Malaysia Airlines NW23 International Network Overview/Changes – 08OCT23

Published at 1200GMT 09OCT23

Malaysia Airlines in the last few weeks filed additional changes to its international operation for Northern winter 2023/24 season, previously not covered on AeroRoutes.

Latest summary of the carrier’s planned international changes as of 08OCT23 as follows. This update also includes the carrier’s general international network overview, as well as flashback of Northern winter 1993/94 season, appearing below the illustrated route map.

Kota Kinabalu – Taipei Taoyuan eff 29OCT23 Service during Northern winter 2023/24 season remains unavailable
Kota Kinabalu – Tokyo Narita 27OCT23 – 12NOV23 2 weekly service suspended
Kuala Lumpur – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi eff 29OCT23 Increase from 30 to 42 weekly
Kuala Lumpur – Beijing Daxing Frequency variations from 7 weekly to following:
30OCT23 – 12NOV23 4 weekly
13NOV23 – 21NOV23 6 weekly
06DEC23 – 17DEC23 4 weekly
18DEC23 – 28DEC23 5 weekly
28DEC23 – 06JAN24 6 weekly
Service also not available on 11FEB24

Kuala Lumpur – Doha eff 13NOV23 Planned 1 of 2 daily MH160/161 A350-900XWB replacing A330-300 unchanged. Extra flight scheduled from KUL on 15JAN24 and 26JAN24
Kuala Lumpur – Guangzhou eff 29OCT23 Increase from 4 to 5 weekly (6 from 17NOV23, 7 from 05DEC23), A330-200 operating
Kuala Lumpur – Jeddah eff 29OCT23 Increase from 9 to 11 weekly (12 from 01JAN24)
Kuala Lumpur – Madinah eff 29OCT23 Increase from 9 to 10 weekly (12 from 01JAN24)
Kuala Lumpur – Melbourne
06NOV2323 – 29JAN24 Increase from 14 to 15 weekly, A330-300 (Previous: 29DEC23 – 02FEB24)
eff 31DEC23 MH149/148 A350-900XWB replaces A330-300

Kuala Lumpur – Phnom Penh eff 29OCT23 Increase from 10 to 12 weekly
Kuala Lumpur – Shanghai Pu Dong Reduce from 10 weekly to following (Initially filed 10 weekly for entire season)
29OCT23 – 30NOV23 7 weekly
13DEC23 – 01JAN24 9 weekly

Kuala Lumpur – Surabaya eff 29OCT23 Increase from 7 to 10 weekly (11 weekly eff 08FEB24)
Kuala Lumpur – Sydney 03NOV23 – 03FEB24 Increase from 14 to 15 weekly (16 weekly eff 19DEC23), A330-300 (The 16th weekly flight previously scheduled 19DEC23 – 30DEC23)
Kuala Lumpur – Xiamen eff 29OCT23 3 weekly service discontinued

Previously reported changes:
Kuala Lumpur – Ahmedabad eff 01DEC23 4 weekly 737-800 (Last served until March 2006)
Kuala Lumpur – Amritsar eff 10NOV23 4 weekly 737-800, new route (Previously reported as 2 weekly)
Kuala Lumpur – Bangalore eff 29OCT23 11 weekly 737-800 service maintained, instead of previously filed 7 weekly
Kuala Lumpur – Colombo eff 29OCT23 7 weekly 737-800 service maintained, instead of previously filed 5 weekly
Kuala Lumpur – Hong Kong eff 29OCT23 A330-200 continues to operate MH072/073 on Sundays
Kuala Lumpur – Kertajati eff 30OCT23 2 weekly 737-800 (Malaysia Airlines previously served Bandung until Oct 2011)
Kuala Lumpur – Kochi eff 29OCT23 Increase from 6 weekly in NS23 to 7, 737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Manila eff 04DEC23 1MH806/807 737 MAX 8 replaces -800 (Overall 15 weekly)
Kuala Lumpur – Medan Kualanamu eff 29OCT23 14 weekly 737-800 service maintained, instead of previously filed 10 weekly
Kuala Lumpur – Mumbai eff 29OCT23 MH194/195 A330-300 service maintained (Overall 1 daily A330-300, 3 weekly 737-800)
Kuala Lumpur – Phuket eff 29OCT23 1 of 2 daily 737 MAX 8 replaces -800
Kuala Lumpur – Sapporo New Chitose 05DEC23 – 30DEC23 A330-300 operates every 5 days
Kuala Lumpur – Thiruvananthapuram eff 09NOV23 2 weekly 737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo Haneda eff 29OCT23 5 weekly service remains suspended in NW23
Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo Narita eff 29OCT23 12 weekly A350-900XWB service maintained

The following is general overview of Malaysia Airlines’ Northern winter 2023/24 season operation, between 29OCT23 and 30MAR24. Certain routes will see operational frequency variations.

