MH starting to look at replacement for A330s

[Saab34]

Looking at a Euro trip on this equipment so would appreciate any TR

 

[DC3]

But a couple of (minor) things on board I didn't quite like. I might do a mini-tr.

 

[desafinado74]

For MEL to KUL flights, MH148 is the only flight with the new A330 NEO isn't it ?
(Currently booked on a MH148 flight for mid Jan 2026)
But might have to change to another date and maybe an MH146 flight.

 

[AIRwin]

For MEL to KUL flights, MH148 is the only flight with the new A330 NEO isn't it ?

And MH128

 

[AIRwin]

Next stop: ADL

Malaysia Airlines Boosts Adelaide Service in 1Q26 — AeroRoutes

Published at 1600PDT / 2300GMT 07AUG25 Malaysia Airlines in the first quarter of 2026 plans to expand Airbus A330-900neo service to Australia, as Kuala Lumpur – Adelaide route becomes the next Australia market to be served by the new A330 variant. The A330-900neo will replace A330-300 from 29JA

www.aeroroutes.com

 

[jase05]

Next stop: ADL

Malaysia Airlines Boosts Adelaide Service in 1Q26 — AeroRoutes

Published at 1600PDT / 2300GMT 07AUG25 Malaysia Airlines in the first quarter of 2026 plans to expand Airbus A330-900neo service to Australia, as Kuala Lumpur – Adelaide route becomes the next Australia market to be served by the new A330 variant. The A330-900neo will replace A330-300 from 29JA

www.aeroroutes.com

Excellent. Got a couple of trips to Asia in the first half of next year and we usually float between MH and SQ so even though I’ve enjoyed my MH flights they are getting long in the tooth

 

[jase05]

Next stop: ADL

Malaysia Airlines Boosts Adelaide Service in 1Q26 — AeroRoutes

Published at 1600PDT / 2300GMT 07AUG25 Malaysia Airlines in the first quarter of 2026 plans to expand Airbus A330-900neo service to Australia, as Kuala Lumpur – Adelaide route becomes the next Australia market to be served by the new A330 variant. The A330-900neo will replace A330-300 from 29JA

www.aeroroutes.com

MH going to 6 flights per week from ADL starting November and then daily from FEB 2nd.
Will be nice to get the newer product

 

[AIRwin]

MH going to 6 flights per week from ADL starting November and then daily from FEB 2nd.
Will be nice to get the newer product

Daily A330-900neo from 15 April:

Malaysia Airlines Further Revises Adelaide Service in NS26 — AeroRoutes

Published at 1400PST / 2200GMT 09JAN26 Malaysia Airlines this week filed further service revisions on Kuala Lumpur – Adelaide route for Northern summer 2026 season. From 15APR26, the airline will operate A330-900neo aircraft on all 7 weekly flights, instead of initially planned 2 of 7 weekly. M

www.aeroroutes.com

 

[German_flyer]

From 09/2026 KUL-DPS-KUL MH715/714 with A330-900neo.

 

[AIRwin]

Economy class:

 

[AIRwin]

DEpLoying outside of Australia:

Malaysia Airlines Expands A330neo Network From Jan 2027 — AeroRoutes

Published at 1930PCT 05NOV26 / 0230GMT 06NOV26 Malaysia Airlines in the last few days filed expanded Airbus A330-900neo network from mid-January 2027. The A330neo will be introduced on following flights. Kuala Lumpur – Delhi MH190/191 eff 15JAN27 Day x2 Kuala Lumpur – Taipei Taoyuan 15JAN2

www.aeroroutes.com

 

[Berlin]

Just did SYD-KUL on that new A330-9 neo in Business on both legs and I must say, not a fan of the seat! It’s essentially the same narrow uncomfortable seat that BA has on some of the 777s which says it all, really. Compared to the excellent Aria suite that CX has been introducing it’s like night and day. The door is a joke as it’s so low, it’s really for nothing. The suite feels cramped, has very limited storage and in bed mode, you lie on a very hard seat partition right where your lower back is (something I painfully recall from the BA product).

Saying that- MH has made huge strides in terms of service and overall onboard offerings in recent years. The food is excellent (though I highly recommend to NOT fall for the rather mediocre pre-order offerings which is very different from, say SQ or CX), especially the delicious Satay course. Service on our night flight was a bit of a downer but all the others (various connecting inner Asian flights as well) were easily at SQ level or even beyond (which isn’t that hard to do as SQ is majorly overrated imho in recent years).

 

[pandadude]

I recently flew out of Perth. Was on a A332 and returned on a A333. I was speaking to a few people in the lounge, and a lot were complaining about been moved from A330 NEO to A333 or A332.

This time flew economy.

To be super honest the A332 is super ancient and hasn't had a refit for ages. Does give a better business class passenger to flight attendant though.

Part of the delay with A330 NEO was stray tool inside the horizontal tail plane resulting on Airbus delaying all delivery.

Note I haven't actually found a direct source from Malaysian Airlines about the airline replacing all A332 and A333 by the end of the year. A lot of the reporting is via third party sources quoting Malaysian Airlines.