Malaysia Airlines fleet

Malaysia Airlines operates a fleet of Airbus A330 and A350 as well as Boeing 737 aircraft.[1]

Current fleet

As of August 2023, Malaysia Airlines operates the following aircraft:[2][3]

Malaysia Airlines fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
S B E+ E Total Refs
Airbus A330-200 6 — — 19 42 226 287 [4] To be retired presumably from 2024 onwards and replaced by Airbus A330neo.[5]
Airbus A330-300 15 — — 27 16 247 290 [6]
Airbus A330-900 — 20 — 28 24 245 297 Deliveries from Q3 2024 to 2028.[7][8]
Replacing Airbus A330-200 and Airbus A330-300.
Order with 20 purchase rights.[9]
Airbus A350-900 6 4[10] 4 35 27 220 286 [11] The first operator of its type to offer "First Class", then rebranded as Business Suites.[12][13]
Boeing 737-800 42 — — 16 — 144 160 [14] To be refurbished with new Business and Economy cabins.[15]
— 12 — 162 174 New refurbished cabin.
Boeing 737 MAX 8 – 25 TBA Leased from ALC.[16]
Deliveries from 3Q 2023 until 2026.[17][18]
Boeing 737 MAX 10 — 10 TBA Converted from order of 737 MAX 8.[19]
Planned to take delivery in 2024.[17]
Total 69 59

Current aircraft types

Airbus A330-200

Malaysia Airlines has leased six Airbus A330-200s,[20] 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 19 Business Class seats and 268 Economy Class seats.[20] The airline previously operated five 'older generation' A330-200s between 2003 and 2013. The aircraft is set to be retired and replaced by the Airbus A330-900.[21][7]

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.[22] Malaysia Airlines previously operated 13 'older generation' A330-300s, receiving its first in 1995. All of them have since been retired from the fleet. The aircraft is set to be retired and replaced by the Airbus A330-900.[21][7]

Airbus A330-900

In July 2022, Malaysia Airlines was reportedly in talks for a $10 billion order of 30 either Airbus A330neo or Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes.[23] As of August 2022, it was reported that Malaysia Airlines is poised to announce a deal to acquire 20 Airbus A330neo wide-body jets.[24] In August 2022, Malaysia Airlines confirmed it would take delivery of an initial order of 20 Airbus A330neo aircraft, with purchase options for an additional 20, to gradually replace its A330-200 and A330-300 aircraft between Q3 2024 and 2028 for flights across Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East.[25][26] The deliveries are set to be split between 10 direct purchases and 10 leases from Ireland's Avolon.[8]

Airbus A350-900

Malaysia Airlines began taking delivery of six Airbus A350-900 aircraft, leased 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.[27] 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".[28][27][29][30] On 12 December 2018, First Class was rebranded as Business Suite Class.[31] In 2023, Malaysia Airlines seeking aircraft lessor to add 4 extra A350s into the fleet due to high demand and increasing capacity. [32]

Boeing 737-800

The first order for the 737-800 was first announced at the Farnborough Air Show on 16 July 2008.[33] 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

In July 2016, Malaysia Airlines placed an order for 25 MAX 8s and 25 options with Boeing at a cost of slightly over US$2 billion. In 2022, Malaysia Airlines has secured the lease of 25 Boeing 737 MAX 8 from ALC and taken away its order book from Boeing. Deliveries is scheduled to start in 3Q 2023 after several setbacks from 2019.

Historical fleet

Malaysia Airlines and its predecessor companies have flown the following aircraft types in the past:[34][35]

Malaysia Airlines historical fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Replacement Notes
Airbus A300B4 4 1979 1990 Airbus A330
1 1983 None Crashed as flight MH684.
Airbus A310 Un­known Un­known Un­known None Leased from AP Penang
Airbus A380-800 6 2012 2022 Airbus A350 [36]
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 24 1972 1994 Boeing 737 Classic
1 1977 None 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 737-800 15 2008 2022 None
3 Transferred to subsidiary Firefly.
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 747-400F 2 2006 2018 None
Boeing 747-400M 2 1989 2003 Airbus A380-800
Boeing 777-200ER 15 1997 2016 Airbus A330
Airbus A350-900
1 2014 None Shot down as flight MH17.
1 Disappeared as flight MH370.
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
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 Former Borneo Airways fleet
Fokker F27 Friendship 20 1958 Un­known Fokker 50
Fokker 50 12 1987 2006 None
1 1995 Crashed as flight MH2133.
Lockheed Super Constellation Un­known 1951 Un­known Un­known Malayan Airways fleet
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 3 1989 1991 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 Former Borneo Airways fleet
Vickers Viscount 2 1953 1963 Un­known Used by Malayan Airways from 1959 to 1963

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