I love the fact that 4 and half hours of this flight is over Australia. This is something I remember every time I went to Singapore that 2/3rds of the flight was just spent crossing Australia!

Happy to see a new one! Had a very sad couple of weeks, and these trips always help, for whatever reason. 😊

Looking forward to seeing how you continued your journey to Jakarta Noel but with no real worry. There are so many flights every day from Denpasar to Jakarta that you'd have to be astonishingly unlucky not to get a seat.

Hi Noel another great vid. I’ve flown on the 737 max 8. A fantastic aircraft and I’ve always felt safe on them. It’s amazing how big Australia actually is. Remember flying from Bangkok to Sydney and most the flight was spent over Australia. Also love the diddly squat t shirt!

I flew Malindo from BKK to Melbourne in the premium cabin and loved it. Reminded me of upstairs in a 747.

i flew Malindo a few years ago before they renamed to batik. flight was from MEL-DPS return and it was a definite experience... given the price of the tickets it's hard to complain too much about the lack of service (it was like $400aud return after i added luggage etc)... if you're on a budget it's no worse than jetstar, but it's not something i'm keen to repeat personally :)

Noel: “How will I survive a cramped six-hour flight on a narrowbody?” Any American flying a coast-to-coast west-bound domestic flight: “That’s adorable.”

Hey Noel, I recently flew this flight and had the opposite experience. It was bloody terrible. 2 hour delay leaving Brisbane, and almost missed by two connecting domestic flight/s within Indonesia. Incredibly stressful experience and I will simply pay extra for malay/Singapore next time.

For the 737 max. I’ve been on a lot of them. Transport Canada had so many strict protocols for them to return to the sky so I definitely feel very safe on them!

Great and entertaining video as always Noel! I am by no means an expert on Batik Air Malaysia / Malindo Air but I believe that their new cabins do feature in-flight entertainment, but most of the MAX-8 aircraft are ex-Lion Air planes and have not been reconfigured for Batik Air Malaysia. The new cabins also feature Business Class recliner seats. And btw Batik Air Malaysia is Sortof a Hybrid airline unlike Lion Air which is low cost and sucks. Let’s hope they get that fixed soon since 6 hours without IFE… 😬 keep it up mate!

They’re really trying to dominate the market in a big way in parts of Australia, between Batik Indonesia and Batik Malaysia they’re currently running about 25 to 30 flights a week out of Perth to DPS and KUL and curiously applied for traffic rights to fly KUL-PER-AKL recently. Will be interesting to see where they’re at in the next few years particularly as some of the routes they want to fly really push the limits of the MAX 8’s range e.g KUL-MEL.

Great vlog as always! Keep up the good work. Be safe!

I loved the video a lot! Seeing airlines from places I've never been to is amazing, and that arrival was stunning! Denpasar is definitely only my list! I have always loved the MAX ever since it came out, and I still do! I've been on SO MANY MAX's in my time, and I've never felt anything less than 150% safer on them.

Thanks Noel for your willingness to be in claustrophobic position for 6 hours

Batik is the full service company of the Lion Air Group, Lion (a budget airline) is the Original airline from Indonesia, Malindo is the Malaysian Lion Air, Thai Lion is the Thai version of Lion Air and Wings is the 'budget' Lion Air (also flying local minor routes using ATR-72s).

Thanks for taking us along Noel! Have to say I love your t-shirt! Didddly Squat Farm! Lol

great video mate keep em coming!

Wow, Brissy airport looked SO different - except for the tiled-floor arrival hall. Mind you, I was there circa 2003 or so. Glad your flight was pretty good, Noel - especially for such a tall, big westerner (no slights, mate, I've been there myself - and I was only 5'11" - but muscly - not a skeleton, so, to them, I was 'BIG".) Enjoying your vids, mate. Cheers!

Thanks a lot Great Noel, I was wondering how you will jump over those two passengers to go for a loo review but actually you made.

