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  • Short Trip to KUL on Malindo and Tigerair

    This would be a short trip report of my recent weekend stint to Kuala Lumpur. Flights up and back were booked on Malindo and Tigerair at very reasonable prices.

    Checked in at Terminal 3 an hour prior to the Friday evening departure. Would be trying Malindo's economy class this time round, after having flown on their Business Class just a month back.




    Departure gate at B3.




    Boarding commenced early.





    26 February 2016
    Malindo Air
    OD 806
    Singapore (SIN) - Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
    B737-800
    9M-LNU
    Economy Class
    Flight Time: 30m



    Boarding the brand new B737-800.




    Welcomed by very friendly Malindo girls and proceeded to my seat at the Emex row, which can be pre-booked at no additional charges during online check-in! Same for the 1st row seats of economy class if available during online check-in.

    Legroom galore!




    Out the window.




    Boarding in progress. IFE system was already activated, which you can enjoy using your own earphones.




    MalindoMag




    Boarding almost completed. However pushback was slightly delayed due to a missing passenger. Note the rather large and clear touchscreen IFE screens in Economy.




    Safety video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icjJn79YLtQ


    Taxi to Rwy02C. Due to congestion, the taxi to the runway took almost as long as the flight itself!






    Takeoff from Rwy02C.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86RPayw6XsU


    Climbing out of Changi.

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    All IFE selection, including movies, were available. The selection was definitely not the most updated.




    Seatbelt signs turned off and with no time to spare, crew came down the aisle with a trolley to distribute refreshments. Economy class was rather full while I suspect Business Class was empty. 2 crew were conducting the service in Economy.




    Stuck to the flightmap for my IFE.




    Refreshment on this very short flight consisted of a sweet bread and a cup of drinking water. This was more than what SQ/MI offers on the same route while probably charging triple the price.




    Very soon, descend commenced and cabin was prepared for arrival.




    Landing on KLIA2's Rwy33.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q4uWy5N4N0


    Even with the late departure due to long taxi, we arrived on schedule. I believed this was my shortest SIN-KUL flight ever flown, with a flight time of exactly 30min from takeoff to landing. This was even faster than my 10km bus ride from home to airport! Conversely, the return KUL-SIN sector would be my longest ever flight on the route.

    Parked at KLIA2. Our parking position was an obscenely long walk (15min brisk walk or 30min slow stroll!!) to immigration.




    A short but very satisfactory flight on Malindo. With the price of the airfare even lower than budget airlines, I was very impressed with the frills provided by Malindo on this short sector, which even rival the full-service carriers.


    After the late evening exercise of walking the entire KLIA2 and an hour bus ride to KL Sentral, I checked into Aloft KL Sentral, a rather new hotel managed by SPG group and a part of the W chain. It was a very pleasant 2 nights stay at this contemporary-designed hotel.






    Main purpose of the weekend getaway is to have a culinary tour, and that was what I did!







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    • #3
      More KL food porn.










      For the return, it was another hour's bus ride from KL Sentral to KLIA2. KLIA2 is a massive terminal, and all arriving travellers by public transportation would have to go through Gateway@KLIA, which is basically a transport hub cum 'shopping mall' connected to the airport terminal. There were quite a few shops, eateries and even a supermarket.






      FIDS. Majority were AirAsia flights.




      Had a late lunch at a café.




      Before proceeding to the terminal for check-in. It was very busy, much busier than KLIA if I remember.






      3 counters were opened for the Tigerair flight with no queues.




      Paper boarding pass. Was allocated the Emex row! Score!

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        A bit of a queue at immigration, but 2 security checks were done (before entering sterile area and before entrance to gates area) which was a bit of a hassle.

        Luckily our flight would not be departing from faraway land today.







        28 February 2016
        Tigerair
        TR 2459
        Kuala Lumpur (KUL) - Singapore (SIN)
        A320
        9V-TAR
        Economy Class
        Flight Time: 1H06M



        Boarding gate filled up and boarding was called on schedule.

        Malindo parked beside.




        The tiger awaits.




        Boarding. Flight was rather full.




        Great legroom at Emex row.




        Window view.




        Seat pocket stuff.




        Slight delay in pushback due to settling of some paperwork and we were soon on our way to Rwy33.








        Taxi and takeoff from Rwy33.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtqdh99hOAQ


        Climbing out.

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          Climbing to our low cruising altitude of 25,000ft.




          BOB service commenced and surprisingly, there were a number of sales done on this very short flight. Crew were generally friendly and efficient.




          Cruising our way to Singapore.






          And a short flight it was not as due to airspace congestion, we were made to fly in circles for another 30min, extending our flight time to more than an hour on the 188miles route. In fact, I think this was my longest ever flight on the SIN-KUL sector (not including Firefly's turboprop flights to Subang).










          Landing on Rwy02L slightly behind schedule.

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNx2Nj-A6vc


          Taxi to gate.






          A run-of-the-mill short and uneventful flight on Tigerair it was.

          Thanks for reading this short report!
          Last edited by ycp81; 3 March 2016, 11:46 PM.
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          • #6
            Very nice KL food pics, ycp81! I really love KL street food. Apart from the restaurants at Jalan Alor, and the nasi kandar, I enjoy the Malaysian-style bak kut teh as well. Wonder why that style of BKT is impossible to find in Singapore...

            I am also a fan of the Aloft KL...

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