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  2. Posted · Edited by S V Choong · Report reply

    Isaac, that doesn't surprise me, considering the fact that both countries are VERY close in terms of relationship, despite a bit of argument in between every now and then. Hey, but, culturally, economically and historically, we share a lot of things together. We are much much more similar than, say our Indonesian or Thai counterparts biggrin.gif

     

    Isaac what are you waiting for biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

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    Isaac, thanks for the news!! Great news indeed.

     

    Looks the current Terminal 1 will get a new facelift. So I suppose the hangar is gone for good? Will terminal 2 gets any upgrade?

     

    I suppose that round shape thingie at the end of current Gate 1 is the boarding gate for Fokker F-50s and DHC-6s?

     

    Glad that it is not another KLIA clone.

     

    Cheers dude... great news for our state for sure.

     

    Had a hard time translating the article, have to say that the write is a bit of a joker.... keep repeating the same thing and always claimed "He said, he said and he said" over and over!! biggrin.gif

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    TRANSLATION OF THE ABOVE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

     

    (Kota Kinabalu Oct 4) The plan for expanding Kota Kinabalu Int’l Airport to turn her into the 2nd biggest LCC hub in our country will begin vigorously early next year. Currently, early phases of the project such as land filling have already begun. The airport terminal will be three times its original size when completed

     

    The project will include land filling of 20 metric tonnes (?) It will not affect the Tanjung Aru race course near the end of the runway.

     

    Able to handle 9 million passengers

    Chief State Minister Datuk Musa Amman made the announcement today has said that the current main terminal (Terminal 1) is only capable of handling 4 million passengers, occupies an area of 25,487 sq. metres will be expanded to 53,513 sq. metres. Total area will increased to 79,000 sq. metres, which is capable for handling 9 million passengers.

     

    After hosting a state meeting at the State Parliamentary Building today, he announced at the news conference that the airport’s runway will increase by almost 1 km, from 2,988 m at present to 3,780 m. It will have a decent and ‘complete’ runway and a complete taxiway alongside. The aircraft stand will also be expanded to accommodate 4x Boeing 747, 1x Airbus A330, 7x Boeing 737, 3x Fokker F-50s and 3x Dorniers (DHC-6s Twin Otters?) aircraft, simultaneously, at any given time.

     

    Currently the terminal is only able to handle 1x Boeing 747, 1x Airbus A330, 4x Boeing 737, 4x Fokker F-50s and 2x Dorniers (DHC-6 Twin Otters?)

     

    Building an LCC hub

    The State Minister said, Terminal 2 is able to handle 5x Airbus A320 at the same time, more guiding lights will be added to increase visibility.

     

    He also said: “The initial stage of the project has already begun, this includes land filling of 20 metric tonnes (?) at the end of the runway facing the sea.”

     

    He added that the state government will aid occupants of the illegal housing at the near by shanty town to evacuate to ensure that the project progresses smoothly.

     

    The Ministry of Transport will shortly report to the public the total costing of the entire project. However, the Chief Minister of Transport, Datuk Chen Guang Chai had earlier hinted that the project will likely to cost around RM 70 million. Yesterday, the head of Royal Sabah Jockey Club (?) told the media that the club is already prepared for moving to Tuaran or other race course and hoped that the state government will aid in the move.

     

    He also added that, if the race course is to move to Tambaran (Tambunan?), it will assist as well as stimulate the local economy of Tuaran and its nearby area.

  6. Posted · Edited by S V Choong · Report reply

    Here is more.... some are repeats

     

    http://www.pbbt.com/Directory/Jokes/576.html

     

    Acronym - Alphabetic Collocation Reducing Or Numbering Your Memory

    A Concise Reduction Of Nomenclature Yielding Mnemonics

     

    Another Cheap Round Of Network Yawn Makers

    A Capitalised Representation of Names You Memorize

     

    Airlines

     

    AA - Abort! Abort!

