Alif A. F.

Thanks a lot!

Hi, can anyone post the MAS & AK HR department call number?

Landing into TGG does evoke the feeling of landing in SXM!

AirAsia X to announce aircraft choice next month February 12 2007 AIRASIA X will announce its choice of 20 aircraft worth some US$4 billion (US$1 = RM3.49) next month for its service to Britain and China, a senior official said yesterday. "An evaluation to pick either Airbus 330-300 or Boeing 777-200 for the new long-haul carrier AirAsia X has been completed and an announcement will be made in March," Raja Mohamad Azmi, chief executive officer of Fly Asian Xpress (FAX) said. He did not elaborate. AirAsia X, a new long- haul, low-cost carrier was unveiled in early January and is expected to carry half a million passengers in its first year of operation. The airline will be operated by FAX, which currently operates rural air services on Borneo island. Airline officials familiar with the purchase plan said price and availability of aircraft are among the major factors in deciding the winner. Raja Azmi said the new service will take off in August with inaugural flights to Britain and China being launched simultaneously. "We will initially lease three aircraft - either the Boeing 777-200 or the Airbus 330-300 to begin the service," he said. It also has plans to fly to India and Australia. Raja Azmi, who is also a shareholder of leading low-cost carrier AirAsia, said the new aircraft would come into service in the third quarter of next year. - AFP Guess they don't have any plan for B773ER eh?

I hope the airline itself (SIA) will revive their service to other major cities other than KUL and PEN. Although Silkair already plying those routes.

Does that mean MAHB will build a new (and permanent) LCC-T on an empty land next to the satellite building?

By B.K. SIDHU PETALING JAYA: A new low-cost carrier (LCC) hub will take shape next to the present satellite and main terminal buildings (legacy hub) at the KL International Airport (KLIA), if the Government accepts the recommendations of airport operator Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB). The legacy hub now caters to full-service travellers and the LCC hub, budget travellers, and they could be linked by a sky train. For the ease of travellers, MAHB has also recommended that the Express Rail Link, which connects KL Sentral with KLIA, be extended to the LCC hub. “We have identified the site and made our recommendations. The design for the new satellite and terminal buildings (LCC hub) will be different as it would take into account the operational requirements of the LCCs, just as we did for the present LCCT (low-cost carrier terminal),'' MAHB managing director Datuk Seri Bashir Ahmad said when contacted by StarBiz. “We would be getting AirAsia Bhd involved in designing the terminal,” he said. Bashir said MAHB was “fully supportive of the Government’s efforts to promote low-fare travel and the company would continue to provide and develop infrastructure to accommodate low-cost travel.” The search for a new site began because the LCCT is only a temporary site. The capacity of the present terminal can be expanded to handle 15 million passengers a year from 10 million now, but it certainly cannot cater to the growing demand for low-cost air travel. The land around the LCCT is inadequate for future expansion. Currently, the LCCT handles six million passengers but, by the turn of the decade, the number could well exceed 12 million. Under the original master plan for KLIA, there is ample land to house four satellite buildings, two terminal structures and five runaways. If all the buildings are constructed, KLIA should be able to handle 100 million passengers a year. For now, only one satellite and terminal building is available to handle 25 million passengers a year. There is no denying that a new satellite building needs to be constructed next to the legacy hub to meet future growth in full-service passengers, but before 2015. What is more urgent now is a permanent structure for low-cost air travel since growth in this sector is robust. Therefore, MAHB's proposal makes a lot of sense. It would not just allow both the legacy and LCC hubs to be housed next to each other but, in terms of logistics, it will provide connectivity for passengers who need to change from low-cost to full-service carriers. On a broader perspective, such as move can potentially attract more airlines to KLIA, given the combined number of passengers at both hubs would be higher that it is today. This would help Malaysia realise its dream of becoming a transport hub since the combined passenger capacity (of both legacy and LCC hubs) at KLIA in the future could well exceed 60 million. Bashir said the LCC hub would only be ready in 2015. In the meantime, upgrading work at the LCCT would continue to cater to AirAsia X’s long-haul flights, he said. The expansion involves the extension of the apron for wide-body aircraft, expansion of the terminal building, review of the baggage-handling operations, cark-park extension and a food court. Currently, AirAsia, its Thai and Indonesian subsidiaries, as well as Cebu Pacific Airways operate from the LCCT. In July, AirAsia X will begin flights to Britain.

Maybe that's probably the reason, huh???

Cool pix!

