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insightful from PB

Worth reading http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/doubts-over-russian-media-satellite-image-claiming-to-show-mh17-shot-down-by-ukrainian-fighter-jet/story-fnizu68q-1227123846130

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324162304578305522771195456.html KUALA LUMPUR—AirAsia X Bhd 5099.KU 0.00% ., the long-haul arm of Southeast Asia's largest budget carrier by fleet size, is likely to delay a planned $250 million initial public offering in Malaysia until after general elections there are held, two people familiar with the process said Friday. AirAsia X, a unit of AirAsia Bhd., had planned to list by March, one of the people said. "The elections will likely cause a slight delay," the person said. Malaysia's general elections are required by law to be held by June 27, but are widely expected to take place earlier. State-run news agency Bernama on Thursday quoted Prime Minister Najib Razak as saying Parliament could be dissolved "very, very soon." Investors in Malaysia's equity markets often turn jittery before and immediately after general elections. In 2008, the 30-share benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index tumbled nearly 10% on the first day of trading after the National Front coalition, which has ruled Malaysia since independence in 1957, lost its two-thirds majority in Parliament for the first time. "It is smart to let the election risk pass, so that investors can take better-informed decisions," the second person said. Last year was a banner year for IPOs in Malaysia, which vaulted to fifth place globally by deal value. It is expected to struggle to retain that ranking this year, but a number of big-ticket deals, such as power producer Malakoff Corp Bhd.'s planned $1 billion IPO, will help keep the country in the deals headlines. In any case, it looks to be a busy market year for AirAsia. Chief Executive Tony Fernandes told The Wall Street Journal last month that the group hopes to list Indonesia AirAsia, in which it holds 49%, on the Jakarta stock exchange in the third quarter. AirAsia X still plans to sell up to 790 million shares—equivalent to a one-third stake—in its IPO, one of the people said. According to the draft prospectus, 685.6 million shares were to be allotted to institutional investors and 104.4 million shares to retail investors. The company hasn't disclosed the pricing. More than half of IPO proceeds will be used to repay bank loans, while around a fifth will fund capital expenditure, including the purchase of equipment and spare parts for aircraft, the prospectus said. AirAsia X owns a fleet of nine Airbus A330-300s for scheduled services and has two A340-300s for wet-lease and charter operations flying to 12 destinations across Asia and the Middle East. The company has appointed CIMB Investment Bank as its principal adviser to the IPO. Maybank Investment Bank, 1155.KU -0.78% CIMB and Credit SuisseCSGN.VX -0.48% are the joint global coordinators. Write to Abhrajit Gangopadhyay at Abhrajit.gangopadhyay@dowjones.com

Buys a few more ..6 is to littel

The ML series are leased. My guess is that the MS series will be with out IFE and will be owned by MH. Doubtfull that they will buy a 738 with out a winglet. It supposed to give a 5% saving on fuel.

Ak business model was point to point service. Fly thorough ...giving people conveniences to connect through to other flight ...without extra changes...TF must be going mad!! May be he has learned something for some else.

I hope thier plan to decommision those jumbo is still on....its too old and has to go ... If this happens than those 380 could be used to Syd. Well until I physically see a MAS 380 at mascot, I would not believe anything anyone says. Its the joy and perks of flying anything posiable airline. You never know what you will get !!.

bought a ticket with them to do Syd- Kul in November just to fly the 380, even though the red one was cheaper by $300. ah...now feeling cheated of the opportunity. Been a loyal supporter for many years.... Should have just booked with the red one and saved some money. At least you know what expect with the red one, a small seat for 8 hrs.

When is the delivery ....it should be happening soon. Will be doing Syd -Kul with it on Oct.

There is no ILS in OOL . You would have to look out the window to land. Surprisingly other regional airport have in in Oz but not OOL

Another premium airline out of Subang, great idea!! Don’t have to travel another 50+ km to Klia. Save time and money. Offer reasonable price for flight around SEA, I'm all yours. MH and FY can always buy me back with irresistible ticket price. So please go ahead and compete. TF: Salute to you for having the b ls to stir around... keep it coming man !!.

On youtube the actual arival.

