Malaysia Airlines operates a fleet of Boeing 737 narrow-body aircraft and several types of wide-body aircraft manufactured by Airbus.
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Current fleet
As of May 2018, the Malaysia Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:
Aircraft types
Airbus A330-200
Malaysia Airlines has leased six Airbus A330-200s, used for several high-demand medium haul routes. The aircraft are secondhand and will keep the configuration of their previous operator, this being 19 Business Class seats and 271 Economy Class seats. The airline previously operated five A330-200s between 2003 and 2013.
Airbus A330-300
Malaysia Airlines' Airbus A330-300 fleet is used to fly medium-to-long-haul routes. They 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.
Malaysia Airlines previously operated 13 'older generation' A330-300s, receiving its first in 1995. All of them have since been phased out of the fleet.
Airbus A350-900
Malaysia Airlines began taking delivery of six Airbus A350-900 aircraft in 2017 and was the first A350-900 operator to offer First Class. They are configured to accommodate 4 seats in First Class, 35 seats in Business Class and 247 seats in Economy Class (286 seats in total) after MAB CEO, Peter Bellew said premium economy seats "would erode our business product and revenues".
Airbus A380-800
Malaysia Airlines signed a contract with Airbus to purchase six 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 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 featured an 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 last being the 100th A380 produced.
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 are allowed to travel in the upper deck economy cabin. Malaysia Airlines originally wanted to introduce Premium Economy class into the A380, but more Economy Class seats were fitted instead.
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. It has since decided to keep the A380s in service.
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 received two leased 737-800s in advance of its own aircraft.
Boeing 737 MAX
On 27 July 2016, Malaysia Airlines announced the purchase of 25 Boeing 737 MAX jets, consisting of 25 firm orders and 25 options for both MAX 8 and MAX 10 models. Deliveries of the aircraft on order, priced around 5.5 billion dollars, is expected to commence in 2019, replacing some of the Boeing 737-800s currently in service.
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Historical fleet
Malaysia Airlines and its predecessor companies have flown the following aircraft types in the past:
References
External links
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