It's been awhile since my last post here; will give it an update from time to time should condition permits.
On May 2017; Boeing 737 operations in Malaysia enters a new chapter in history when Batik Air Malaysia/Malindo Air (Lion Air Group Subsidiary in Malaysia) receives its Boeing 737MAX, thus making it as the 1st commercial operator of the new Boeing 737 variant.
The aircraft, 9M-LRC, landed safely at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on May 2017 and later began its commercial operations a day afterwards, with inaugural flight from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore.
Instead of 2 class configuration (as usual OD fleet on their B739ERs and B738s), the MAX are fitted only in a single configuration (180Y seats), thus raising questions among aviation enthusiasts, especially in Malaysia.
Then, all of a sudden, all of OD MAX8s were later parked and stored without any specific reasons, and news came out that all 3 of the MAX8s (LRC, LRD and LRF) to be transferred back to Lion Air Indonesia. With the transfer news, it marks an end to a brief period of MAX operations in Malaysia, but it is not an end to it after all, when Malaysia Airlines signed a agreement for the delivery of MAX10 and later MAX8.
To commemorate the MAX8, Panda Models had released 2 models painted in Batik Air Malaysia livery, and the one i recently bought is 9M-LRD. Below are the photos of the model.
On May 2017; Boeing 737 operations in Malaysia enters a new chapter in history when Batik Air Malaysia/Malindo Air (Lion Air Group Subsidiary in Malaysia) receives its Boeing 737MAX, thus making it as the 1st commercial operator of the new Boeing 737 variant.
The aircraft, 9M-LRC, landed safely at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on May 2017 and later began its commercial operations a day afterwards, with inaugural flight from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore.
Instead of 2 class configuration (as usual OD fleet on their B739ERs and B738s), the MAX are fitted only in a single configuration (180Y seats), thus raising questions among aviation enthusiasts, especially in Malaysia.
Then, all of a sudden, all of OD MAX8s were later parked and stored without any specific reasons, and news came out that all 3 of the MAX8s (LRC, LRD and LRF) to be transferred back to Lion Air Indonesia. With the transfer news, it marks an end to a brief period of MAX operations in Malaysia, but it is not an end to it after all, when Malaysia Airlines signed a agreement for the delivery of MAX10 and later MAX8.
To commemorate the MAX8, Panda Models had released 2 models painted in Batik Air Malaysia livery, and the one i recently bought is 9M-LRD. Below are the photos of the model.
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