Malaysia Airlines' A330-200 fleet strategy

Matt Siow 7/07/2018 0

In September last year, Malaysia Airlines has signed lease agreement for six A330-200s from 2017 till 2023. The lease with AerCap for those planes are coming from a failed European carrier, AirBerlin.

First of the fleet

Seat map

Usage of A332			Flight time
			Jun		Jul						Grand Total
Plane	Flight no.	Destination	29-Jun	30-Jun	01-Jul	02-Jul	03-Jul	04-Jul	05-Jul	06-Jul
9M-MTU	MH196	Dhaka (DAC)			3:18	3:44	3:45		3:26		14:13
	MH197	Kuala Lumpur (KUL)				3:42	3:24	3:24		3:26	13:56
	MH710	Kuala Lumpur (KUL)							1:37		1:37
	MH711	Jakarta (CGK)							1:42		1:42
	MH714	Kuala Lumpur (KUL)			2:31	2:36		2:47			7:54
	MH715	Denpasar (DPS)			2:42	2:55		2:34			8:11
	MH782	Bangkok (BKK)							1:50		1:50
	MH783	Kuala Lumpur (KUL)							1:41		1:41
	MH851	Denpasar (DPS)								2:44	2:44
	MH850	Kuala Lumpur (KUL)								2:39	2:39
9M-MTU Total					8:31	12:57	7:09	8:45	10:16	8:49	56:27
9M-MTV	MH130	Kuala Lumpur (KUL)	10:56		11:22		10:08		10:31		42:57
	MH131	Auckland (AKL)		9:30		10:01		10:10			29:41
9M-MTV Total			10:56	9:30	11:22	10:01	10:08	10:10	10:31		72:38
9M-MTX	MH130	Kuala Lumpur (KUL)		11:17		10:45		10:23		0:00	32:25
	MH131	Auckland (AKL)	9:28		9:45		11:01		9:21		39:35
	MH714	Kuala Lumpur (KUL)							2:37		2:37
	MH715	Denpasar (DPS)							2:50		2:50
	MH782	Bangkok (BKK)			1:49						1:49
	MH783	Kuala Lumpur (KUL)			1:44						1:44
9M-MTX Total			9:28	11:17	13:18	10:45	11:01	10:23	14:48	0:00	81:00
Grand Total			20:24	20:47	33:11	33:43	28:18	29:18	35:35	8:49	210:05

From the analysis above, primary use of this widebody fleet is Kuala Lumpur – Auckland (daily) and Kuala Lumpur – Denpasar (once daily). While seasonal demand to routes such as Jakarta, Bangkok and Dhaka also seen the deployment.

Since the 777-200 was withdrawn in 2015, Malaysia Airlines has been using the A330-300 for 11 hours flight which results in payload limitations on some flights.

The third plane in current fleet with Negaraku livery

The strategy would enable the airline to upgauge several regional routes within Asia including Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Taipei.

Business class configuration with flat bed