Malaysia Airlines has been massively struggling for the past several years. They were already performing poorly before last year, but after the crash of MH370 and MH17 just months apart, the airline was in a dire state. Fortunately Malaysia Airlines is under the leadership of Christoph Mueller since earlier this year. Mueller turned around Aer…
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You say that another redemption option for Emirates award tickets are good news. I disagree, it is good news for Malaysia's members but bad for the rest of us since there is more "competition" for those seats.
Nonetheless, good news for Malaysia.
You forgot to mention that Malaysia is also ending service to Amsterdam and Paris from January 2016.
Also, to the guy above, stop stealing my style! =)
Yes, exciting indeed. If it's anything like its existing award chart, expect 500,000 miles for a first class ticket.
As this alliance follows my home country’s flag carrier QF & EK's extensive and very deep JV, and QF and MH are both in OneWorld, I wonder ergo whether this is a mark of portent that EK may eventually enter OneWorld? I know as most of us already do that it’s highly unlikely for a number of reasons, but one can always live in hope, can’t one?
Or is this the beginning of a fourth alliance group, EK, QF, MH, AS, B6, plus pick off one of the smaller European airlines, and you have an alliance.
Unless things change, MH has one of the worst award charts.
But if EK is allowed 5th freedom from KUL or anywhere in Malaysia (like EK in Australia to NZ), it might make EK even more interesting.
One idea I have for EK out of KUL for 5th freedom - KUL to HNL. (Don't think EK have a way to reach Hawaii at the moment despite their vast network, and nothing from KUL to HNL direct at all.. )
I, too, am not a big fan of the MH award chart. However, does MH really need Emirates that badly? Isn't MH a member of oneworld?!?
@flyingfish
Well right now EK flies 5th freedom MEL-KUL, though the timings are horrible.
I'm probably wrong about this but I would have thought Malyasia Airlines would have been more successful flying long haul with the a380s and 777s because of all the competition in south east Asia with the many ultra low cost carriers there.
Up till today, there is no news on the codesharing or even the airmiles program. Makes one wonder if EK need MH more, or the other way around.