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 670 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (2 years 6 months 1 week 9 hours ago) and read 3567 times:
Well, the reason why Air Arabia is flying via KTM is a rather "logical" one if you have a good memory or some background knowledge ...
Air Arabia tried to set up a subsidiary in Kathmandu about 2 yrs ago IIRC. They already started ops but had to shut down very soon due to political/traffic right issues.
So, KTM was obviously still on their radar and it seems they found a solution to circumvent the "problems".
The main target is not to get passengers somehow from SHJ to KUL but to serve mainly the KTM market and the KTM-KUL route has to be seen independently from the SHJ-KTM route (although the same aircraft may fly the whole routing) but G9 of course does not prevent passengers willing to go the detour to book a through ticket SHJ-(KTM)-KUL vv.
QatarA340 From Qatar, joined May 2006, 1602 posts, RR: 7 Reply 15, posted (2 years 6 months 1 week 8 hours ago) and read 3472 times:
Quoting flyingalex (Reply 12): Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur is already served by 5 airlines: Air Asia, Biman, Malaysia, GMG and United Airways (no relation to the US-based carrier United Airlines).
Doesnt Emirates fly there?! I flew to Dhaka a while back and the plane was going on to KUL.
Quoting flyingalex (Reply 12):
On Kathmandu-Kuala Lumpur, their only competition is Nepal Airlines.
I remember QR used to make the same route from DOH with A320s.
QatarA340 From Qatar, joined May 2006, 1602 posts, RR: 7 Reply 18, posted (2 years 6 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 3274 times:
Quoting flyingalex (Reply 17): But they used to. I remember seeing an Emirates flight arriving from DXB via DAC on the arrivals board at KUL when I was last there in 2005.
I was on that flight in 2004 or 2005, but I stopped in DAC.
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