This is an overview of the current and historical fleet of Malaysia Airlines excluding its subsidiaries.
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Current fleet
Overview
As September 2017, the Malaysia Airlines fleet (excluding their cargo aircraft) consists of the following aircraft:
Malaysia Airlines fleet
Aircraft types
Airbus A330-200
Malaysia Airlines has signed a letter of intent with AerCap for the lease of six Airbus A330-200, as a replacement of the six Boeing 737-800 that are being returned to lessors. The Airbus A330-200 will be used for several high-demand medium haul routes. The aircraft were previously used by Air Berlin, and will keep the same configuration as Air Berlin, with 19 Business Class seats and 271 Economy Class seats. The aircraft will also feature Wi-Fi and Malaysia Airlines's "Select" In-flight entertainment system.
Airbus A330-300
Malaysia Airlines currently operates one variant of the Airbus A330, the Airbus A330-300, with a total of 15 in the fleet. This aircraft is used to fly medium-to-long-haul routes, such as Auckland, Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Delhi, Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Beijing, Shanghai, Mumbai (starting 1 November, 2017) and many more cities.
Malaysia Airlines previously operated 13 'older generation' A330s, all wearing the old livery, receiving its first in 1995. All of them have since been phased out of the fleet and are now replaced by the 15 aforementioned newer versions which are painted in the new livery and are also equipped with enhanced in-flight features, as part of the airline's fleet renewal programme. The first of these new A330s arrived in 2011.
Two Airbus A330s (9M-MTE and 9M-MTO) are currently painted in Oneworld livery. New Business Class seats will be fitted starting from April 2016 and is expected to be completed by September 2016. The aircraft are respectively fitted at starting of 2017.
Airbus A350-900
Malaysia Airlines will lease 6 Airbus A350-900 starting 2017. Malaysia Airlines will be the first A350-900 operator to offer First Class aboard six aircraft expected from December 2017. They will be configured to accommodate 4 seats in First Class, 31 seats in Business Class, and 251 seats in Economy Class (286 seats in total) after MAB CEO, Peter Bellew said premium economy seats "would erode our business product and revenues". Two A350-900s are expected to be introduced by the end of 2017. One of the aircraft will be deployed for the flight to Penang,Bangkok and Singapore starting on December 2017. The flights from Kuala Lumpur to London and vice versa will be fully utilized by using the aircraft on 6 March 2018.
Airbus A380-800
Malaysia Airlines signed a contract with Airbus to purchase 6 Airbus A380s in 2003. The airline expected to receive its first Airbus A380 in 2007, but delivery was delayed due to manufacturing problems. On 3 October 2006, upon completion of a review of the A380 program, the deliveries were pushed approximately two years back to 2009.
Malaysia Airlines and Airbus agreed on compensation and a new schedule for the deliveries on 31 March 2008, considering the new overall plans of the airline, with the deliveries to be made in 2011. However, Airbus postponed the delivery of the first A380 for the second time.
The first A380 was delivered in June 2012 and features all-new livery to highlight the airline's 'wau' kite design element. The first A380 commercial flight commenced on 1 July 2012 flying from Kuala Lumpur to London, with Kuala Lumpur - Sydney flights following on 25 September 2012. The airline completed deliveries of all six A380s in March 2013 with the youngest of these, registered 9M-MNF, being the 100th A380 ever produced worldwide.
The A380 has 8 seats in first class at the front of the lower deck, 66 business class seats on the upper deck and a total of 420 economy seats across both decks, with 350 on the lower deck and 70 upstairs. Children under 12 will not be allowed to travel in the upper deck economy cabin. Malaysia Airlines originally wanted to introduce Premium Economy class into the A380, but ended up with more Economy Class seats as a result.
On 30 April 2015, it was announced that Malaysia Airlines would seek to sell or lease out all six of its Airbus A380s due to its ongoing financial crisis. But Malaysia Airlines new CEO Christoph Mueller announces that it's too early to sell out the fleets. In May 2015, Mueller announced that Malaysia Airlines would continue to use four A380 aircraft on its London route (MH 1-4), with the remaining aircraft being use for chartered flights to Medina.
In August 2016, Peter Bellew, the airline's new CEO, announced that one A380 was retrofitted with new Economy Plus seating, but ticketing will only begin when all A380s have been retrofitted. Economy Plus is essentially the same seat as the existing Economy Class, albeit with more legroom (38" vs 32"). Catering and services remain the same as Economy Class. Economy Plus will also be fitted on board the yet-to-be-delivered A350-900s.
Boeing 737-800
Malaysia Airlines' Boeing 737-800 aircraft fly to regional South-East Asia and domestic destinations. The 737-800 order was announced at the Farnborough Air Show on 16 July 2008. In February 2009, Malaysia Airlines already received two leased 737-800s, and another one in March.
Malaysia Airlines took delivery of its first Boeing 737-800 on 1 November 2010. New Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft will be painted in new Malaysia Airlines livery and will be equipped with Boeing Sky Interior and new blue seats for Golden Club Class and red seats for Economy class.
Aircraft registered 9M-MX* and some of 9M-MS* are owned by Malaysia Airlines plus equipped with PTV in every seat, while 9M-ML* and 9M-FF* are leased from lessor. 9M-MLM, 9M-MLP and 9M-MLV are equipped with PTV in every seat. The airline has announced announced that they will be reducing the amount of 737's to 45 by 2018 as the 11 737 without sky interior are to be retired.
Boeing 737 MAX
On 27 July 2016, Malaysia Airlines has announced the purchase of 25 Boeing 737 MAX jets, consisting of 25 firm orders and 25 option for both MAX 8 and MAX 9 models. The order, priced around 5.5 billion dollars, is expected to commence in 2019, replacing some of the Boeing 737-800 currently in service.
Boeing 787-9
In September 2017, it was announced the airline had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Boeing for 8 Boeing 787-9 aircraft. The aircraft would feature a premium heavy configuration, to further distinguish the airline from the competition of LCCs in the region. With this plane, the carrier is seeking to expand into South Korea and Japan while keeping options open for a return to Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago or New York in the East.
Maps Malaysia Airlines fleet
Historical fleet
List of aircraft that Malaysia Airlines and its predecessor companies have flown in the past.
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References
External links
Media related to Malaysia Airlines at Wikimedia Commons
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