Plane rage pops business-class bubbles Nino Bucci July 27, 2011 - 3:08PM Khairulddin Mohammad Yahya. Photo: Paul Rovere A judge has told a Melbourne University honours graduate who had to be handcuffed and bound to his seat during a flight that he should not have interrupted business class passengers from enjoying their champagne. Khairulddin Mohammad Yahya swore loudly at the inflight supervisor and repeatedly poked him in the chest - behaviour described in court earlier this year as similar to that of a terrorist - before the captain left the cockpit to deal with him. But Judge Geoffrey Chettle said in the County Court today that Yahya had made no reference to bombs or terrorism during the incident, which started when Yahya attempted to sit with his mother in business class on the Malaysian Airlines flight in July 2009. Advertisement: Story continues below Yahya, 22, had pleaded guilty to disorderly behaviour on an aircraft but was appealing the conviction and $1500 fine he was sentenced to in April this year. Senior magistrate Dan Muling told him at the time: "It's like you're a terrorist on a plane". Judge Chettle overturned the conviction but ordered Yahya to pay $2000 to UNICEF and placed him on a 12-month good behaviour bond. He said Yahya's behaviour was unacceptable but young men and university students had always done stupid things. "It was offensive behaviour, and it just happened to occur in an aeroplane and not on the street," he said. "People on aeroplanes are entitled to sit in business class and drink their champagne without dealing with unruly passengers. "If it had been on the bus, he would have been thrown off, but they can't throw him off an aeroplane." Prosecutor Matt Challen said Yahya's mother had requested an upgrade for her son about two hours after leaving Malaysia but when it was refused he sat next to her anyway. He was repeatedly told to return to economy class, only to return to business class minutes later. Less than three hours before arriving in Melbourne, Yahya called the cabin supervisor a "motherf-----" and said "f--- all of you" after he was again confronted about sitting in the wrong area. He also poked the man several times in the chest. The captain, who noticed Yahya slurred his words and smelt of alcohol, asked his mother to tell him to return to his seat and stop harassing the crew. Yahya complied, but later returned four times to business class before he was handcuffed in his seat and then was restrained with his ankles tied with tape. Mr Challen said his mother collapsed and screamed hysterically when she tried to loosen his handcuffs and take him to the toilet. Defence barrister Tony Burns said Yahya wanted to sit with his mother because she had a long history of suffering migraines and anxiety problems. He said his client drank four heavy beers over about 10 hours before the incident. Mr Burns said Yahya's prospects of gaining employment and permanent residency would be damaged if the conviction was upheld. Yahya graduated as a chemical engineer with honours last year and had been offered a job in Western Australia, while his permanent residency application was pending. The former Geelong Grammar student, whose father is the chairman of a Malaysian company, had been sent to Australia from Malaysia to study in 2003. Mr Burns said Yahya was the first member of his family who had been in trouble with the law. Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/plane-rage-pops-businessclass-bubbles-20110727-1hzon.html#ixzz1THkflmUd

Hi David, Is there any talk with in the company to replace the DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 series with the newer 400 series. Those old birds need to go.

what going to happen to the 2 jet. Does Malta own then now

Is it once off for the 1st aircraft ....or more to come ?

Jetstar and Virgin use it in Syd. They board passengers through the front door with the aerobridge and the back door with the mobile staircase at the same time. The cabin crew at the gate will tell you which door to use. 25 minutes easy turned around using both door.

D7 reply http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/airasia-x-defends-planes-flying-too-low-20100512-ux4v.html AirAsia X defends planes flying too low May 12, 2010 - 2:57PM AirAsia X has defended the conduct of its pilots amid a probe into why two passenger flights dropped below safe altitudes over the Gold Coast. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says the incidents are "serious" and subject to a full investigation. Registration records show one of the planes was an AirAsia X plane, enroute from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. The 330-seat Airbus dropped "below the radar lowest safe altitude" over the Gold Coast at 7.30am (AEST) on May 4, the ATSB said. At the the time, the plane was flying on instruments due to poor visibility. The ATSB said it was also investigating a similar incident involving the same aircraft type on May 3. AirAsia X chief executive officer Azran Osman-Rani said passenger safety was never at risk during either incident. "We do not believe that passenger safety was compromised at any time and landings were performed normally under guidance from air traffic controllers," he said in a statement. "AirAsia X has been advised by the ATSB that this is a routine investigation only. "We have supplied our flight data which they will then analyse and compare with air traffic control data to find any anomalies." AAP

