Malaysia Airlines fleet

Malaysia Airlines operates a fleet of Boeing 737 narrow-body, while Airbus A330, Airbus A350 and Airbus A380 widebody aircraft are used for its long haul operations.[1]

Current fleet

As of January 2021, the Malaysia Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[2][3][4]

Malaysia Airlines fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
S B E+ E Total Refs
Airbus A330-200 6 — — 19 42 226 287 [5] 3 aircraft painted in a special Negaraku livery
1 aircraft painted in a special Visit Truly Asia Malaysia 2020 livery.
Airbus A330-300 15 — — 27 16 247 290 [6] [7]
Airbus A350-900 6 — 4 35 27 220 286 [8] 3 aircraft painted in a special Negaraku livery.[9][10][11][12][13]
Airbus A380-800 6 — 8 66 — 412 486 [14] [15]
Boeing 737-800 47 — — 16 — 144 160 [16] 2 aircraft painted in a special Negaraku livery.
1 aircraft painted in the Oneworld livery.
1 aircraft painted in a retro livery.
1 aircraft has a 100th Malaysia Airlines 737 sticker.
Boeing 737 MAX 8 — 15 TBA
Boeing 737 MAX 10 — 10 TBA Orders converted from original Boeing 737 MAX 8 order.[17]
Total 80 25

Airbus A330-200

Malaysia Airlines has leased six Airbus A330-200s,[18] used for several high-demand medium haul routes. The aircraft are secondhand and have kept the configuration of their previous operator (Air Berlin), this being 16 Business Class seats and 271 Economy Class seats.[18] The airline previously operated five 'older generation' 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.[19]

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 which is lease from Air Lease Corporation in 2017 to replace the ageing Boeing 777-200ER fleet and was the first A350-900 operator to offer First Class.[20] 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".[21][20][22][23] On 12 December 2018, First Class was rebranded as Business Suite Class.[24]

Airbus A380-800

Malaysia Airlines signed a contract with Airbus to purchase six Airbus A380s in 2003 to replace the aging Boeing 747-400 fleet, which has been operated since 1990. The airline expected to receive its first Airbus A380 in 2007, but delivery was delayed due to manufacturing problems.[25][26] On 3 October 2006, upon completion of a review of the A380 program, the deliveries were pushed approximately two years back to 2009.[26][27]

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.[28][29][30] However, Airbus postponed the delivery of the first A380 for the second time.

The first A380 was delivered in May 2012.[31] and featured an all-new livery to highlight the airline's 'wau' kite design element.[32] 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.[33] The airline completed deliveries of all six A380s in March 2013, with the last being the 100th A380 produced.[34]

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.[35] Children under 12 are not allowed to travel in the upper deck economy cabin.[36] 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.[37][38] It has since decided to keep the A380s in service.

On 12 December 2018, First Class was rebranded as Business Suite Class.[24]

From September to October 2019, Due to Thomas Cook announcing bankruptcy, Malaysia Airlines ran one of its Airbus A380 back and forth between Manchester and Mallorca, bringing back stranded holidaymakers.[39][40]

Boeing 737-800

The first order for the 737-800 was first announced at the Farnborough Air Show on 16 July 2008.[41] In February 2009, Malaysia Airlines received two leased 737-800s in advance of its aircraft. Boeing 737-800s currently account for the majority of aircraft under Malaysia Airlines and are primarily assigned to flights to regional Southeast Asian and domestic destinations.

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, was expected to commence in 2019 to replace some of the Boeing 737-800s.[42] However, the grounding of the aircraft by aviation authorities around the world following two deadly crashes in less than 5 months led to the halting of all new deliveries.

Historical fleet

Malaysia Airlines and its predecessor companies have flown the following aircraft types in the past:[43]

Malaysia Airlines historical fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Replacement Notes
Airbus A300B4 5 1979 1990 Airbus A330
Airbus A310 Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Leased from Royal Jordanian Airlines
Boeing 707 10 1958 1980 Airbus A300
Boeing 737-100 5 1968 1972 Boeing 737 Classic Operated in Malaysia–Singapore Airlines era.
Transferred to Singapore Airlines on 1 October 1972.
Boeing 737-200 23 1972 1994 Boeing 737 Classic
1 1977 None Hijacked and crashed as flight MH653
Boeing 737-300F 2 1993 2000 None Converted as freighters for MASkargo.
Boeing 737-400 46 1990 2014 Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-500 9 1992 2000 Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-700/BBJ1 1 1999 2003 None
Boeing 747-100 1 1982 1984 Boeing 747-200
Boeing 747-200B 6 1982 2005 Boeing 747-400
Boeing 747-200C 2 1982 1983 None
Boeing 747-200SF 9 2002 2011 Boeing 747-400F Operated for MASkargo
Boeing 747-300M 1 1986 1997 Boeing 747-400 Converted into 747-300SF freighter
Boeing 747-300SF 1 1998 2002 Boeing 747-400F Converted from 747-300M passenger aircraft
Boeing 747-400 19 1990 2012 Airbus A380-800
Boeing 747-400M 2 1989 2003 Airbus A380-800
Boeing 747-400F 2 2006 2018 None
Boeing 777-200ER 15 1997 2016 Airbus A330
Airbus A350-900
2 2014 None Crashed as flight MH370 and flight MH17
Bristol Britannia 9 1957 1963 Un­known Operated in Malayan Airways era
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander 4 1965 Un­known Un­known
de Havilland Comet 7 1952 1969 Boeing 707 Operated by Malaysian Airways/Malaysia-Singapore Airlines 1965-1969
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Un­known 1948 Un­known Un­known Operated by MAL under Federated Air Service
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 7 1966 2006 Un­known
Fokker F27 Friendship 20 1958 Un­known Fokker 50
Fokker 50 11 1987 2006 None
1 1995 Crashed as flight MH2133
Douglas DC-3 Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Some aircraft were ex-Borneo Airways, added to
MAL’s DC-3 fleet upon the absorption of Borneo Airways in 1965
Douglas DC-4 Un­known 1946 Un­known Un­known ex-Borneo Airways fleet
Lockheed Super Constellation Un­known 1951 Un­known Un­known Malayan Airways fleet
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 3 1989 1990 None Leased from World Airways
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 14 1976 1999 Boeing 777-200ER
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 6 1994 2000 Boeing 777-200ER
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 2 1956 Un­known Un­known Ex-Borneo Airways fleet
Vickers Viscount 2 1953 1963 Un­known Used by Malayan Airways from 1959-1963

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