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    8 hours ago, JuliusWong said:

    I think they use the airframe for either Kuantan or Alor Setar flight, possibly? Also I highly doubt the PNG-MKZ load is sustainable [Pax could fly cheaper into KUL and then the hospital van or bus to Melaka]. MKZ-PKU yes may have some pax, again I doubt it is full all year long. MKZ and PNG are both medical destinations for PKU residents. 

    Prior to the pandemic, the load for AK's PEN-MKZ and MKZ-PEN always above 90%

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    MKZ seems congested nowadays. More than 2 planes arriving and one plane would have to sit by the bomba apron which is quite a distance from the terminal. Is there any plan to expand the apron at the terminal?

     

    There are talks about upgrading the apron last year but seem quiet after the last GE. Probably no available funds to finance it. Btw, MAHB should provide bus services to ferry the paxs. kesian them, sometimes have to wait more than 30 minutes.

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    Mavcom: MAS, Japan Airlines tie-up in the works

    The proposed tie-up between Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) is undergoing public consultation, the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) said.

    Online portal The Malaysian Insight reported that a consultation paper with details on the first of its kind of such an arrangement for a local airline would be available on Mavcom's website until May 27.

    A Mavcom spokesperson said the time frame for a decision on the application differs for each case.

    "The time frame for assessing an individual exemption varies on a case-by-case basis, depending on factors, such as the complexity of the case and cooperation from the applicants," the spokesperson was quoted as saying.

    Accordingly to the report, MAS recently confirmed that it had submitted an application to Mavcom, seeking an exemption under Section 51 of the Mavcom Act 2015 to pursue the arrangement with JAL.

    The exemption relates to Section 49 of the Mavcom Act, which prohibits an agreement between enterprises with a possible effect on competition or has an objective to prevent, restrict or distort competition in any aviation service market.

    "Malaysia Airlines confirms that it has submitted to Mavcom an application for an individual exemption under Section 51 of the Act for a joint business with Japan Airlines for flights between Malaysia and Japan.

    "The joint business is subject to regulatory approvals and Malaysia Airlines will share more details once approvals are granted,” the airline reportedly told the news portal.

     

    The report noted that both JAL and MAS had experience dealing with financial issues and that MAS had overcome its bankrupt status filed in 2010 to become the world’s most profitable airline.

    However, MAS continues to record losses even after it was subjected to a 12-point turnaround plan by Khazanah Nasional Bhd.

    Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad had said the government is reviewingvarious options on future of the loss-making national carrier.

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    Ethiopian plane smoked, shuddered before deadly plunge

    GARA-BOKKA: The Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed killing 157 people was making a strange rattling noise and trailed smoke and debris as it swerved above a field of panicked cows before hitting earth, according to witnesses.

    Flight 302 took off from the Ethiopian capital on Sunday morning bound for Nairobi with passengers from more than 30 countries. All on board the Boeing 737 Max 8 died.

    The pilot had requested permission to return, saying he was having problems – but it was too late.

     

    Half a dozen witnesses interviewed by Reuters in the farmland where the plane came down reported smoke billowing out behind, while four of them also described a loud sound.

    “It was a loud rattling sound. Like straining and shaking metal,” said Turn Buzuna, a 26-year-old housewife and farmer who lives about 300 meters (328 yards) from the crash site.

    “Everyone says they have never heard that kind of sound from a plane and they are under a flight path,” she added.

    Malka Galato, 47, a barley and wheat farmer whose field the plane crashed in, also described smoke and sparks from the back. “The plane was very close to the ground and it made a turn… Cows that were grazing in the fields ran in panic,” he said.

    Tamirat Abera, 25, was walking past the field at the time. He said the plane turned sharply, trailing white smoke and items like clothes and papers, then crashed about 300 meters away.

    “It tried to climb but it failed and went down nose first,” he said. “There was fire and white smoke which then turned black.”

    As the plane had only just taken off, it was loaded with fuel.

    At the site, Red Cross workers in masks sifted gently through victims’ belongings. Children’s books – Dr Seuss’s “Oh The Thinks You Can Think” and “Anne of Green Gables” – lay near a French-English dictionary burnt along one edge.

    A woman’s brown handbag, the bottom burnt, lay open next to an empty bottle of perfume.

    The aircraft was broken into small pieces, the largest among them a wheel and a dented engine. The debris was spread over land roughly the size of two football fields.

    Investigators found two black box recorders on Monday, which will help piece together the plane’s final minutes.

    “When it was hovering, fire was following its tail, then it tried to lift its nose,” said another witness, Gadisa Benti. “When it passed over our house, the nose pointed down and the tail raised up. It went straight to the ground with its nose, it then exploded.”

    Local resident Nigusu Tesema helped gather victims’ scattered identity papers to hand to police.

     

    “We are shocked and saddened,” he said.

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