I had 6 and half hours on a Virgin Australian 737 from Christchurch in New Zealand to Melbourne in Australia & onto Brisbane,seating in economy was cramped but the food was very good though.

Hi Noel, I thought you would fly from Brisbane to Perth, then take the 787 Dreamliner back home to London, a 17.5-hour flight. Great video as always. Keep up the awesome work. Safe travels.

Wow, ace. At least the seats were comfy, sound vid Noel.

"737 MAX is super duper safe, nothing else could possibly happen to these" sure didn't age well......

I knew this video is about Batik Air Malaysia and i track your flight to Bali actually. As an Indonesian viewer, Batik Air Indonesia and Malaysia are the full service airline of Lion Air Group and not a low cost. Before 9M-LRF, it was previously being operated by Lion Air but Lion Air doesn't want this plane anymore for a few reasons. Now, 9M-LRF is operated by Batik Air Malaysia previous name Malindo Air. I love this video👍

Was doing a flight in the simulator from Australia to Singapore and I remember taking a nap while the flight was cruising over Australia, and when I woke up, I was STILL flying over Australia 😂😂

Hey Noel... Love the videos, and the sense of humor ;) With all these flights , what status are you holding on the airlines and is it worth attempting to get to those higher levels in order to be able to upgrade etc? Keep the videos coming , especially the ones where you are crammed in cos they are funniest haha

Noel brilliant review ! As an enthusiast there were some very exotic colour schemes to be seen on departure and arrival of your great Max8 flight .😀

Thanks for flying these airlines Noel. Always really interesting

I flew on a brand new 2022 Max 8 with Southwest. Very smooth ride. I got to ride on a -800 before hand and hands down the Max 8 was way more comfortable, and had more leg room with the slim seats.

Great share, I am glad you had better than expected experience with airline. As far as Max, I agree with your assessment. That said to bad you couldnt spend more time in Bali. That said I am surprised you had so many lines to go through. I been to bali many years ago. First time I did have Visa on Arrival, but I not even sure it took me 20 minutes to go from Airplane to baggage through customs and immigration including buying visa. More recent times, Bali no longer for Americans required such so very quick. That said, I havent been to Bali since they reopened due to covid, so that is understandably extra time.

I'm glad that you thought the flight was good! I flew this exact route with Batik Air in September from Brisbane to Bali. The flight overall was decent, seats were comfortable enough, tickets were expensive but inflation what can you do, I just wish I knew about no inflight entertainment ahead of time. It made for a really boring flight but I downloaded some shows for the return flight.

Hope you made it to Jakarta Noel. An absolutely amazing city. I hope to get back there one day in the near future.

I flew Malindo in their "Business Class' fom KL to Bali to Melbourne. Had the exact same experience as you, incredibly impressive.

Great report, Noel. Enjoyed your milk run. Stay safe.

Hi Noel - Just as a point of interest, do you ever have problems filming at the airport (s)?

Flying for six hours in economy isn't optimal, but it is certainly ok. That airline seems to have quite a good experience in economy. Thanks for showing this.

Another great video! Looks like a good way fly. Beautiful new aircraft with nice seats.

Thanks for sharing Noel 👍

Don’t worry there are plenty of flights from DPS to CGK. You will get your connecting easily.

I actually appreciated your foray into Cebu Pacific’s all Economy A330, so I for one know that you’re NOT always in Business Class. Cheers and happy travels!

it's nice to see that you were enjoying batik air. and about Lyon air they're known for their flight delays and cancelations, Lyon air is definitely one of the worst airways in Indonesia, for the best I'd say Garuda Indonesia. But overall great video, I enjoyed it. Keep it up :)

Love those late night, early morning shuttle airport puckups

You should start introducing the bell challenge. How long does it take for them to get to you.

Hi Noel! Love your videos. Love your voice!

I had a chance to ride a MAX 8 Between Gatwick and Faro, Portugal (Both ways) with Tui last month. As my previous flight 6 years prior was in an A380 (BA), I was very surprised to find the little aircraft to be just as (if not slightly more) comfortable than the latter.

