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  • Originally posted by n863gt View Post
    4R-EXR out of service? MAW2000
    also, does 4R-EXJ still belong to 8D or not?
    4R-EXR is in hangars of GMR Aero technic, HYD awaiting a heavy maintenance,
    4R-EXJ, withdrawn from use and removed from fleet in 2014 or 2013

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    • Originally posted by MAW2000 View Post

      4R-EXR is in hangars of GMR Aero technic, HYD awaiting a heavy maintenance,
      4R-EXJ, withdrawn from use and removed from fleet in 2014 or 2013
      okay, thanks!!
      edit: this is apparently my 100th post!
      spotting Y-12s and helicopters from my home..

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      • Originally posted by n863gt View Post


        they might be of good choice, though they do have different seatings than UL does.
        WY A332: C30Y196 UL A332(4R-ALH):C18Y252
        WY A333: C24Y265 UL A333:C28Y269

        their A333s are of similar age to UL's older A333s(4R-ALL/M/N), which is ~10y
        their A332s are slightly younger than 4R-ALS.

        all of WY's A330s(except A4O-DH) are parked/maintenance.
        source: planespotters.net

        edit: and yes, they all run on the trent 772B


        That's why UL must take them onboard. Forget the configuration. Saves us costs on reconfiguring as we saw earlier with -ALS and now -ALT.. We can just update it slightly to the UL branding and onboard them. The interiors are too good for a 10 yr old aircraft.We can easily deploy them to FRA,CDG,SYD,MEL,NRT,ICN,DXB,SIN,JED,RUH,DMM (if we restart) and LHR (If they are the 242 MTOW birds). Easily UL will leapfrog interns of onboard experience as we already have a good soft product.

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        • Originally posted by ULlove View Post

          That's why UL must take them onboard. Forget the configuration. Saves us costs on reconfiguring as we saw earlier with -ALS and now -ALT.. We can just update it slightly to the UL branding and onboard them. The interiors are too good for a 10 yr old aircraft.We can easily deploy them to FRA,CDG,SYD,MEL,NRT,ICN,DXB,SIN,JED,RUH,DMM (if we restart) and LHR (If they are the 242 MTOW birds). Easily UL will leapfrog interns of onboard experience as we already have a good soft product.
          you're not wrong though, might be good if they give a shot at it, because this is a rare chance
          spotting Y-12s and helicopters from my home..

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          • Sad News,

            8D cancelled TRV flights since CMB TRV CMB route has a very low pax and cargo demand.

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            • 8D EXV Summer Schedule 2025

              please refer to the attached image and below flight number guide.

              Middle East - 8D8XX
              Indian Sub-continent - 8D9XX
              South-East Asia - 8D7XX


              Hub/Home Base : CMB / VCBI

              8D92X - MLE
              8D93X - DAC
              8D95X - TRV
              8D82X - DXB
              8D72X - KUL


              Attached Files

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              • Originally posted by n863gt View Post

                you're not wrong though, might be good if they give a shot at it, because this is a rare chance
                These aircraft would have been ideal for UL to acquire. But per the Qatar Airways discussion on another site, these seven A330s are going to be painted in QR colors, registered in Qatar and and operational in the Summer.

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                • Originally posted by MAW2000 View Post

                  4R-EXR is in hangars of GMR Aero technic, HYD awaiting a heavy maintenance,
                  4R-EXJ, withdrawn from use and removed from fleet in 2014 or 2013
                  Heavy maint for 8Q-IAN took almost 8 months to complete in KUL. Since 4R-EXR was ferried to HYD for heavy maint on the 29-Jan-25, we may not see 4R-EXR anytime soon in CMB if I am not mistaken.

                  4R-EXJ was ferried from MLT to NBO for storage in 2013/2014. Do you know if the aircraft still in NBO or scrapped?​

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                  • Originally posted by MAW2000 View Post
                    Sad News,

                    8D cancelled TRV flights since CMB TRV CMB route has a very low pax and cargo demand.
                    That's sad really. Noted 8D removed all the TRV promotion banner from the website and facebook. Seems Indian destinations are not doing good for 8D. 8D dropped TRZ in the past for commercial reasons and this year dropped TRV and MAA (dropped MAA until end of Oct25)

                    I highly doubt if there is much O&D traffic between TRV and CMB. I think 8D may have targeted TRV pax to do transit at CMB onwards DXB flights.

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                    • A359EKATCMB.jpg
                      Hi everyone, good news, EK is finally switching to A359 on their EK654/5 route from today! After a delay of three months. EK will now be the second A359 operator to CMB after QR and later SQ.
                      Attached Files
                      Sien (KR/SL/US)

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                      • Originally posted by banuthev View Post

                        Heavy maint for 8Q-IAN took almost 8 months to complete in KUL. Since 4R-EXR was ferried to HYD for heavy maint on the 29-Jan-25, we may not see 4R-EXR anytime soon in CMB if I am not mistaken.

                        4R-EXJ was ferried from MLT to NBO for storage in 2013/2014. Do you know if the aircraft still in NBO or scrapped?​
                        Hi, theres a chance of Q2 resuming flights to CMB since 8Q-IAN is back in service now. Heard that it will follow the same schedule. (1 weekly flight). Will update if I have any more information.
                        Thanks!!
                        Sien (KR/SL/US)

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                        • Originally posted by banuthev View Post

                          Heavy maint for 8Q-IAN took almost 8 months to complete in KUL. Since 4R-EXR was ferried to HYD for heavy maint on the 29-Jan-25, we may not see 4R-EXR anytime soon in CMB if I am not mistaken.

