AirAsia Bhd, which is in talks with Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAHB) on possible collaborations in maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) is open to collaborate with the national carrier in other areas, said its group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes. For full report please read HERE.
“Never look at tourists as a chance for making excessive profits, including to cheat by marking up prices, like taxi drivers who do not use the meter,” said our Prime Minister, YAB Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak, at a dinner hosted by the National Tourism Council of Malaysia (NTCM), HERE.
Updates @ 4:45 pm on 20-5-2015: Another AirAsia’s route expansion to Kaoshiung, Taiwan, commencing on 16-7-2015. It looks like AirAsia is on an expansion spree. Congratulation! HERE.
Updates @ 2:35 pm on 20-5-2015: AirAsia had now denied a report that it is selling its Big Loyalty Programe, HERE. Congratulations!
Of late, we hear so much of AirAsia’s great expansion plans. As Malaysians, we can’t help but to feel very proud about it because no other airlines in the world could match its fantastic business model and achievements without any help from the government – so we were told.
The Terminal 1 of Kota Kinabalu International Airport cost the nation RM1.5 billion. It was opened for operations on 19-8-2008 while enhancement and expansion of Terminal 1 was completed in 2011. Despite these developments, AirAsia had been dictating terms to Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) and/or Government and has refused to move to Terminal 1 as directed.
Reliable sources have confirmed that AirAsia owed Passengers Service Charge (PSC) (formerly known as ‘Airport Tax’) of more than RM50 million to Malaysia Airport Holding Bhd (MAHB).
Yours truly would like to wish every Malaysian a Happy Chinese New Year.
Australia’s Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) has called on the Australian government to ban all AirAsia Indonesia flights in and out of the country, pending a safety audit after information was leaked from a preliminary report concerning the investigation into the December 28 crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501.
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