    Always Awful

     

    AI - Allah Informed

     

    Alitalia - Always Late In Transit, Always Late In Arrival

     

    Airplane Landed In Tokyo And Luggage In Atlanta

    A Little Italian Tit And Lotsa Italitan Ass

    A Little Italian Tradition And Lotsa Italian Attitude

     

    American - A Miracle Each Rider Is Currently Alive Now

    Airline Meals Eaten Regularly Induces Cramps and Nausea

     

    AUA - Almost Unknown Airline

     

    AWA - Always Wasting Assets

     

    BA - Bloody Awful

    British Apoplectic

     

    BEA - Better Eat Afterwards

     

    BOAC - Better On A Camel

    Blast Off And Crash

     

    Boeing - Broken Off Engines In Numerous Gardens

     

    BWIA - Baggage Wandering In Africa

    Better Walk If you're Able

    Born to Wait In Airports

    But Will I Arrive?

     

    CAAC - Chinese Airlines Always Cancel

     

    Dan Air - Dangerous And Nearly Always Incredibly Rough

     

    Delta - Damaged Engines Limit Take-off Ability

    Departures Extra-Late, Tardy Arrivals

    Directed Everybody's Luggage To Atlanta

    Doesn't Even Leave The Airport

    Doesn't Ever Let Terrorists Aboard

    Doesn't Experience Like This Andrenalize?

    Don't Even Let Them Aboard

    Drunken Engineers Land Too Abruptly

     

    EAA - Even Apes Aviate

     

    El Al - Egyptian Louting Arab Loathing

    Every Landing Always Late

    Every Landing Always Lousy

    Everyones Luggage Always Lost

     

    Finnair - Flies Ideally? Nah, Not Airbourne In Reality

     

    JAL - Journey Always Late

     

    JAT - Joke About Time

     

    Liat - Luggage Is Always Tardy

     

    Lot - Lots Of Trouble

     

    Lufthansa Let Us Fiddle The Hostess And Not Say Anything

     

    MAS - May Actually s#1t

     

    Northwest - Nobody Out Ranks This Horrid, Worthless,

    Excruciatingly Sluggish Transport

     

    Olympic - Onassis Likes Your Money Paid In Cash

     

    PAL - Prick Always Long

     

    Pan Am - Passengers Always Need A Mortician

    Pilots Are Not A Must

    Poor Airline Needs Any Money

     

    PIA - Passenger's Illegal Abductor

    Perhaps I Arrive

    Please Inform Allah

     

    PSA - Paul's Saturday Airline

     

    PWA - Pete's Wobbly Airline

    Piddly Widdly Airline

    PLease Wait Awhile

     

    Qantas - Queasy and Nauseous, Tired And Sick

    Queers And Nymphomaniacs Trained As Stewards

    Quick And Nasty Transportation, Australian Style

    Quite A Neat Trick, Arriving Safely

    Quite A Nice Trip, Any Survivors?

    Quits Air-travel, Next Time Approaches Ship

     

    Sabena - Such A Bad Experience - Never Again

     

    SAHSA - Stay At Home, Stay Alive

     

    SAS - Service After Sex

    Sex And Satisfaction

    Such A S***

     

    SIA - Sex In the Air

    Singapore Imitates America/Australia

     

    TACA - Take Another Carrier Always

    Take A Coffin Along

    Tome Alcohol Cuanda Aborda

     

    TAP - Take A Parachute

    Take Another Plane

     

    Thy - They Hate You

     

    TWA - That Was Accidental

    That Was Awful

    Travel With Arabs

    Teeny Weeny Airlines

    Try Walking Across

    Try With Another

    Today's Worst Airline

    Tomorrow We'll Arrive

    Tomorrow's Widebody Accident

    Totally Wasted Airlines

     

    United - U Need Insurance That Exempts Death

    Usually Not Enclined To Eliminate Disasters

     

    USAir - (used to be Allegheny Airlines):

    Unfortunately Still Allegheny In Reality

     

    Uta - Unlikely To Arrive

    Unable To Ascend

     

