Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), parent company of Malaysia Airlines, has selected the A330neo for the carrier’s widebody fleet renewal programme. The initial agreements cover the acquisition of 20 A330-900 aircraft, with 10 to be purchased from Airbus and 10 to be leased from Dublin-based Avolon. The announcement was made at an event in Kuala Lumpur, […]
Malaysia Airlines have announced that it has agreed with planemaker Boeing to defer its 737 MAX deliveries. The order for 25 of the jets still stands, and the planes will arrive with the airline from 2024 onwards over the course of three to four years. Deliveries of Malaysia’s MAXs were initially scheduled to commence in […]
On July 24th Malaysia Airlines together with TUI; the world’s number one tourism group; launched MHholidays. MHholidays is the latest travel marketplace by Malaysia Airlines that allows travelers to tailor-make their holidays with the combination of flights and hotels. The launch event was held at Hotel Maya, Kuala Lumpur and attended by Malaysia’s Deputy Minister […]
Malaysia Airlines has launched MHchat, a new feature which helps travellers’ book flights and pay through the popular social media app, Facebook Messenger. Jointly developed with Malaysia Airlines as its pilot customer, the Amadeus Chatbot for Airlines is a new solution designed to make it easier for travellers to book flights, retrieve bookings, and ask […]
Four years after the MH370 flight disappeared, Malaysia’s civil aviation chief, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, says that the search for the missing Boeing 777 carrying 239 people on board will end in June, 2018. The plane disappeared en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014. The Malaysian government signed a “no find, no […]
Ocean Infinity, the United States seabed exploration firm, confirmed on January 3, 2017, that its search vessel is moving to look for debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared in 2014, Reuters reports. Despite the previous announcement that the company would search for the aircraft on ‘no find, no pay’ basis, no official […]
Malaysia Airlines Berhad has taken delivery of its first A350-900, leased from Air Lease Corporation (ALC). With this delivery ALC receives its first A350-900 out of an order for 29 A350 Family aircraft. Eventually Malaysia Airlines will operate six A350-900s, all leased from ALC. Malaysia Airlines will initially deploy the aircraft on flights within Asia. […]
Malaysia Airlines has become the first Malaysian carrier to receive the International Air Transport Association Fast Travel Green certificate in recognition of the airline’s efforts in making passengers’ travel more flexible and convenient via its self-service facilities. IATA’s Fast Travel Programme covers six areas of passenger travel which includes check-in, bags ready-to-go, document check, flight […]
On the 30th of November, Malaysia Airlines announced that it was on the verge of creating a new carrier that will fly Muslim pilgrims to Mecca on the six Airbus A380 superjumbos belonging to the company. The airline stated that it was already carrying pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ant that it could […]
Malaysia Airlines has launched a rapid expansion into China. The Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Dato’ Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak, announced in Beijing today that the airline will serve 8 new destinations and 11 new routes with 35 additional frequencies between Malaysia and China beginning in early 2017. Malaysia Airlines’ CEO Peter Bellew said, […]