Yeah thanks for the Solomon Airline A320 at 7:53, my country's airline. try us some time!

Hi Noel - just an idea, I think it would be interesting for us to see what routes the airlines you go on cover (see their route structure), and whether your flights are full or not. I'm not sure if you include the costs but that would be interesting as well. Thank you.

Another great vid. Just a question, what flight tracker do you use in-flight that uses gps?

"They marked you as 2" Noel "I thought I lost weight" 😆😅🤣

As an Aussie I’m be flown with malindo/batik air and it’s actually not bad. They serve a complimentary hot meal but no alcohol as they’re dry. Had IFE and usb charging for similar price to other airlines. Most other airlines flying to Indonesia from aus are budget carriers, some with even more questionable safety standards. I didn’t mind batik air

I agree! Your in economy more then most of the other travel channels out there for sure. 👍🏾

The people complaining about you only flying business class..is ridiculous..apparently they don't watch enough of your wonderful channel. So happy you and your family live in America now.. Welcome!!!!

Now that you are on this side of the pond, have you thought of doing IAH to ANC on United, or maybe PTY to SFO on COPA? I know the COPA flight is 7 hours on a 737 Max or 900.

I flew malindo a couple years ago, I quite liked it actually, after experiencing Vietjet airlines as a tall person

You seem lucky to have quite a smooth landing. Most people experienced rough and hard landing when they touched down in Denpasar.

Hello Noel. Great videos. Could you tell me when you booked and paid for the flight? Malindo's website itself only mentioned 'from A$569 fares' for BNE to DPS. Thanks

You seemed to have been very comfortable on that flight giving everything a good report. It was interesting to see the attractive airport in Bali - I was there on a Qantas stopover once on a dark and stormy night, and as we flew out towards Australia all I could think was "if this plane goes down, that ocean is full of sharks".

Malindo was one of my chosen way to fly to Australia. It's hugely better than Lionair. They used to have A320's. All seats had video screens. What a disappointment they changed. Noel, I live in Jakarta if you have need of a tour guide. LOL

I flew the Max on Air Canada a couple of weeks ago. Great plane. Quiet and roomy. I hope Malaysian Batik is a safer operator than Indonesian operators. Flying Lion Air you deserve a medal.

I like your reports on the economy seats ... nice

i too like riding on the max-8, very smooth

Loved the Rex video, was hoping you were going to do a few more flights or train trips whilst in Australia :( Will you be back anytime soon?

Hey Noel, thanks for another great video, Just looking at the food, and you've been so many places, have to managed to avoid food poisoning? Not a name and shame but you either have ayou had bad airline food that you felt unwell after?

As a Perth based frequent flyer who often visits Asia, I find batik to be quite good as far as budget carriers. I would certainly choose them over Jetstar (unless I was flying out of somewhere I can take advantage of my Qantas membership) Back when they used to serve food for free the barbecue chicken was fantastic. There planes can vary significantly unfortunately, most have inflight entertainment but don't provide headphones (back from their full service days I guess)

Looking forwards to your see how you continued your flight. If you come to Melbourne next time, I would gladly show you around such as dinner in Lygon Street and the drive down the Great Ocean Rd to Apollo Bay.

11:37 Noel : "It's definitely chicken" Me watching in front of laptop drinking coffee : Yepp.......

hey noel !! what is the tracking app you use IN flights ? at 15:40???

8:00 aaah, F-28. Really miss the pair of those RR Spey's *howl*

Last time I fly with batik/ malindo, there were entertaiment screen. Idk why they using non-entertaiment screen fleet for international haul flight like this. But I agree with the food, its decent and sometimes you had indian briyani/ tandoori, which really good.

Great video Noel

'if anything else happened to a max 8 Boeing would be done ...' still feeling so safe Noel?

