HB-IWC From Greece, joined Sep 2000, 4416 posts, RR: 75 Reply 3, posted (6 months 2 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 7891 times:
Quoting LAXintl (Reply 1): There are no 744s on the schedule after December 1st per MH timetable.
Incorrect. MH keeps operating a single daily B744 rotation as MH123/122 KUL SYD KUL through February 2013. Last service currently planned as MH122 SYD KUL on March 01. Four frames have all been fairly recently deployed on this sole remaining route: 9M-MPK/L/M/P.
psimpson From United Kingdom, joined May 2006, 281 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (6 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 7675 times:
I don't have the informational on hand, but i read from a source that Malaysian Airlines have just recently ordered 6 A380-800s which brings its total A380 order to 12 aircrafts with 4 already delivered.
HB-IWC From Greece, joined Sep 2000, 4416 posts, RR: 75 Reply 9, posted (6 months 2 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 7057 times:
Quoting LAXintl (Reply 8): GDS shows EQV, not a 744 specifically, so yes it would be correct to say that no 744 are shown on the scheduled.
GDS shows daily B744 throug 28FEB from KUL and 01MAR from SYD, after which the flight reverts to B772. The flight is also scheduled to operate daily with B744 until this date. I don't know how you define a scheduled flight, but I believe this means a B744 is scheduled for this rotation every single day until 28FEB/01MAR.
LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22236 posts, RR: 51 Reply 11, posted (6 months 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 6973 times:
Quoting na (Reply 7): MH also announced that the 777s will be retired soon. Was it 2015?
CEO in mid-2012 said "gone in 3 years"
Quoting HB-IWC (Reply 9): GDS shows daily B744 throug 28FEB from KUL and 01MAR from SYD, after which the flight reverts to B772. The flight is also scheduled to operate daily with B744 until this date. I don't know how you define a scheduled flight, but I believe this means a B744 is scheduled for this rotation every single day until 28FEB/01MAR.
We must be looking at different things -- shows EQV on mine.
Additionally the MH online timetable effective December 1st also shows EQV.
HB-IWC From Greece, joined Sep 2000, 4416 posts, RR: 75 Reply 12, posted (6 months 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 6924 times:
Quoting LAXintl (Reply 11): Additionally the MH online timetable effective December 1st also shows EQV.
Obviously the flight would show EQV in a timetable through the end of March since it reverts to B772 on March 01. Until that time it operates with B744 daily.
LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22236 posts, RR: 51 Reply 13, posted (6 months 2 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 6861 times:
Quoting HB-IWC (Reply 12): Obviously the flight would show EQV in a timetable through the end of March since it reverts to B772 on March 01. Until that time it operates with B744 daily.
If you look carefully at the linked schedule, any mid period equipment changes are well noted by MH.
For example MH141 KUL-SYD switches from 772 to 333 on March 6/7 and is reflected as such.
But the MH121 is shown as EQV for the entire schedule timeframe and does not reflect at any intended 744 use or swaps from 744 to 772 later in March if that was the intention.
From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California
Having just checked my info, you are correct in that Malaysian have just secured the financing of the 6 A380s which they ordered on the 11 December 2003.
The next A380 for Malaysian MSN94 9M-MNE is due for delivery this month December, with the 6th and final A380 from the current order MSN114 9M-MNF due for delivery during February 2013.
HB-IWC From Greece, joined Sep 2000, 4416 posts, RR: 75 Reply 17, posted (6 months 2 weeks ago) and read 4184 times:
Quoting LAXintl (Reply 13): If you look carefully at the linked schedule
And if you look carefully at any day to day availability of this flight between now and February 28, then you will see that the flight is loaded as B744 until then every single day, and that also the corresponding seat map is loaded as 744 every single day. I honestly don't see how you can argue that
Quoting LAXintl (Reply 1): There are no 744s on the schedule after December 1st per MH timetable
as the aircraft is clearly still in scheduled operation at MH, operating scheduled flights every single day since the beginning ot eh NW time table came into effect and every single day until March 01, 2013.
Spacepope From Vatican City, joined Dec 1999, 2744 posts, RR: 1 Reply 22, posted (6 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 3516 times:
Quoting aerohottie (Reply 20): Do you have a source for such an allegation?
I would imagine CASA would be very interested if aircraft with "spotty" mx operated services into SYD.
From other sources just this week:
"walked away from a purchase of 2x MAS B734 aircraft earlier this year; MAS couldn’t provide all the required technical history. One of those aircraft is now being scrapped in UK."
and
"QANTAS ended up having to retire an ex-MH 744 quite early after they discovered that the aircraft in fact had hidden (and serious) damage from some work done at MH years earlier."
Quoting aerohottie (Reply 20): Do you have a source for such an allegation?
I think he may have been jokingly alluding to DL's penchant for acquiring used aircraft of types they already have in the fleet, not making a serious statement.
modesto2 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 2636 posts, RR: 6 Reply 24, posted (6 months 1 week 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 3196 times:
I see it loaded on KULSYD through Feb13. It'll be sad to see them in the desert...
25 EK413: I can't remember where I read up on it but I believe the A380s will be deployed on key European routes LHR and we can assume CDG being the second cit
26 EK413: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Thai Airways are planning to increase capacity on European routes as they take delivery of the remaining A380s from their
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