Review of Malaysia Airlines flight Kuala Lumpur → Singapore in Economy

Trip Report : Kuala Lumpur - Singapore on Malaysian Airlines

Flight Details:

Airlines: Malaysian Airlines
Flight :MH609 KUL-SIN
Reg : 9M-MMD
Aircraft : Boeing 737-4H6
Dep - SIN : 2245
Arr - KUL : 2340
Flight time :0 h 55 m
Distance : 307 km or 191 miles


Trip Video: Malaysian Airlines 9M-MMD MH609 Kuala Lumpur - Singapore

Do watch the video to experience the Boeing 737-400.



Introduction

This report is from flight in Dec 2010. After arriving from Shanghai on Malaysian Airlines, Was transitting through Kuala Lumpur, see the Trip report: Malaysian Airlines 9M-MRO MH389 PVG-KUL

The Shanghai flight arrived at the Satellite Terminal, After deboarding the aircraft at 22:10 , took bus ride to the Main Terminal Building [MTB], The inter-terminal AeroTrain was shut for maintenance in those days. Had to rush as the flight to Singapore was at 22.45.

Closed AeroTrain



Towards the bus gate C5

Was happy to be in the warm humid weather after days of freezing weather in Shanghai. Bus was full as many flight had arrived. Took sometime to board the bus.



View from the bus



Arriving at the MTB



Checking the gate number as the transit time was short



Flight Schedule

Indicator had Pintu Baru [New Gate] , Flight was to depart from gate H6



Heading Towards the gate

On reaching the gate, Boarding had commenced. Since most passengers had boarded the queue for security check was short, Passed through security check.


Malaysian Airlines Boeing 737-4H6 9M-MMD

Malaysian Airlines Boeing 737-4H6 9M-MMD was operating MH609 KUL-SIN.



Aerobridge

Boarding pass and passport was checked before being allowed to board the aircraft. Queue on the aerobridge.



Boarding

Boarding pass was checked by the crew. Was directed to head straight and seat was after the business class on the left.



Business Class



Seating 2-2



Window View



Economy Class

Boeing 737-400 with single aisle and seating 3-3



Take off

Soon after the flight was boarded, push-back commenced. Took a long taxi to runway 32R, waited for a Malaysian B737-800 ahead to take off before rolling to take off to Singapore. Watch Video to experience the Boeing 737-400 lift off.

Cabin view

Flight was full as seen below. After take-off, on attaining cruising altitude. Cabin service began.



Tray Table

Since was sitting in the first seat behind the business, tray table was folded in the side.



Child Bassinet Holders

Since there were no infants on board got the seat, it had enough leg room.



Cabin Service

Crew first handed peanuts and then juice - options guava or orange juice.



Inflight Magazine with peanuts



Malaysian Kargo and Firefly Fleet Information



Route Map

Malaysian Airlines Route Map in 2010



Malaysian Airlines B737-400 Safety Card



Front



Back



Cabin View

Being a late in the day flight, most passengers were resting after the service



Landing

Being a short flight, it was soon time for landing. Approached from the East Coast towards Tanah Merah to land at Changi Airport

Taxi to Gate

After a long taxi, arrived at the gate in Terminal 2



Terminal 2



Immigration

Immigration was quick as I didn't require visa.

Baggage Collection

After completing immigration, headed to collect the bags which were loaded in Shanghai



Baggage Carousel 31

As the immigration was quick, bags dispatch had not started



Flight indicator



Transport Details and cost



Exiting the Terminal

After collecting the bags, was happy to head outside in the warm and humid Singapore, took a taxi to the hotel.

Hope you enjoyed the trip, Thanks for reading.

End of Trip

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