The comments about the safety of the max 8 have aged well given the recent event... 😂

You make a very good point on the max 8 actually. If anything was to happen to another Boeing would be screwed. So they have done the most checks to any plane in the world to make it certified again. But I still would feel more nervous getting on one then a normal 737 as to me for Boeing to even let the max fly without all this stuff at first makes me fear what else they could be cheaping out on. I know they wouldn't as it would ruin Boeing just a psychological thing I think.

Had a trans-Atlantic flight on Westjet 737-800 (not a MAX) seven and a half hours from Dublin to Toronto in September. Somewhat odd as I flew on a Westjet 787 Dreamliner from Calgary to Dublin in early September.

A new adventure indeed begins in a new place for you, Indonesia even if that stay may only be short! but one day, you'll hit up the new capital Nusantara in just 2 years time! You just may be back there one day!

Hey Noel!!! Shout out to Jezza's farm lol 😆 nice t-shirt 👌 cheers mate for the latest content!!! ✌️

At 15:50 - were you using GPS? How? I can never get any GPS reception on my phone when I'm on a plane.

Adelaide International Airport (YPAD) 4am open, coffee available at that time also pity that Brisbane is so behind us here in Adelaide (yes I'm from Adelaide)

The Pullman is one of my favs in Brissy

I did this in 2009 with Virgin Australia quite a haul in a 737 they were Virgin Blue back then

“I thought I had lost some weight” made me laugh Ngl 😂

We unfortunately had to go on a Batik Air flight as Turkish Airlines use them on some flights to Australia. It was more basic than Ryanair and I was pretty annoyed we had to buy food and drinks not knowing anythjng anout the airline!

One time I missed my flight from Yogyakarta to Denpasar with Lion air, and bought a ticket with Batik air going to Jakarta first then Bali. I've flown few domestic flight in other countries, mostly US and Canada, gotta say Batik is probably the best domestic flight experience I've had. Their chair is spacious, has a screen for movies and games, and the plane is very empty for some reason (on my flight back to jogja lion air was really packed). I hit so many home runs on their baseball game too, wish they'd keep my record because all the top 10 was my record. Definitely won't mind to fly again, even surprised to learn that is a bad reputation budget airline.

Haha that diddly squat farm t shirt!! I never knew you love jezza (Jeremy clarkson) 😂😂

Does anyone know the cancellation rate of Batik? Thinking to take Batik on this route as it's a fair bit cheaper than Virgin. Not concerned about delays as we'll only take the direct flight but more concerned about cancellations. Had happen this before with a Taiwanese airline who cancelled 2 days before because they hadn't sold enough tickets. Anyone know if Batik does this?

didnd see the free meal -so thumbs up from me. by the way on interfug, cubana, tarom(il62 m+tu154m planes) the free dinner was 5 stars. eastberlin - havanna (cubana+interflug)or munich - tel aviv(tarom) for example

12:50 another issue amongst the countless others that go unreproted at being....finished? nah chief still in business lol

Good video! Thank you!

If you haven't already done so (and I don't think you have) you should try to fly Luxair one of these days. I would be very interested what you make of them. 🙂

bought a ridge wallet years before you advertised it. finally broke it abd bought another. proapably cvould have done the thing to have them fix it but why worry. i like it and bought annother:) they are good!

I am assuming that the max8 you flew with was after it was re cleared right?

Love the Jezza Clarkson diddly squat t shirt 👍

I hate that they change the name Malindo to Batik air Malaysia when the offer is closer to lion air and different from the actual batik air

Had I known you were coming to Brisbane I would've happily shouted you a meal featuring our reef and beef delicacies. Maybe next time!

Love the t-shirt!!

I’ve never flown on an Indonesian airline. I have, however, ridden on a 6.5 hour 737 flight multiple times, Orlando to Seattle on Alaska Air. Their seats aren’t quite as tight as yours was in the video, but they’re not comfy for that long of a flight, either.

What app do you use to check your in flight location thanks

Max 8? You are braver than I am for flying one of those dangerous planes.

love your t shirt lovely flight i always relax when i fly with you greetings from the netherlands

As a Top Gear/ Clarkston fan I love the Diddily Squat Shop t-shirt.