Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur International) will commence its first A330-900N revenue flights on the Kuala Lumpur-Melbourne Tullamarine route on December 19 after previously postponing the start date due to the late delivery of the aircraft. The airline announced the new start date on December 13 through its social media channels.

The aircraft, 9M-MNG (msn 2080), will fly six roundtrips per week on the sector. Delivered late last month, it will replace an A330-300 that currently services the flights.

9M-MNG (msn 2080) is the first of twenty of the widebodies that Avolon will deliver to the group (including ten originally ordered from Airbus but later transferred under a sale/leaseback deal). The -900s will eventually replace the A330ceo fleet.

Malaysia Airlines expects to have another four A330-900s delivered by the end of March 2025. Aside from Melbourne, the aircraft will initially fly to Auckland International, Tokyo, and Doha Hamad International, although those start dates have yet to be announced.