Qantas partner and Oneworld alliance member Malaysia Airlines is bringing its flagship Airbus A380 to Sydney, although the superjumbo schedule runs for just nine days – during which, Sydney-Kuala Lumpur flights will be trimmed to two per day. Following market demand, the industry saw a need to have an aircraft with a bigger capacity. Having said that, buying new aircraft is a major decision. For example, even though all of Malaysia’s flights between Kuala Lumpur and London were expected to be operated by A350s as of March , Malaysia Airlines has now scheduled the A380 on the route … Image by Historic Royal Palaces, Ravenmaster at the Tower of London mourn the loss of ‘Queen’ Merlina. AusBT notes that Malaysia Airlines now plans to keep all six A380s in their fleet, and use them to add capacity to various destinations during peak season. 16 D: None: No Power: Seat 16 D is a standard Economy Class seat that Malaysia Airlines designates as having additional 6 inches of legroom compared to other Economy Class seats. Malaysia Airlines has decided to turn the fleet into charter operations under a subsidiary, Amal, specialising in Haj and Umrah Charters. All rights reserved. THE Airbus A380, the world’s biggest commercial aircraft, went into service on Oct 2007 with Singapore Airlines. The First Class passengers … First class is located downstairs. Time displayed is based on local departure/arrival city time. If your booking was made through a travel agent, please contact your travel agency. The A380 is currently the world’s largest passenger aircraft and it is operated by 15 airlines worldwide. It’s such a pitiful sight, victims of the Covid-19. Only to London, Hong Kong, Sydney and ad hoc to Seoul, South Korea. It was a pleasure to fly onboard the Malaysia Airlines A380 for the first time. Otherwise other airline facilities would have to be used, incurring more costs in terms of simulator usage, crew travel and allowances, and hotel accommodation. Each Malaysia Airlines A380 contains eight first class suites, which MAS boasted at the time were the world's widest first class beds, along with 66 lie-flat business class seats and 420 economy seats. Each seat on the aircraft is equipped with a Personal TV. The A380's list price in 2012 was US$ 389.9, although it's speculated that airlines typically pay barely half the sticker. Malaysia Airlines will begin flying the A380 daily between Kuala Lumpur and Jeddah as of October 28, 2018. The situation is the same at all other international airports throughout the world, with aircraft parked all over the place, including the taxiways. Comments: letters@thesundaily.com. Just Planes is very delighted to welcome Malaysia Airlines as the 266th airline in our series! For long-term parking, many are sent to the Mojave Desert, Pinal Airpark Marana, Arizona or Alice Springs in Australia. As noted by @airlineroute, Malaysia Airlines has just revealed their next A380 destination. Video. It involves billions of dollars of investment. They came up with the decision to order six A380s plus a simulator from a Canadian company to train the crew. The challenge really is to fill up the aircraft for economic viability. Malaysia Airlines Airbus A380 operates flights from Kuala Lumpur to London. This package includes 2 variations of the Airbus A380 in Malaysia Airlines service: 9M-MNC in standard livery 9M-MNF with additional '100th A380' stickers. Airlines had their aircraft generally filled up. Capt Mohd Kamil Abu Bakar is a former director of flight operations with Malaysia Airlines. In terms of fuel efficiency, it is not much better than the aircraft it replaced, the B747-400. MAS will be celebrating its 80th Anniversary next year (2017) and operates around 80 aircraft around the world. They even have a facility to shower on board. Haj charters are just a once a year affair lasting for a period at most for two to three months only, and the traffic is one way. Let me however, address the issue objectively, hopefully with no bias. Even if the seats can be filled up the yield is low, and more often than not it’s one way traffic. The six Malaysia Airlines A380s, even before the pandemic, had not been flying much. Please visit malaysiaairlines.com with supported browser.