Malaysia Airlines fleet

This is an overview of the current and historic fleet of Malaysia Airlines excluding its subsidiaries.

Current fleet

As of April 2015, the Malaysia Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[1]

Malaysia Airlines Fleet

Aircraft Total Orders Options Passengers Main routes Notes
F C Y Total
Airbus A330-300 15 — — — 36 247 283 International Medium-haul
Airbus A380-800 6 — — 8 66 420 494 International Long-haul to be sold or leased out[2]
Boeing 737-800 57 14 10 — 16
16		 150
144		 166
160		 Domestic
International Short-haul
International Medium-haul
Boeing 777-200ER 13 — — — 35 247 282 International Medium-haul
International Long-haul		 4 to be sold[2]

Aircraft types

Airbus A330

Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330-300

Malaysia Airlines operates one variant of the Airbus A330: the Airbus A330-300EX (15 in the fleet).This aircraft is used to fly short-to-medium-haul routes, such as Beijing, Chennai, Sydney, and Perth. The first was delivered in 1995.[3] Their Golden Club Class interiors and seats have been refurbished.

Older 12 Airbus A330 aircraft (9M-MK*) are painted in the standard Malaysia Airlines livery, with its logo on the tailfin. The older 12 Airbus A330 have been phased out of the fleet. The new Airbus A330-300EX (9M-MT*) will have a new interior, seats and a personal AVOD in each seat.

Airbus A380

Malaysia Airlines 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.[4][5]

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.[6][7][8] However, Airbus postponed the delivery of the first A380 a second time. The first A380 is now planned to be delivered in June 2012 and will feature all-new livery to highlight MAS' 'wau' kite design element.[9] The first A380 commercial flight commenced on 1 July 2012 flying from to London with flights to Sydney following on 25 September 2012.[10]

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.[11] Children under 12 will not be allowed to travel in the upper deck economy cabin.[12]

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.[13][14]

Boeing 737

Malaysia Airlines 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 has taken 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 9M-MS* is owned by MAS plus equipped with PTV in every seat, 9M-ML* and 9M-FF* are leased from lessor plus 9M-MLM-9M-MLR is equipped with PTV in every seat.

Boeing 777

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER

All Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 aircraft are Extended Range (ER) models. The airline deployed these aircraft to fly medium-to-long-haul routes, such as Auckland, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Istanbul, Tokyo, Melbourne and Shanghai. The Boeing 777 aircraft have a maximum flight range of 12,779 km (6,900 nm). Malaysia Airlines owned all of its 17 777-200ERs. In 1997, the airline also became the record-holder of the world's longest non-commercial non-stop flight, from Boeing Field in Seattle to Kuala Lumpur, flying eastward, passing over the European and African continents, breaking the Great Circle Distance Without Landing record for an airliner with its Boeing 777-200ER dubbed Super Ranger: a record now held by the Boeing 777-200LR.

The first 777-200ER was delivered in 1997, and the average age is 8.5 years. All aircraft are in a two-class configuration, equipped with Audio Video On Demand (AVOD) in all travelling classes and angled, lie-flat seats in Golden Club Class. One of the Boeing 777-200ERs (9M-MRD) was painted in Heliconia livery from 2005 to 2008.

On 8 March 2014, one of the Boeing 777-200ERs (9M-MRO) went missing while operating Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 en route from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport. On 17 July 2014, another Boeing 777-200ER (9M-MRD, the same aircraft that previously wore the Heliconia livery) crashed after reportedly being shot down over Ukraine while en route from Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport while operating Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

Historical fleet

List of aircraft that Malaysia Airlines and its predecessor companies have flown in the past.[15]