                          4R-EXJ was ferried from MLT to NBO for storage in 2013/2014. Do you know if the aircraft still in NBO or scrapped?​

                          it was up for auction in 2021-ish times.(Apparently it now belongs to "aerospace consortium")
                          spotting Y-12s and helicopters from my home..

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                          • iranairtour2X.jpg
                            Iran Airtour has increased IKA-CMB flights from 1 weekly to 2 weekly (Wednesdays and Fridays).
                            Attached Files
                            Sien (KR/SL/US)

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                            • Schedule Flights - April 2025
                              Airline AIRLINE Destination Weekly Flights
                              Aeroflot SU Moscow 2
                              Air Arabia G9 Sharjah 18
                              Air Arabia Abudhabi 3L Abu Dhabi 5
                              Air Asia AK Kuala Lumpur 10
                              Air China CA Chengdu 4
                              Air India AI Chennai 7
                              Delhi 7
                              Mumbai 7
                              Air Seychelles HM Seychelles 2
                              Cathay Pacific CX Hongkong 5
                              China Eastern MU Shanghai 7
                              Kunming 4
                              Chongqing Airlines OQ Chongqing 3
                              Male 3
                              Emirates EK Dubai 20
                              Dubai via Male 7
                              Etihad Airways EY Abu Dhabi 27
                              Fitsair 8D Dhaka 5
                              Dubai 7
                              Kuala Lumpur 4
                              Male 7
                              Flydubai FZ Dubai 21
                              Dubai via Male 7
                              Gulf Air GF Bahrain via Male 7
                              Indigo 6E Bangalore 14
                              Chennai 18
                              Hyderabad 6
                              Mumbai 7
                              Jazeera Airways J9 Kuwait 7
                              Jet Star Asia 3K Singapore 5
                              Malaysia Airlines MH Kuala Lumpur 7
                              Qatar Airways QR Doha 28
                              Salam Air OV Muscat 5
                              Singapore Airlines SQ Singapore 7
                              Srilankan Airlines UL Abu Dhabi 7
                              Bangalore 10
                              Bangkok 12
                              Chennai 21
                              Dammam 7
                              Delhi 14
                              Dhaka 7
                              Doha 7
                              Dubai 10
                              Frankfurt 4
                              Gan Island 3
                              Guangzhou 4
                              Hyderabad 4
                              Jakarta 7
                              Karachi 4
                              Kathmandu 4
                              Kochi 7
                              Kuala Lumpur 11
                              Kuwait 7
                              Lahore 4
                              London 7
                              Madurai 6
                              Male 21
                              Melbourne 7
                              Mumbai 14
                              Paris 3
                              Riyadh 7
                              Seoul 2
                              Singapore 11
                              Sydney 4
                              Tokyo 4
                              Trichy 8
                              Trivandrum 4
                              Thai Airasia FD Bangkok 7
                              Thai Airways TG Bangkok 7
                              Turkish Airlines TK Istanbul 7

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                              • Originally posted by banuthev View Post
                                Schedule Flights - April 2025
                                Airline AIRLINE Destination Weekly Flights
                                Aeroflot SU Moscow 2
                                Air Arabia G9 Sharjah 18
                                Air Arabia Abudhabi 3L Abu Dhabi 5
                                Air Asia AK Kuala Lumpur 10
                                Air China CA Chengdu 4
                                Air India AI Chennai 7
                                Delhi 7
                                Mumbai 7
                                Air Seychelles HM Seychelles 2
                                Cathay Pacific CX Hongkong 5
                                China Eastern MU Shanghai 7
                                Kunming 4
                                Chongqing Airlines OQ Chongqing 3
                                Male 3
                                Emirates EK Dubai 20
                                Dubai via Male 7
                                Etihad Airways EY Abu Dhabi 27
                                Fitsair 8D Dhaka 5
                                Dubai 7
                                Kuala Lumpur 4
                                Male 7
                                Flydubai FZ Dubai 21
                                Dubai via Male 7
                                Gulf Air GF Bahrain via Male 7
                                Indigo 6E Bangalore 14
                                Chennai 18
                                Hyderabad 6
                                Mumbai 7
                                Jazeera Airways J9 Kuwait 7
                                Jet Star Asia 3K Singapore 5
                                Malaysia Airlines MH Kuala Lumpur 7
                                Qatar Airways QR Doha 28
                                Salam Air OV Muscat 5
                                Singapore Airlines SQ Singapore 7
                                Srilankan Airlines UL Abu Dhabi 7
                                Bangalore 10
                                Bangkok 12
                                Chennai 21
                                Dammam 7
                                Delhi 14
                                Dhaka 7
                                Doha 7
                                Dubai 10
                                Frankfurt 4
                                Gan Island 3
                                Guangzhou 4
                                Hyderabad 4
                                Jakarta 7
                                Karachi 4
                                Kathmandu 4
                                Kochi 7
                                Kuala Lumpur 11
                                Kuwait 7
                                Lahore 4
                                London 7
                                Madurai 6
                                Male 21
                                Melbourne 7
                                Mumbai 14
                                Paris 3
                                Riyadh 7
                                Seoul 2
                                Singapore 11
                                Sydney 4
                                Tokyo 4
                                Trichy 8
                                Trivandrum 4
                                Thai Airasia FD Bangkok 7
                                Thai Airways TG Bangkok 7
                                Turkish Airlines TK Istanbul 7
                                UL should start having more reach in the Indian market..
                                spotting Y-12s and helicopters from my home..

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