Kota Kinabalu – Tokyo Narita 2 weekly 737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Adelaide 5 weekly A330-300
Kuala Lumpur – Ahmedabad 4 weekly 737-800 (eff 01DEC23)
Kuala Lumpur – Amritsar 4 weekly (eff 08NOV23)
Kuala Lumpur – Auckland 8 weekly A330-200/-300
Kuala Lumpur – Bangalore 11 weekly 737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi 42 weekly 737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Beijing Daxing 4 weekly A330-300 (6 weekly from 14NOV23, 7 from 22NOV23, 4 from 07DEC23, 5 from 18DEC23, 6 from 28DEC23, 7 from 07JAN24)
Kuala Lumpur – Chennai 2 daily 737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Colombo 1 daily 737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Delhi 10 weekly A330-300/737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Denpasar 3 daily A330-200/-300, 737-800/MAX 8
Kuala Lumpur – Dhaka 2 daily A330-200/-300/737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Doha 2 daily A330-300 (eff 13NOV23: 1 daily each A330-300/350-900XWB)
Kuala Lumpur – Guangzhou 5 weekly A330-200 (6 from 17NOV23, 7 from 05DEC23)
Kuala Lumpur – Hanoi 1 daily 737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Ho Chi Minh City 18 weekly 737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Hong Kong 2 daily A330-200/737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Jakarta 46 weekly 737-800/MAX 8/A330-200 (eff 28NOV23: 47 weekly; eff 06DEC23: 48 weekly)
Kuala Lumpur – Jeddah 11 weekly A330-200 (eff 01JAN24: 12 weekly)
Kuala Lumpur – Kathmandu 10 weekly 737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Kertajati 2 weekly 737-800
Kuala Lumpur – London Heathrow 2 daily A350-900XWB
Kuala Lumpur – Madinah 10 weekly A330-200 (eff 01JAN24: 12 weekly)
Kuala Lumpur – Manila 2 daily 737-800/MAX 8
Kuala Lumpur – Medan Kualanamu 2 daily 737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Melbourne 2 daily A330-300, 1 weekly A330-200 (eff 04DEC23: 15 weekly A330-300; eff 31DEC23: 1 daily A350-900XWB, 8 weekly A330-300; eff 30JAN24: 1 daily each A350/330)
Kuala Lumpur – Mumbai 11 weekly 737-800/A330-300
Kuala Lumpur – Osaka Kansai 1 daily A330-300
Kuala Lumpur – Pekanbaru 2 weekly 737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Perth 12 weekly A330-200/-300/737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Phuket 2 daily 737-800/MAX 8
Kuala Lumpur – Sapporo New Chitose Every 5 days with A330-300 (05DEC23 – 30DEC23)
Kuala Lumpur – Shanghai Pu Dong 1 daily A330-300 (eff 01DEC23: 10 weekly A330-200/-300, reduced to 9 weekly 13DEC23 – 01JAN24)
Kuala Lumpur – Singapore 56 weekly 737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Surabaya 10 weekly 737-800 (eff 08FEB24: 11 weekly)
Kuala Lumpur – Sydney 15 weekly A330-300 (16 from 19DEC23, 14 from 04FEB24)
Kuala Lumpur – Taipei Taoyuan 1 daily 737-800/A330-200/-300
Kuala Lumpur – Thiruvananthapuram 2 weekly 737-800 (eff 09NOV23)
Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo Narita 12 weekly A350-900XWB (04FEB24 – 03MAR24 / 24MAR24 – 30MAR24: 7 weekly A330-300, 5 weekly A350-900XWB)
Kuala Lumpur – Yangon 1 daily 737-800
Kuching – Singapore 1 daily 737-800

Latest summary of planned Boeing 737 MAX 8 service entry as of 08OCT23:
Kuala Lumpur – Alor Setar 18DEC23 (one-time service)
Kuala Lumpur – Denpasar eff 04MAR24
Kuala Lumpur – Jakarta eff 05NOV23
Kuala Lumpur – Kota Kinabalu eff 29OCT23
Kuala Lumpur – Kuching eff 29OCT23
Kuala Lumpur – Manila eff 04DEC23
Kuala Lumpur – Miri eff 04NOV23
Kuala Lumpur – Penang eff 29OCT23
Kuala Lumpur – Phuket eff 29OCT23

