Recently, it has been opted that MAS has broached the idea of swapping the A380 which will be commencing in early 2011 for smaller wide-body aircraft to avoid up to US$300 million in penalty if it were to cancel the order. 

The concept of swapping the A380's will be to having more A330's and also A350's. With another Malaysian brand airline,Air Asia which are over helming the target of using 100% Airbus compare to Boeing by all 3 based countries which is Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.

With the current operation of Airbus by MAS, it have around 14 A330-200/300s with an average age of 13 years. This may will be a good venture of purchasing new A330's around 18  to 25 units and opting more fuel efficiency by the brand Airbus.
 

The real fact is that MAS are planning to replace their wide-body aircraft and also evaluating various options to ensure that the aircraft complement with their fleet replacement strategy. At the same time, they do believe in need to match the new aircraft to their famous network growth plans, especially for key markets such as South Asia, China, Australia and the Middle East.

MAS ordered the A380s in late 2003 through Penerbangan Malaysia Bhd, a leasing company owned by the Ministry of Finance. If the swap were to take place, MAS would likely phase out its entire fleet of Boeing wide-body aircraft comprising seventeen 777-200s and thirteen 747-400s.

With the current restructuring the aircraft in MAS, it had been a while which all the 777's and also 747's had made the strongest support for MAS in their long haul routes. 

Replica MAS A380

From swapping from Boeing to Airbus, MAS need to be very cautious and careful when planning either both A330's and A350's can produce the same service as Boeing had been producing for MAS. This is because the engineering in both Airbus and Boeing are both two different background. Can all MAS Pilots and engineering cope of handling different hydraulics and fly by wire system in a short time of period?

This would be great if MAS would consider of having detailed advise on the engineering and servicing all Airbus fleet from Air Asia. It also been reported that Air Asia are having options of loaning more Airbus A340's towards next year in conjunction of the route to United States.
 

In the current update, MAS already has an order for 35 narrow-body 737-800s, with another 20 on option, delivery of which will start in the fourth quarter of next year. However, these planes are more for regional flights and will be replacing most of its 737-400's. With the current updates in purchasing new aircraft by MAS, this would ensure the name of MH is always top in the world.