Malaysia Airlines Retired Fleet
Aircraft Total Exit From Service Notes
Airbus A300 6 July 1995 1 leased from Air France while another one leased from Scandinavian Airlines.
Airbus A310 1 October 1990 Leased for a short period from Royal Jordanian.
Airbus A330-200 5
Boeing 707 10 December 1980 replaced by A300.
Boeing 737-100 5 September 1972 Malaysia Singapore Airlines(MSA) fleet.Transferred to Singapore Airlines on Oct 1st,1972.
Boeing 737-200 23 1994 Replaced by Boeing 737-400/500 series.
Boeing 737-300F 2 Converted as Freighters for MASKargo.
Boeing 737-400 46 2014 Introduced in 1989. Phased out as of 15 June 2014 and replaced by Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-500 9 October 2000 All 737-500 fleet were decommissioned.
Boeing 737-700 BBJ 1 June 2003 Handed over to Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF).Registration :9M-BBJ.
Boeing 737-800 2 2 leased from Travel Service.
Boeing 747-100 1 The only 747-100 in Malaysia Airlines fleet.
Boeing 747-200 (20) October 2005 Some converted for MASkargo.
Boeing 747-300 1 April 2002 The only 747-300 in Malaysia Airlines fleet.
Boeing 777-200ER 4 9M-MRK was scrapped and 9M-MRI was sold to GA Telesis for scrapping. One went missing which pressumed written off (9M-MRO), One was Shot down over Eastern Ukraine. That plane was written off (9M-MRD)
Bristol Britannia 9 1963 Malayan Airways leased from BOAC 1961-1963
Britten Norman Islander 4 Replacing the Twin Pioneer aircraft for rural air services in Sabah & Sarawak.Later replaced with Twin Otters.
de Havilland Comet 7 November 1969 5 operated by Malaysian Airways/Malaysia-Singapore Airlines 1965-1969,
2 leased to Malaysia-Singapore Airlines from BOAC 1967-1969
De Havilland Canada DHC Beaver Operated by MAL under Federated Air Service (FAS)
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 7 August 2006 All retired
Fokker F27 20 Replaced by Fokker 50
Fokker 50 12 August 2006 Retired from active duty on 25 April 2010. One crashed as MH2133
Douglas DC-3 ex-Borneo Airways fleet were added to current MAL DC-3 fleet upon the absorption of Borneo Airways in 1965.
Douglas DC-4 ex-Borneo Airways fleet
Lockheed Super Constellation Malayan Airways fleet.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 7 March 2000 1 leased from World Airways
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 6 March 2000 All leased from World Airways - 3 passengers aircraft, 2 Convertible Freighters, and 1 freighter (the last three for MASkargo)
Twin Pioneers 2 Ex-Borneo Airways fleet,after the absorption of Borneo Airways into Malaysian Airways.
Vickers Viscount 2 September 1963 Malayan Airways 1959-1963

References

  1. ↑ http://ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/MH#al_profile_tab_fleet
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://leehamnews.com/2015/04/30/malaysia-air-fleet-restructuring/
  3. ↑ "Malaysia Airlines Active & Retired A330". Air Fleets.net. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  4. ↑ "Airbus confirms further A380 delay and launches company restructuring plan". Airbus S.A.S. 3 October 2006. Archived from the original on 14 October 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2006.
  5. ↑ "Malaysia Airlines Says no Decision on Superjumbo A380s". CNBC. 19 March 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  6. ↑ "Malaysia Airlines to buy 55 Boeing planes for 3 bln dlrs: report". Afp.google.com. 30 March 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  7. ↑ Airbus A380 delivery schedule: on Airbus website
  8. ↑ "MAS says Airbus compensation over A380 delay to be shared". NSTonline. 25 July 2008. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ "MAS Airbus A380 on Sydney Kuala Lumpur flights from September". Australian Business Traveller. 27 March 2012.
  11. ↑ http://www.ausbt/malaysia-airlines-mas-airbus-a380-on-sydney-kuala-lumpur-route-from-september-business-class-seating-configuration-revealed
  12. ↑ "Malaysia Airlines declares kid-free zone on new MAS Airbus A380 - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class — Australian Business Traveller". Ausbt.com.au. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  13. ↑ Flynn, David. "Malaysia Airlines puts its entire Airbus A380 fleet up for sale". Australian Business Traveller. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  14. ↑ Hamilton, Scott. "Malaysia Airlines fleet restructuring". Leeham News & Comment. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "AeroMalaysia: Malaysia Airlines: Former Fleet"

External links

Media related to Malaysia Airlines at Wikimedia Commons