Has malindo air confirmed that they will be starting KUL-DPS-BNE/MEL flights yet?
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afloskar
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Has malindo air confirmed that they will be starting KUL-DPS-BNE/MEL flights yet?
aldrigsomandre
aldrigsomandre
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No confirmation as of yet. Though the CEO Rama Murthy has confirmed that they are finalising the plans for flying to Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
smit0847
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What aircraft type are they planning to use? Does an A321 have the legs?
afloskar
afloskar
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I thought they were going to start BNE and MEL 2H2016 with 737-800/900ER
aklrunway
aklrunway
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Talk about over saturating the Melbourne market with flights to Bali! They'll be joining Jetstar (B787 often double daily), AirAsia X (A330), Garuda (A330), Tiger (A320)
ILIKEPLANES101
ILIKEPLANES101
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Isn't the TT an ex-VA 737?
aklrunway
aklrunway
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Whoops, you're right!
moa999
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Malindo is a Malaysian carrier (albeit 49% owned by Indonesia's Lion). Does it have rights to fly Indonesia-Australia?
cooper81
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Not an expert moa999 but I guess it depends on what kind of bilateral agreement OZ/Indonesia has. For example Air Asia X flies MEL-DPS with A330's. These are registered to the Malaysian carrier, not the Indonesian carier Air Asia Indonesia (which only has A320's in the fleet). So I guess the precedent is there already.