New Chapter in Malaysia Airlines

2017 marks another new chapter in Malaysia Airlines, as the company recently announcing new aircraft acquisitions in order for them to expand their destinations worldwide.

1st, the Boeing 737MAX, where MH 1st bought the MAX10, and afterwards the MAX8.

And here are the digital rendering of the MH 737MAXs:

The MAX8

The MAX10

Besides than that, MH also announcing the acquisition of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner too:

Digital rendering of MH B737MAX and B787-9 Dreamliner

Copyright: Boeing

Besides than Boeing, MH also acquired 6 Airbus A350-900 aircraft as well, with its 1st aircraft (9M-MAB) is being prepared for her 1st flight and later delivery:

Photo Copyright: Clément Alloing

And one of the A350-900 will be painted in 'Negaraku' livery too:

Batik Air Malaysia Boeing 737MAX8 by Panda Models, Scale 1:400

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.