Malaysia’s Firefly Has No Plans To Add More Turboprops, Focusing On 737s
Malaysia Airlines Group’s (MAS) subsidiary Firefly has no immediate plans to add new ATRs, even though the group has some on order, and instead it is focusing its efforts on expanding its Boeing 737-800 low-cost carrier operation. Firefly CEO, Phillip…
Malaysia Airlines To Receive Its First Boeing 737 Max 8s Next Year
Malaysia Airlines Group (MAS) will receive its first batch of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft next year and plans to use its Max 8 aircraft to replace its Boeing 737-800s. Capt. Izham Ismail, CEO of MAS, told Smart Aviation Asia…
Singapore and Malaysia Agree to Suspend Restriction Area, Seletar ILS Implementation
Singapore has agreed to suspend its implementation of instrument landing system (ILS) procedures at Seletar Airport while Malaysia will suspend its permanent restricted area over Pasir Gudang for one month. The immediate one-month suspension of the permanent restricted area…
Singapore-Malaysia Dispute Has Impacted A Quarter Of Firefly’s Business
A regulatory dispute between Singapore and Malaysia, over airspace and air routes in and of Singapore’s Seletar Airport, has put a stop to a quarter of the operations of Malaysia Airlines’ Firefly. Firefly was planning to relocate from Singapore’s Changi…
Malaysian Civil Aviation Authority: ‘Outstanding Airspace Issues’ to Be Resolved Before Firefly Can Operate
The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) has disclosed that the reason it has yet to grant approval for Firefly to operate to Seletar Airport is because Singapore wants to be involved in managing Malaysian airspace for aircraft flying in…
Malaysia’s Firefly Suspends Services To Singapore Indefinitely
Malaysia Airlines’ turboprop operation, Firefly, has announced that because of regulatory issues it will suspend all flights to Singapore indefinitely with effect from December 1, the day it was scheduled to transfer Singapore operations from Changi Airport to Seletar Airport….
