Summary
- The airline may have 69 weekly India flights this November-February, the very best number up to now 20 years and possibly ever.
- Malaysia Airlines surpasses AirAsia as the most important carrier between Kuala Lumpur and India by non-stop service.
- The Boeing 737-800 stays its primary equipment, with the A330-300 used too.
Malaysia Airlines is the eleventh largest foreign carrier by flights to serve India this November-February and is behind Singapore Airlines (seventh) and Thai Airways (tenth). Nevertheless, the Malaysian flag carrier will serve nine Indian airports – greater than its Southeast Asia counterparts – with a record variety of weekly flights.
Malaysia Airlines’ India network
Examining the carrier’s schedule reveals that it would have nine Indian routes, as detailed below, all from its Kuala Lumpur hub. Never has it had that many before. They include three – Amritsar, Ahmedabad, and Trivandrum – that either begin or resume. Two have materialized after they were dropped by one other airline.
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Malaysia Airlines will serve another Indian destination than Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways. Nevertheless, if Singapore Airlines’ lower-cost unit Scoot is included, the Group’s network comprises 4 more destinations than the Malaysia flag carrier.
Kuala Lumpur to… |
Flights: November-February* |
Aircraft |
Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Chennai |
Double each day |
737-800 |
|
Bengaluru |
11 weekly |
737-800 |
|
Delhi |
10 weekly |
A330-300 (six weekly), 737-800 |
|
Mumbai |
10 weekly |
A330-300 (each day), 737-800 |
|
Hyderabad |
Each day |
737-800 |
|
Kochi |
Each day |
737-800 |
|
Amritsar |
4 weekly |
737-800 |
Recent; begins November tenth. Will compete against AirAsia X and Batik Air Malaysia |
Ahmedabad |
4 weekly |
737-800 |
Resumes December 1st; last served by the carrier in 2006. Had Malindo** in 2020 |
Trivandrum |
Twice-weekly |
737-800 |
Recent; begins November ninth. Last served by Malindo** in 2020 |
* Each way |
** Later renamed Batik Air Malaysia |
A record 69 weekly India flights
When the three additional destinations have began, Malaysia Airlines may have 69 weekly India flights – a record. Schedule evaluation over the past 20 years shows that it has never had that many services at any time in any yr.
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In pre-pandemic November 2019-February 2020, for instance, it had 60 weekly services. Flights have risen by +15% (seats +12% as a result of more narrowbodies), however it continues to be a record. It was a period when Bengaluru had 12 weekly departures (now 11), while other existing markets had the identical frequencies.
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Malaysia Airlines is the most important carrier
For a few years until October 2023, Malaysia Airlines was behind AirAsia by the variety of Kuala Lumpur to India flights. Nevertheless, it’s now greater than the low-cost carrier.
Malaysia Airlines has about 35% of all Kuala Lumpur-India services this November-February. That’s nine percentage points higher than what it had in the identical 4 months in 2019/2020.
Photo: Malaysia Airlines
Because of Malaysia Airlines’ growth and – more significantly – AirAsia’s slow recovery, it’s now marginally ahead of the LCC (32%) and far beyond Batik Air Malaysia (22%), AirAsia X (4%), IndiGo (4%), and Batik Air (the Indonesian unit; 3%). In fact, AirAsia can be first on the Group Level, while Batik Air would have over 1 / 4 of flights.
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