We have the ACA. But I think even the agency's credibility is doubt by some people

Is that the one on TV? If so, I saw it too and I think it happened in Japan

Source: Forbes BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - A Singapore Airlines plane was forced to return to Beijing not long after taking off today, following an engine fire detection alarm, the company and China's aviation administration said. The plane landed safely at around 10:30 am (0230 GMT) and none of the 227 passengers and 17 crew members were hurt, said the General Administration of Civil Aviation in a statement on its website. Flight SQ811, a Boeing (nyse: BA - news - people ) 777-200 service from Beijing to Singapore, returned to Beijing airport an hour and 40 minutes after it took off due to the activation of an engine fire detection alarm, said a Singapore Airlines (other-otc: SGPJF.PK - news - people ) statement. The company said there was no confirmation the alarm was activated by a fire but the pilot returned the aircraft to Beijing as quickly as possible. However, the General Administration of Civil Aviation statement said an engine on the right side of the aircraft caught fire and the plane returned to the Beijing after the fire was put out in mid-air.

PUTRAJAYA: There was a 5% increase in passenger load at airports nationwide last year, with the KL International Airport topping the list at 24.11 million. Airports in Kota Kinabalu, Kuching and Penang recorded between 3.9 and 3.1 million passengers, for both domestic and international flights. KLIA’s main terminal saw 23.21 million passengers last year while the low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) has received 4.6 million passengers since it started operations on March 23 last year. Langkawi airport had the highest percentage of increase in passengers at 12.5%, followed by airports in Penang, Kota Baru and Tioman. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy, who released the data here yesterday, attributed the 2.1 million passenger boost last year – from 41.5 million to 43.66 million – to the increase in air traffic volume with more international airlines operating from the airports since 2005. The new airlines included those from Kuwait, Pakistan, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates and Bangladesh, he told reporters after the Cabinet meeting yesterday. Describing the LCCT as the fastest growing airport terminal in the region, Chan said it would exceed its capacity – 10 million passengers – by the end of the year, and that expansion plans by Malaysia Airports Bhd and the ministry were almost finalised. The expansion will enable the LCCT to accommodate 15 million passengers, he added. “Expansion will first have to be made to the departure and arrival hall as well as the airport parking to accommodate between three and five more wide-bodied aircraft with double isles like the Airbus 330 for long-haul flights.” Chan said problems such as delay in flights would also be addressed, and it was being monitored closely now. The second stage of the expansion plan would be to have larger car parks and probably more business outlets, he said.

PARIS (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus, which has been hit by major project delays, said on Saturday it had fixed problems surrounding the cables of its A380 superjumbo. "We have finished the electrical installation," said Airbus spokesman Tore Prang, confirming an earlier report in German magazine Focus. "We have handed the aircraft to the cabin equipment team to install the first A380," he added. Production problems at Airbus have caused a slump in the financial fortunes of its parent company EADS, which this week issued its third profit warning in less than a year. Prang said resolving the issue of incorrectly installed cables meant Airbus was on track to deliver the plane to Singapore Airlines. "This means we have passed a major milestone for the A380 recovery programme," he said.

I think the sender should mention the class he hop into before making any statement As far as I know there are no first class to EWR with MH (as the airline utilises B772ER). So, the sender must have booked the business class then...

Source: The Star WHEN the recent “good news” came that Malaysia Airlines is offering cheaper air tickets from Jan 15, if booked well in advance, I was elated as I planned to go to the United States in May. Hence I quickly logged on to the website. But when I found out that a return trip to New York for two adults and a child will set me back RM72,220, I nearly fainted. At first I thought I could have input some wrong data in my request. I tried three times and got the same result. If you were to average out, I will have to pay about RM24,000 per person. Is there an error in the software or is MAS getting crazy about profits? This whole episode is leaving me shaking my head in utter disbelief! DISBELIEF, Kuala Lumpur.

Source: Japan Today (10th January 2007) TOKYO — A Malaysian cargo plane en route from Anchorage to Hong Kong made an emergency landing at a western Japan airport Wednesday after the captain lost consciousness and another pilot took the controls. The incident occurred at around 11:45 a.m. when the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 of Transmile Air Services was flying on autopilot about 35 kilometers west of Cape Ashizuri in Kochi Prefecture at an altitude of about 12,000 meters, transport ministry officials said. The captain went into convulsions and lost consciousness, they said. A total of five crew members were on board at the time. Another pilot who also holds captain's qualifications took over the controls and the airplane landed at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture at 12:18 p.m., they said. The captain regained consciousness shortly afterward and his condition is not life-threatening, they said.