Interesting..... Branson's stewardess challenge to AirAsia boss Richard Branson has challenged aviation rival Tony Fernandes to a Formula One duel with the loser having to dress up as an airline stewardess. AirAsia's Fernandes, who once worked for Branson's music business, said last week that his new Malaysian-backed Lotus F1 team had to beat Branson's Virgin Racing operation next season. "Number one we have to be ahead of Branson, otherwise I will retire and kill myself," said the Malaysian. Branson, speaking at the launch of his team, suggested a less painful alternative. "Having come from a music background, I suppose we might be able to choose the music for the funeral," joked the Briton. "But I like Tony a lot so I hope he doesn't have to kill himself. "At the same obviously we would like to beat him. Maybe we can think of another challenge. He has an airline, we have an airline and if we beat him he can come and work on our airline as a Virgin stewardess. "We will make sure that the stewardess outfit is perfect. I suspect that he might ask us to reciprocate," added Branson. "I'll have to check how fetching his stewardess outfits are but I'd be game to do it while totally confident of winning." Branson and Fernandes join Force India's Vijay Mallya, who controls the Kingfisher airline, as a trio of aviation entrepreneurs challenging the established players in the skies and on the Formula One starting grid. "It's a very friendly personal rivalry," Branson said. "And it's fun. "What I discovered last year (as sponsor of Brawn) is that there are a billion people that watch Formula One and the people that watch it are fanatical. "For us to be involved in Formula One is good for the brand. Formula One is a sexy beast and we are going to try and make it a little bit sexier. "We love supporting an underdog but we like that underdog to have some pretty good qualities" Reuters http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/bransons-stewardess-challenge-to-airasia-boss-20091216-kx3u.html

"agreed. they should revise the price of the ERL to below RM50 for a return ticket. Even the Heathrow express is 21pounds for a return journey. (Let's not forget its London, where everything costs much much more) "" Well....come to Sydney. Round trip to international terminal from the central train station is AUD26. This is for 7km journey one way and it takes 20minutes for travel this distance. You would also have to put up with old packed smelly commuter train. So you can imagine taking a train to the airport during morning rush hours. Yup… not fun at all. Not forgetting, there is no trolley allowed on the train platform, so you would have to carry your bag and walk some distance to and from the platform. Compared to KLIA express, clean, specious and you pay MYR 35 for a 60 odd km journey and it only takes about 30 minutes.

is it wet or dry lease ?

400+ mil in loss and unable to secure funding for a buyout.. keep dreaming tony.

Ak stop sponsoring Man Utd, what are they going to do with AFC

On the same Issue.. got this off a new paper in Australia - QANTAS passengers were starved of oxygen for several minutes during the emergency incident over the South China Sea last week. An experienced aircraft engineer, who asked not to be identified, said yesterday he believed that three intact passenger supply cylinders vented their contents into the atmosphere after a regulator had blown off a fourth tank. Last Friday's Melbourne-bound flight from Hong Kong was forced to make an emergency landing in Manila after a 2m hole was blasted through the fuselage of the Boeing 747, which was carrying 365 passengers and crew. According to passengers, several children who were wearing oxygen masks turned blue during the 10 minutes it took the aircraft to descend from 29,000 feet to a safe breathing level of 14,000 feet. Blue skin is a strong indicator of hypoxia or lack of oxygen in the blood, as is nausea. Several passengers vomited during the ordeal. The aircraft engineer said there must have been some oxygen available because the doors that release the masks for passengers are oxygen-operated. A faulty regulator that sits on top of the cylinder is the suspected cause of the near-disaster. Sources close to the investigation said it was believed the steel regulator penetrated the cabin floor after it was blown off the cylinder stored in the forward cargo hold. The oxygen tank then ricocheted around the hold until it smashed through the outer skin and into the atmosphere, gouging a 2m hole in the aircraft. It is understood that over pressurisation and over-heating have been ruled out because both those safety systems were intact. But the actual cause of the worst Qantas safety incident in years might never be confirmed because the key piece of evidence, the fibre-coated steel gas cylinder about the size of a scuba tank, is at the bottom of the South China Sea. Possible contributing factors include physical damage, corrosion or water contamination. Both Qantas and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau yesterday refused to comment on the engineer's theory. And in a further safety scare for Qantas, last night it was revealed that a Perth-Sydney flight appeared to be low on fuel before the pilot realised reserve fuel pump switches were off. Qantas chief pilot Captain Chris Manning said the incident was taken "extremely seriously". Read more about the fuel switch bungle. On Monday night, a domestic Qantas jet was forced to return to Adelaide after a wheel-bay door failed to close. But the recent incidents should not bring about wider worries, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority said yesterday. "We've been looking very carefully at Qantas' safety all throughout this year," authority spokesman Peter Gibson said. The ATSB yesterday revealed that the cockpit voice recorder, which records crew conversations, radio traffic and cockpit ambient sounds, did not contain Friday's event. The aircraft flight data recorder, which nominally records 25 hours of data, was downloaded yesterday and specialists will know in the next day or two if the recording contains any valid data. Interviews with both flight crew and cabin crew were also conducted yesterday in Melbourne. Friday's incident has focused attention on the airlines' overseas maintenance regime. In one recent example, a Qantas Boeing 737 VH-TJU was released by Malaysian Airlines and Qantas engineers found 95 defects that were missed in Kuala Lumpur. They included a galley that was so badly installed that a flight attendant suffered an electric shock and posed a serious fire risk.

BKK ???? .New airport Suvarnabhumi.. not on the list all at...