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Malindo Air NS19 India service changes

 
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 4:25 pm    Post subject: Malindo Air NS19 India service changes Reply with quote

Malindo Air NS19 International service changes as of 18FEB19

Malindo Air last week gradually updated its planned international service for Northern summer 2019 season, including new service to Sapporo, Da Nang and Varanasi. Planned schedule as follows.

Kuala Lumpur – Varanasi
eff 02APR19 3 weekly 737-800 (Reservation to open soon)
OD290 KUL1900 – 2110VNS 738 246
OD291 VNS2210 – 0530+1KUL 738 246

Kuala Lumpur – Amritsar
eff 31MAR19 737-800 replaces -900ER, operational frequency revises from 7 to 4 weekly

Kuala Lumpur – Delhi
31MAR19 – 20MAY19 Reduce from 11 to 10 weekly

Kuala Lumpur – Mumbai
eff 31MAR19 737-900ER replaces -800, 1 daily

Kuala Lumpur – Thiruvananthapuram
eff 31MAR19 2 of 3 weekly operated by 737-900ER, replacing -800 (1 of 3 weekly by 737-900ER from 04JUN19)

Kuala Lumpur – Tiruchirapally
eff 31MAR19 1 of 2 daily operated by 737-900ER, replacing -800


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So is the bulk of Malindo's traffic ending in KUL (or do they connect a lot of pax to SE Asia)? I can't understand why Indian carriers can't make KUL work. I would assume the bulk of the traffic is India origin rather than Malaysia origin (leaving aside the routes to S India which could be 50/50 split on where pax originate).
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 8:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I once travelled on Air Asia to BOM and the bulk of traffic appeared to be connecting at KUL. I am sure Malindo is not much different except South India - Tamil Nadu.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Caliguy wrote:
I can't understand why Indian carriers can't make KUL work.
The existing LCC muscle is tremendous. Air Asia and Malindo are two top players. The Indian LCCs will not be able to break this stronghold in any way, being new entrants. The business crowd market has MH as the top gun. There is no way any Indian carrier can make KUL work, in today's climate.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 7:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sumantra wrote:
Caliguy wrote:
I can't understand why Indian carriers can't make KUL work.
The existing LCC muscle is tremendous. Air Asia and Malindo are two top players. The Indian LCCs will not be able to break this stronghold in any way, being new entrants. The business crowd market has MH as the top gun. There is no way any Indian carrier can make KUL work, in today's climate.
Cheers, Sumantra.


Can I ask from what perspective? meaning do you believe that one needs a connecting hub at KUL to make it work (since O&D to say BOM is small) OR do you mean that Air Asia is just so strong and a great airline that Indian carriers can't compete. If you think it is because Air Asia is just so strong, then I disagree. In country after country, the source of the traffic usually has the advantage. Plus there is nothing special about Air Asia.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If any airline which can make KUL work it would be AI from MAA, they have some connections at MAA and with the O & D could make it work, but they have not been able to. Indigo is also a possibility at MAA again, but Indigo does not yet have the management of connecting passengers right yet.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Caliguy wrote:
sumantra wrote:
Caliguy wrote:
I can't understand why Indian carriers can't make KUL work.
The existing LCC muscle is tremendous. Air Asia and Malindo are two top players. The Indian LCCs will not be able to break this stronghold in any way, being new entrants. The business crowd market has MH as the top gun. There is no way any Indian carrier can make KUL work, in today's climate.
Cheers, Sumantra.


Can I ask from what perspective? meaning do you believe that one needs a connecting hub at KUL to make it work (since O&D to say BOM is small) OR do you mean that Air Asia is just so strong and a great airline that Indian carriers can't compete. If you think it is because Air Asia is just so strong, then I disagree. In country after country, the source of the traffic usually has the advantage. Plus there is nothing special about Air Asia.


The source of traffic having an advantage depends on either of two things - 1)Quality and Reliability of home country airlines ~~ Singapore/Malaysia or 2)Paranoia/fear of flying foreign airliners ~~Israel

Other than that there is no specific reason to choose a "home airline".

AK/OD traffic is not all Malaysia bound, they come from multiple points in India and go out to multiple points in SE Asia (and Australia and Far East for MH and Air Asia X). I dont see how an Indian airline will be able to serve the same market unless they start flights to every single major airport in SE Asia from BOM or DEL.

Other than TN, there is probably no other place where significant O&D exists to Malaysia and even that is pretty low yield. MAA-KUL was one of the first international routes that 9W cut
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Caliguy wrote:
Can I ask from what perspective? meaning do you believe that one needs a connecting hub at KUL to make it work (since O&D to say BOM is small) OR do you mean that Air Asia is just so strong and a great airline that Indian carriers can't compete. If you think it is because Air Asia is just so strong, then I disagree. In country after country, the source of the traffic usually has the advantage. Plus there is nothing special about Air Asia.
Both iah87 and Balagopal have answered the question to some extent. Ask anyone in the industry, and the answer will be the same. A big `no'. Not yet, at least.
Cheers, Sumantra.
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