    Varig - Virgin's Are Rare In Glasgow

     

    Virgin - Very Interesting Ride: Going Into Nymphos

  7. Posted · Edited by S V Choong · Report reply

    Guys I just found more funny airline acronyms and laughed my buttocks off..... There is even an SIA one in Singlish too biggrin.gif

     

    http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/91q3/airlines.html

     

     

    A I R L I N E J O K E S

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    AA (American Airlines) - Always Awful

    AI (Air India) - Allah Informed

    ALITALIA - Always Late In Takeoff Always Late In Arrival

    - Air Line In Tokyo And Luggage In Amsterdam

    BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corp.) - Better On A Camel

    - Bloody Old and Careless

    CA (China Airlines) - Choose Another

    CAAC (Chinese Avation Airl.Comp.) - Chinese Airline Always Canceled

    (Civil Aviation Authority of China ?) - China Airlines Almost (Always) Crashes

    CPA (Canadian Airl.Intl.) - Can't Promise Anything

    (New code CAI) - Crash And Ignite

    - Call Ambulance Immediately

    - Circle Airport Indefinitely

    - Cruise Above Iceland

    - Cancel Alaskan Itinerary

    - Call Attendants "Idiots"

    - Check All Items

    - Copilots Are Imbeciles

    - Casual Atmosphere Inside

    DELTA - Don't Even Leave The Airport

    - Don't Ever Leave The Airport

    - Don't Even Let Them Aboard (referring to the arabs ?)

    - Departing Even Later Than Anticipated

    EAL (Eastern) - Eastern's Always Late

    ELAL - Every Landing Always Late

    JAT (Yugoslav Airlines)- Joke About Time

    LOT (Polish Airlines) - Last One There

    - Luggage On Tarmack (wave 'bye!)

    LUFTHANSA - Let Us fish sticks The Horses, Are No Stewardesses Available

    PA (Philippine Airways)- Please Avoid

    PAL (Phil. Airlines) - Philippines Always Late

    PAN AM - Plan On Arriving Nervewracked And Mad

    PIA (Pakistan Intl.Airl) - Please Inform Allah

    - Panic In Air

    - Perhaps I Arrive

    QANTAS - Queer And Nasty Types As Stewards

    SABENA (Belgium) - Such A Bloody Experience, Never Again

    - Such A Bad Experience, Never Again

    SAHSA (Servicio Aero Honduras SA) - Stay At Home, Stay Alive

    SAS (Scandinavian Airl. System) - Sweet And Sexy

    - Sex And Service

    SIA (Singapore Intl.Airl.) - So Incredible, Aah

    TACA - Take A Chance Airline

    TAP (Portuguese Airl.) - Take Another Plane

    TWA (Transworld Airl.) - Travel Without Arrival

    - Try Walking, Asshole

    - Try Walking Again

    - The Worst Airline

    - Took Wrong Airline

    - Try Walking Across (transatlantic perspective)

    - Travel With Arabs

    - Terrorist Welcome Aboard

    - Terrorists With Arms

    - Teenie Weenie Airlines

    - Traveling Without Air

    - Tiny Wings Aflappin'!!!!!

    USAir - Unfortunately, Still Alleghany In Reality

     

    SOUNDALIKES:

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    Aer Lingus Aer Fungus,

    Aeroperu Aeroperhaps

    Air Afrique Air Freak(out)

    Air Canada Err Canada (as in "To err is human...")

    Air France Air Chance

    Air Wisconsin Scare Wisconsin

    Alleghany Air Agony Air (USAir since many years)

    British Airways Brutish Airways

    Brutish Scareways

    Cascade Airways Crashcade Scareways

    Continental Contemptible

    Lufthansa Lusthansa

    Midwest Express Midwest Excess (True, but worth it)

    Mohawk Slowhawk

    Northwest Northworst

    Northwaste

    People Express CattleCar Express

    People Distress

    People Compress

    Piedmont Piedmonster (merged with USAir)

    QuebecAir Quick Air

    TWA TightWad Airlines

    United Untied

    US Air Useless Air

    US Scare

    YouSAir

    USAirheads

     

    OTHERS:

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    Delta "We love to fly and it's close"

    "We love to show our flies"

    Eastern Who?