The following is international operation overview from Northern winter 1993/94 season, taken from ABC World Airways Guide, January 1994 edition. This list only covers service operated by Malaysia Airlines aircraft.
Kota Kinabalu – Bandar Seri Begawan 3 weekly 737-400
Kota Kinabalu – Labuan – Bandar Seri Begawan 1 daily Fokker 50
Kota Kinabalu – Singapore 1 daily 737-400
Kuala Lumpur – Adelaide 1 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Bandar Seri Begawan 3 weekly 737-400
Kuala Lumpur – Bangkok 6 weekly A300, 1 weekly 737-400
Kuala Lumpur – Beijing 3 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Brisbane – Auckland 2 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Darwin – Adelaide 1 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Delhi – Karachi 2 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Denpasar 2 weekly 737-400
Kuala Lumpur – Dubai – Istanbul – Paris CDG 1 weekly 747-300COMBI (eff 17FEB94: 747-400COMBI)
Kuala Lumpur – Dubai – Munich – Paris CDG 1 weekly 747-400COMBI
Kuala Lumpur – Dubai – Vienna – Brussels 1 weekly 747-400COMBI
Kuala Lumpur – Dubai – Zurich – Amsterdam – Zurich – Kuala Lumpur 1 weekly 747-300COMBI
Kuala Lumpur – Dubai – Zurich – Brussels 1 weekly 747-400COMBI
Kuala Lumpur – Frankfurt – Amsterdam 1 weekly 747-400
Kuala Lumpur – Frankfurt – Amsterdam – Dubai – Kuala Lumpur 1 weekly 747-400
Kuala Lumpur – Fukuoka 1 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Fukuoka – Penang – Kuala Lumpur 2 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Guangzhou 2 weekly DC10, 1 weekly A300
Kuala Lumpur – Hanoi 1 weekly 737-500
Kuala Lumpur – Hat Yai 3 weekly 737-400
Kuala Lumpur – Ho Chi Minh City 4 weekly 737-400, 3 weekly 737-300
Kuala Lumpur – Hong Kong 1 daily DC10/747-400/747-400COMBI
Kuala Lumpur – Jakarta 9 weekly 737-400
Kuala Lumpur – Jeddah 2 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Johannesburg – Mauritius – Kuala Lumpur 2 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Johor Bahru – Hong Kong 2 weekly DC10, 1 weekly A300
Kuala Lumpur – Kota Kinabalu – Cebu 2 weekly 737-500
Kuala Lumpur – Kota Kinabalu – Kaohsiung 4 weekly 737-400
Kuala Lumpur – Kota Kinabalu – Manila 3 weekly 737-400
Kuala Lumpur – Kota Kinabalu – Seoul 1 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Kota Kinabalu – Taipei 2 weekly A300
Kuala Lumpur – Kota Kinabalu – Tokyo Narita – Kuala Lumpur 1 weekly 747-400
Kuala Lumpur – Kuching – Kota Kinabalu – Hong Kong 2 weekly A300
Kuala Lumpur – Kuching – Seoul 1 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Kuching – Tokyo Narita 1 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – London Heathrow 6 weekly 747-400
Kuala Lumpur – London Heathrow – Madrid 1 weekly 747-400
Kuala Lumpur – Madras 4 weekly A300, 1 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Manila 4 weekly 737-400
Kuala Lumpur – Medan 5 weekly 737-400
Kuala Lumpur – Melbourne – Sydney 5 weekly 747-400
Kuala Lumpur – Penang – Madras 1 weekly A300
Kuala Lumpur – Penang – Medan 1 daily 737-400
Kuala Lumpur – Penang – Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur 2 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Perth 4 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Phnom Penh 3 weekly 737-400
Kuala Lumpur – Phuket 3 weekly 737-400
Kuala Lumpur – Seoul 1 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Singapore 105 weekly 737-400/-500/A300
Kuala Lumpur – Surabaya 2 weekly 737-400
Kuala Lumpur – Taipei 4 weekly A300
Kuala Lumpur – Taipei – Los Angeles 1 weekly 747-400
Kuala Lumpur – Taipei – Los Angeles – Mexico City 2 weekly 747-400
Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo Narita 1 weekly 747-400COMBI
Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo Narita – Kota Kinabalu – Kuala Lumpur 2 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo Narita – Los Angeles 3 weekly 747-200 (eff 17FEB94: 747-400)
Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo Narita – Penang – Kuala Lumpur 2 weekly DC10
Kuala Lumpur – Vienna – Frankfurt 1 weekly 747-400COMBI (eff 17FEB94: 747-400)
Kuching – Bandar Seri Begawan 3 weekly 737-400
Kuching – Singapore 2 daily 737-400, 1 daily A300
Langkawi – Singapore 3 weekly 737-400
Penang – Bangkok 1 daily 737-400
Penang – Singapore 4 daily 737-400
Tawau – Tarakan 2 weekly DHC6

Route map illustration below also sourced from ABC World Airways Guide.