MASwings-Connecting the world to Sabah and Sarawak

Tamizi TS · 02-23-2009, 11:26 PM

These are the photos of MASwings,a subsidary of Malaysia Airlines in East Malaysia.Their current fleet are:

7 Fokker 50 (9M-MGA-MGG)
4 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (9M-MDK-MDO.1 Twin Otter,9M-MDN was written off in a crash at a rural airstrip in Ba'Kelalan,Miri Division,Sarawak)
1 ATR 72-200 (9M-MWA- 6 ATRs will joining the fleet on this year and the remaining 3 on 2010)

Fokker 50

All of these photos were taken at my hometown airport (SBW/WBGS).Will share the remaining photos later.

TexAV8R · 02-24-2009, 12:16 PM

Thanks for the pics! I used to fly in those F-50s (within Sabah) when they were in the Malaysia Airlines colors... and I remember the times when as a little boy, I used to fly in the F-27s in MSA (Malaysia Singapore Airlines) colors.

Tamizi TS · 02-28-2009, 04:33 AM

You're most welcome;however the Fokkers will be leaving MASwings once the remaining 9 ATR 72-500s entering the fleet

jjorgemiami · 02-28-2009, 03:28 PM

Love the photos. They have a nice color scheme.

Tamizi TS · 02-28-2009, 11:20 PM

Yes it is,and personally saying,it is one of the best livery i've ever seen

Tamizi TS · 03-01-2009, 12:32 AM

At last,i've found the photos of MASwings DHC-6 Twin Otter.The aircraft (9M-MDN) is now a history,as it was crashed on landing at a rural airstrip in Northern Sarawak last year.There were rumors that these ageing will be replaced with new Twin Otter series 400,but it was just only rumor.

Tamizi TS · 03-01-2009, 01:09 AM

Some more:

9M-MGE

9M-MGC

(pic 2-passengers disembarking from -MGC)

-MGC alongside her eldest sister,9M-MGA

9M-MGJ.This aircraft was forced to do a belly landing at SBW when the front landing gear fails to open.The aircraft was later back in service again after reparing job done by Stork Fokker team.

(Sorry for the quality of this photo)

Tamizi TS · 04-20-2009, 08:34 PM

After a long time,it's the time to revive this topic again.

Taken on April 20th:

(MASwings 2nd ATR 72-500,named 'Kinabalu',after Mount Kinabalu-the 6th highest mountain in SE Asia.She was delivered on March 2009)

(ATR 72-500 main front cargo door.From here,you can see the name of the aircraft)

(Pilots standing by to switching off the engines)

(Engines switched off.Really love the Hamilton prop blades on ATR 72 aircrafts)

(Ground Crews preparing her for the next flight:SBW-BTU-BKI)

Current MASwings ATR:3 (The 3rd a/c,9M-MWC arrived safely at SZB from Toulouse,and headed to East Malaysia on April 18th)

So far,we haven't knew the name of the other 2 aircraft.However,these are the rumoured name of the aircraft (taken from Malaysianwings.net):

MWA - Santubong* (already in service,delivered in 2008)
MWC - Serapi* (newest aircraft,Arrived from TLS on April 2009,later arrived at BKI on Apr 18th,2009)
MWD - Danum* (delivery-June 2009)
MWE - Murut* (delivery-August 2009)
MWF - Lurmaku* (delivery-September 2009)
MWG - Gading* (delivery-December 2009)
(*names unconfirmed)

Thanks for viewing!

Garuda747400 · 04-21-2009, 12:01 PM

we need a maswings f50 from jc wings

TexAV8R · 04-21-2009, 02:02 PM

Nice pix! Hope to see some interior shots of these aircraft sometime.

Tamizi TS · 04-29-2009, 11:09 AM

Thanks for the reply

Garuda747400,I'm totally agree with you.

TexAV8R,My bro did take a shot of the interior of the aircraft,but he misplaced it somewhere.I'll upload it here after i found the photo.

Tamizi TS · 05-03-2009, 09:46 PM

I've forgotten to post this photo alongside the one i've posted here:

(Could you see the rotating blades?)

Tamizi TS · 05-03-2009, 10:05 PM

9M-MGA,Currently the oldest F50 in the fleet.Delivered to Malaysia Airlines on August 26th,1989,transferred to FlyAsianXpress-FAX (now known as AirAsia X) on August 1st,2006,and later returned to Malaysia Airlines via MASwings on October 1st,2007.

TexAV8R · 05-12-2009, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tamizi TS

..a shot of the interior of the aircraft..

Photos: ATR ATR-72-500 (ATR-72-212A) Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

Tamizi TS · 05-12-2009, 11:51 PM

Thanks for posting the photos! Sorry,as i've couldn't find the promised photo.

MASwings · 05-18-2009, 12:27 PM

Great!
Just wondering,is there any MASwings airplane model available?

Tamizi TS · 05-19-2009, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MASwings

Great!
Just wondering,is there any MASwings airplane model available?

If i'm not mistaken,Yes,and it's ATR 72-500 model in 1:100 scale.Not sure about the manufacturer,but i believed that the model is produced by Risesoon.