FAA stuft Malaysische Fluggesellschaften auf Cat 2 runter!

The new rating means the air carriers from the country cannot start new services and are restricted to current levels of any existing service to the United States. The carriers would also be subject to additional inspections at U.S. airports.

FAA will also not allow reciprocal code-sharing arrangements between U.S. carriers and Malaysian carriers when a country is rated Category 2.
The downgrade places Malaysia in the same FAA category as neighbour Thailand, which was downgraded to Category 2 in December 2015 and has since tried unsuccessfully to restore the top Category 1 rating.

Other countries in Category 2 include Bangladesh, Ghana and Costa Rica.
At present, the only Malaysian airline route to the United States is AirAsia X Bhd services from Kuala Lumpur to Honolulu via Osaka

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Malaysia’s AirAsia X planned to operate fifth freedom flights between Japan and the US West Coast in a bid to stimulate competition in a market effectively consolidated from joint-ventures between US and Japanese airlines.
Malaysia Airlines stopped flying to the US in 2014 and did not have plans to resume North American service. But AirAsia X is impacted.

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