{"id":27130,"date":"2022-09-12T18:42:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T13:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=27130"},"modified":"2022-09-12T18:42:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T13:12:03","slug":"batik-air-malaysia-start-nonstop-flights-service-between-kuala-lumpur-and-melbourne-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/12\/batik-air-malaysia-start-nonstop-flights-service-between-kuala-lumpur-and-melbourne-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Batik Air Malaysia start nonstop flights service between Kuala Lumpur and\u00a0Melbourne | Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>This winter, Batik Air will serve Melbourne 2x daily.<\/strong> <strong>Malaysia&#8217;s&nbsp;Batik Air Malaysia, formerly Malindo Air, has added a second daily flight between Kuala Lumpur and&nbsp;Melbourne.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the 1st stop en route in Denpasar Bali, its new service is nonstop and will utilize the&nbsp;B737 MAX 8. Significantly, it&#8217;ll take the crown as the world&#8217;s new longest nonstop flight by the MAX 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/16218700424_00f56bf46e_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/16218700424_00f56bf46e_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/16218700424_00f56bf46e_b-600x363.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/16218700424_00f56bf46e_b-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/16218700424_00f56bf46e_b-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/16218700424_00f56bf46e_b-750x454.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Batik Air | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to OAG and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Batik_Air_Malaysia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Batik Air&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> booking engine, the nonstop will operate from&nbsp;Malaysia&nbsp;between December 6th and February 6th, capturing peak demand during the Southern Hemisphere summer season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is scheduled as follows, with all times local, with details also provided of its existing 1x daily in these 3 months. Notice that 4 flights will come back to&nbsp;Kuala Lumpur&nbsp;at 02:40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kuala-lumpur-to-melbourne\">Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>OD173, 09:10-20:05, 4x weekly nonstop (7h 55m block time) \u2190 new<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>OD177, 16:55-06:40+1 1x daily&nbsp;via Denpasar Bali&nbsp;(10h 45m) \u2190 existing<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>OD175, 19:25-06:20+1, 3x weekly nonstop (7h 55m) \u2190 new<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>OD176, 07:20-12:55, 3x weekly nonstop (8h 35m) \u2190 new<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>OD178, 08:00-15:30 1x daily&nbsp;via Denpasar Bali&nbsp;(10h 45m)&nbsp;\u2190 existing<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>OD174, 21:05-02:40+1, 4x weekly nonstop (8h 35m) \u2190 new<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Completed two hours of KUL-SZB test flights. Soon to redebut as Batik Air Malaysia&#8217;s fleet. B737 MAX 8 PK-L<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Completed 2 hours KUL-SZB test flight.<br>Soon to redebut as Batik Air Malaysia&#39;s fleet.<br><br>B737 MAX 8<br>PK-LQK\/9M-LRC <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g9fJrvMXT4\">pic.twitter.com\/g9fJrvMXT4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; theplanespapanazzi \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe (@nazinajmi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nazinajmi\/status\/1526577955337428993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Batik Air | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne nonstop is 3,918 miles (3,606km), becoming the world&#8217;s new longest MAX 8&nbsp;route. Analyzing OAG data reveals that it&#8217;ll be the longest by both distance&nbsp;and&nbsp;block time. Purely for context, the airport pair will be slightly longer than <strong>Frankfurt to New York JFK and almost as long as Miami to S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its favor is the routing, with block time not hugely different in each direction from the lower headwind, meaning less fuel consumption and more range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;ll also deploy its 162-seat configuration, with 12 business seats (45&#8243; pitch) and 150 in the economy (32&#8243;). As these have 10% fewer seats than its all-economy cabin, the weight will be lower, reducing fuel consumption and raising the range. And Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne are at low elevations. However, it&#8217;s probably inevitable that a payload restriction will be required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read     <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/05\/six-flights-from-the-middle-east-bound-for-the-kozhikode-airport-diverted-to-kochi-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Six flights from the middle-east bound for the Kozhikode Airport diverted to Kochi | Exclusive<\/a>                          <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/03\/gmr-to-sell-its-entire-stake-in-the-philippine-airport-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GMR to sell its entire stake in the Philippine airport | EXCLUSIVE<\/a>       <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/19\/karnataka-government-break-buildings-taller-than-45m-near-jakkur-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karnataka Government: Break buildings taller than 45m near Jakkur airport<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Between&nbsp;December 6th and February 6th, OAG reveals that Kuala Lumpur-Melbourne will have 5x daily flights across AirAsia X (1x daily), Batik Air Malaysia (2x daily), and Malaysia Airlines (2x daily). That&#8217;s not a record \u2013 6x daily is, held on many occasions between 2013 and 2018. However, it&#8217;s up from a maximum of 4x daily in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/31140966538_8cc7bae934_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27132\" width=\"1036\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/31140966538_8cc7bae934_b.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/31140966538_8cc7bae934_b-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/31140966538_8cc7bae934_b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/31140966538_8cc7bae934_b-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/31140966538_8cc7bae934_b-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1036px) 100vw, 1036px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Batik Air | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On&nbsp;December 6th, for example, the following will all operate, organized by departure time from Kuala Lumpur. As you can see, three flights will arrive in Melbourne within 20 minutes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-list\"><li><strong>09:20<\/strong>, coming in Melbourne at 20:15<strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong>Malaysia Airlines, MH129, A330-300<\/li><li><strong>16:55<\/strong>-06:40+1, Batik Air Malaysia&nbsp;via Denpasar Bali, OD177, B737 MAX 8<\/li><li><strong>19:25<\/strong>-06:20+1, Batik Air Malaysia, OD175, B737 MAX 8<\/li><li><strong>20:10<\/strong>-06:30+1, AirAsia X, D7218, A330-300<\/li><li><strong>21:50<\/strong>-08:45+1, Malaysia Airlines, MH149, A330-300<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/25\/qantas-group-engineers-go-on-strike-action-today-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Telegram group<\/a>&nbsp;and Stay updated with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aviationa2z.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow us on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/s\/CBIw-KPiuYoB?sceid=IN:en&amp;sceid=IN:en&amp;r=7&amp;oc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google News<\/a>&nbsp;For Latest Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This winter, Batik Air will serve Melbourne 2x daily. Malaysia&#8217;s\u00a0Batik Air Malaysia, formerly Malindo Air, has added a second daily flight between Kuala Lumpur and\u00a0Melbourne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7215,7218,6761],"tags":[152,392,79,393,7381,5060,81,1157],"class_list":{"0":"post-27130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airline-news","8":"category-international-aviation-news","9":"category-news","10":"tag-airlines","11":"tag-airlines-news","12":"tag-aviation","13":"tag-aviation-news","14":"tag-batik-air","15":"tag-kuala-airport","16":"tag-latest-aviation-news","17":"tag-malaysia-airlines"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27130"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27135,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27130\/revisions\/27135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}