    Mexicana Where being Late is Fashionable

  8. Posted · Edited by S V Choong · Report reply

    Lufthansa: let us f*** the hostess as no steward available   

     

    Pieter, dare you to post this on Arrogant Malaysia, no doubt you will get your butt kicked! hahaha.. biggrin.gif But have to admit this is very funny... i cannot stop laughing.... biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

     

    CAAC - Cancel At All Cost

    PAL - Plane Always Late

    ANZ (Air NZ) - Assets Now (worh) Zero

    DELTA - Delivered Every Luggage to Atlanta biggrin.gif

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    THAT SUCKS!!!

     

    I think Ken Kour is right, had a look at MAS online timetable just now and.... MH 2662 and 2663 stops flying KUL-TWU or TWU-KUL effective October 1. Although.... the flight number continues but it is now a 1 stop flight from 1 October onward.

     

    When I was on MH2662 earlier this year, the load factor has been fully booked, probably due to Chinese New Year.

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    Thanks Pieter, I LMAO literally. biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

     

    Guys, would you say that "Mana Ada Sistem" is grammartically incorrect for the Malay language? Sounds to me almost like a bad translation directly from the Chinese language. Don't we all know how well the standards of Malay language of our beloved islander counterpart across the channel?

     

  16. Posted · Edited by S V Choong · Report reply

    Isaac is going to like this topic, I can smell it!!! smile.gif

     

    A funny acronym not related to airlines:

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    JKR (Public Works Department, Malaysia)- Jangan Kerja Rajin

     

    Y.J., come on, let us know what LUFTHANSA is smile.gif Curious minds wanna know. By the way, anyone for KLM? Pieter??

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    WOW, very nice. I wonder what SV Choong think about the airport, well you know, an architect has a very strange taste 

     

    Just another airport, Isaac, the interior has nothing special to offer...... But the way the use the trusses looks alright! STILL PREFER OUR VERY OWN KLIA (no bias opinion here).

     

    Survanabuhmi in Thai means the land of Gold! The word "buhmi" or "bumi" (as in Malay) must have been Indian in origin.

     

  18. Posted · Edited by S V Choong · Report reply

    Appearantly some other funny ones, but not MAS:

     

    TWA - Terrorists, Welcome Aboard

    ALITALIA - Always Late in Take-off And Always Late in Arrival

    BA - Bloody Awful

    AA - Always Awful

    CAAC - Chinese Airliners Always Crash

    JAL - Just Another Loser

    BWIA - But Will It Arrives?

    QANTAS - Quick And Nasty The Australian Style

    SABENA - Such A Bloody Experience Never Again

     

    One quick one for MAS and her rival is:

     

    MAS - My Arse Saved (by the government)

    SIA - Stuck-up & Ignorant Attendants!

     

    Azmal, may be MAS was MANA ADA SISTEM during the 80s, but more like MY ARSE was SAVED by the Malaysian government during the late 90s after the stepdown of the Tajuddin regime.

  23. Posted · Edited by S V Choong · Report reply

    So Lauda (Austrian now) is no longer serving this route?

    I remembered my friend telling me that he flew Lauda to KUL.

     

    Otherwise I suppose you could try Emirates, but you might have to go to SYD or BNE for that (Might require to stop at SIN or BKK, can't remember).

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    Hiring a designer just to design a new lie-flat GCC seat could cost MAS MILLIONS. So why not work together with the Malaysian Ministry Of Education & have a "GCC Design Competition" ? They could do the same thing too if they wanna a new livery.

     

    Isaac, no offence, it is easy for you to say but not realistic. It is more cost effective to buy off the shelf stuff rather than the competition. The products from competition needs to be tested and stuff, it will be expensive. It doesn't worth the trouble.

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