The US Federal Aviation Administration has just downgraded Malaysia's aviation safety rating, from a Category 1 to a Category 2. How FAA Safety Ratings Work With the International Convention of Civil Aviation, every country is responsible for the oversight…
Malaysia has just announced the latest way that they plan to tax tourists. In 2017 the country introduced an additional nightly fee on all hotel stays, depending on the type of hotel you were staying at. Now they're adding an additional tax for airline…
I boarded through the forward door, where I could immediately tell it would be a great flight. I was greeted by Helena, the inflight supervisor, who just had the biggest and most genuinely smile on her face. Upon verifying my boarding pass she showed…
After checking out the business class section of the Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge, it was time to check out the other section of the lounge. I'm not sure exactly what the other section of the lounge should be called, though. Malaysia Airlines recently…
My Malaysia Airlines flight to Tokyo Narita was departing at 9:40AM, though I ended up heading to the lounge around 3AM. That's because I was staying at the Sama-Sama Express Hotel located within the terminal, and when I woke up in the middle of the…
Welcome to my next trip report, covering travel in business class on Qantas and Singapore Airlines, first class on Singapore Airlines and Japan Airlines, and something inbetween on Malaysia Airlines ("Business Suite"). Ford and I took a trip to Bora…
Malaysia Airlines has been struggling financially for many years, but things got significantly worse when the airline lost two 777s just weeks apart about five years ago. The airline has restructured... sort of, but not really. The problem is that the…
So far I'd say it has been a pretty spectacular year for first class mistake fares. Cathay Pacific published $800 roundtrip first class fares from Vietnam to North America. They honored them. Cathay Pacific published $1,500 one-way first class fares…
Malaysia Airlines has been through a lot in the past several years. The airline was already struggling financially, and then they lost two of their 777s just months apart. This shocking chain of events caused a lot of people to avoid the airline, adding…
Hello from Tokyo! I'm nearing the end of my review trip. I flew from San Francisco to Melbourne in Qantas’ 787 business class, from Melbourne to Singapore in Singapore's 777 first class, and then from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur in Singapore's A350 business…
This sure is a strange move. Malaysia Airlines presently has first class on 12 aircraft, including six Airbus A350s and six Airbus A380s. Their A380s each have eight first class seats, spread across two rows in a 1-2-1 configuration. Meanwhile their…
Yesterday I wrote about the incredible triple miles promotion that Malaysia Airlines' Enrich program is offering. As long as you book by October 15, 2018, and travel by March 31, 2019, you can receive triple elite qualifying and award miles on all Malaysia…
I feel like it's pretty rare nowadays to see airlines offering promotions that truly influence consumer behavior. With flights mostly full, airlines just don't need to be that generous to get butts into airplane seats. Instead they've generally been…
Most airlines will serve champagne in international business and first class and some airlines have been investing heavily in the champagne experience their passengers can expect on board. The quality (and price) of the champagne served is usually significantly…
Malaysia is soon celebrating its National Day, and in preparation for that they're closing down the airspace around Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia has announced that the airspace around KLIA will be closed…
There's nothing here that's terribly surprising, but on some level I do find the evolution of the Malaysia Airlines A380 to be interesting and odd. Malaysia Airlines has obviously had a very rough ride the past several years, following their loss of…
Last week I wrote about the excellent deals on return (or round-trip as some of you would prefer me to call it!) business class fares on Malaysia Airlines, from Tokyo to Sydney for around $1,450 per person. This was a great fare between two major cities…
Certain markets, like Europe to Asia, and the reverse, regularly see discounted premium fare deals. It is rarer to see great deals between Asia and Australia, so there are two fares that have caught my eye this week. Right now, oneworld member Malaysia…
Malaysia Airlines operates a fleet of six new A350-900s. I find their A350 strategy fascinating, because each aircraft has a small first class cabin, using a modified Thomson Aero Vantage XL seat. This is similar to the new Delta One A350 Suites, as…
Arguably the most mysterious commercial air disaster ever is what happened to MH370, the Malaysia Airlines 777 that went missing back in 2014. The plane was carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it disappeared just shortly after takeoff.…
This is pretty significant news. In July 2014, a Malaysia Airlines 777-200 crashed while enroute from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 298 people onboard. This left the world in shock, not just because it appeared that the plane was shot down,…
