23 April 2023
The carrier is the best recovered of all airlines between Malaysia and India.
Malaysia Airlines is the 13th largest foreign airline serving India this northern summer, according to the latest OAG data. When measured in flights, it is smaller than fellow Southeast Asia behemoths Singapore Airlines (6th) and Thai Airways (10th).
Malaysia to India: much to recover
This summer, five airlines have non-stop Malaysia-India flights, all from Kuala Lumpur. Between them, they have 5,027 departures (double for both ways). The five are detailed in the table later in the article.
Malaysia’s flights remain down by more than a quarter versus summer 2019. The recovery is by far the slowest of India’s largest seven foreign markets, as shown below:
Saudi Arabia to India: summer 2023 flights +79.5% vs. summer 2019
- Qatar: +18.4%
- UAE: +12.9%
- Singapore: +5.5%
- Oman: +1.0%
- Thailand: -6.3%
- Malaysia: -26.3%
Using OAG to analyze schedules reveals that all airlines operating between Malaysia and India remain below their pre-pandemic levels. Funnily enough, Malaysia Airlines is the best recovered (-9.3%), perhaps aided by its strong transit market.
Malaysia Airlines remains below near neighbors Thai Airways (+10.4%) and Singapore Airlines (+73.6%). The latter’s impressive figure is misleading. Obviously, it is because Silk Air’s operations became part of Singapore Airlines. If Silk Air’s 2019 numbers are added, India services are down by -4.3%.
Malaysia to India
Malaysia Airlines is the second-largest operator, with a third of the non-stop market. It has six India routes and up to nine daily flights:
| Airline | Malaysia-India summer departures | % of the total | Flights | Indian destinations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AirAsia | 1,903 | 38% | Seven to 11 daily | Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Trichy |
| Malaysia Airlines | 1,670 | 33% | Seven to nine daily | Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Kochi, Hyderabad, Mumbai |
| Batik Air Malaysia | 1,113 | 22% | Two to eight daily | Amritsar, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Trichy |
| IndiGo | 217 | 4% | Daily | Chennai |
| AirAsia X | 124 | 2% | Four weekly | Delhi |
Malaysia Airlines’ India network
The following will all operate this summer. Aircraft are stated in order of the number of flights:
- Kuala Lumpur to Bengaluru: eight to 11 weekly; 737-800
- Kuala Lumpur to Chennai: double daily; 737-800
- Kuala Lumpur to Delhi: 10 weekly; A330-300, 737-800
- Kuala Lumpur to Kochi: four weekly; 737-800
- Kuala Lumpur to Hyderabad: daily; 737-800
- Kuala Lumpur to Mumbai: 10 weekly; A330-300, 737-800, A330-200
Snapshot: up to nine daily flights
Malaysia Airlines has seven to nine departures to India this summer, depending on the day. Nine daily occurs on just a tiny number of occasions.
On June 2nd, for example, these are all scheduled to take off, organized by departure time. Note: it is a day when Kochi isn’t served.
- 08:50: Delhi (MH172), 737-800
- 09:00: Bengaluru (MH104), 737-800
- 09:25: Chennai (MH182), 737-800
- 09:25: Mumbai (MH174), 737-800
- 18:50: Delhi (MH190), A330-300
- 19:35: Mumbai (MH194), A330-200
- 21:25: Chennai (MH180), 737-800
- 21:30: Hyderabad (MH198), 737-800
- 22:00: Bengaluru (MH192), 737-800
Click here for Kuala Lumpur-Bengaluru flights.
Source: simpleflying.com
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