Iqela le-Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), umbutho wabazali wabathwali belizwe laseMalaysia, Malaysia Airlines, ibhiyozele ukuhanjiswa kweenqwelomoya zayo zokuqala ze-Airbus A330-900 (A330neo) namhlanje ngexesha lomsitho wokuqaliswa kwi-Hangar 6, i-MAB Engineering Complex. Olu nikezelo lubonisa ukuqhubela phambili okubonakalayo kwinyathelo le-MAG leenqanawa zokuphucula izithuthi, ukuqinisa ukuzinikela kwayo ekuphuculeni ukusebenza kakuhle kunye nokubonelela abakhweli inqanaba elongezelelweyo lokuthuthuzela kunye nenkonzo.
Inqwelomoya, echongiweyo i-9M-MNG, yatyhilwa ngokusemthethweni nguLoke Siew Fook, uMphathiswa wezoThutho eMalaysia, kunye noDato' Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir, uMlawuli oLawulayo weKhazanah Nasional Berhad, umnini-sabelo oyintloko we-MAG, kunye noDatuk uCaptain Izham Ismail, uMlawuli oLawulayo weQela. ye MAG. Inqwelomoya icwangciselwe ukuba iqalise ukubhabha isiya eMelbourne ngenqwelomoya i-MH149 kamva kolu rhatya ngo-10:30 PM ngexesha lasekhaya kwaye iza kuqhuba ngokuqhubekayo kwiindlela ezihamba umgama omde kulo lonke elase-Australasia, phakathi kwezinye iindawo.
I-A330neo imele ukongeza olutsha kwi-MAG yokwandisa izithuthi, ngokuzibophelela ekufumaneni iinqwelomoya ezingama-20 zizonke ngo-2028, njengoko kuchaziwe kwiMemorandam yokuQondana (MOU) esekwe ngeAirbus, Rolls-Royce, kunye neAvolon ngo-Agasti ka-2022.