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    Media says MAHB do not recognise it as international airport yet as the facilities still do not qualify to be upgraded as international airport, even though AK and MH both provides direct and stopover flights bound for SIN; having international routes do not auto qualify an airport to "international" status....though as a Mirians, would be more than happy to see it being changed to international...

     

    Guess now MYY is recognised as International Airport

     

    The Xpress Air Indonesia inaugural flight to Miri from Pontianak in Indonesia represents a significant milestone in Sarawak’s tourism calendar and the cooperation between the state and Kalimantan.

     

    http://www.theborneopost.com/2017/12/13/twice-weekly-flight-to-boost-tourism-business/

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    Brilliant, while MAB/Maswing is slashing more flights in East Malaysia, AK seems to be making good business from evidence of their increasing frequencies in these sectors. And it is just a matter of time when their plan to build a new hub at KIA is realised. The Sarawak government is all for anything that could bring in good opportunities for the country's development. Next move should perhaps be KCH - BPN, KCH - BDJ and KCH - CGK/HLP.

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    That doesn't look good for MAB does it, seems that the curse of Ryanair is deflected to them. Perhaps the new boss should think of some innovative strategies to keep their pilots and lure in more FO since he was also an operation man. Strategic partnership with more flight schools and financial institution like what Airasia is currently doing could be one way to achieve it. There are so many boys and girls out there who inspired to be pilots but could not afford the training due to the exorbitant training cost.

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    Giving the Sarawak gov't stakes in the airline as requested could provide a boost somehow but had been repeatedly declined and now their business seems to be getting really bad. Perhaps the discussion on setting up a LCC terminal at KIA should immediately be concluded so that more AK flights from the new hub to cater more destinations within this region, which include the sectors terminated by Maswings. As a frequent flyer on KCH-SBW sector, a personal observation on AK loads is at average 90% so is Maswings. It is really puzzling that they decided to terminate this sector.

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    At 16.30, four aircraft were still holding over BKI - MH2616 from KUL, AK6263 from TWU, AK1511D from TWU, OD1014 from KUL. The have been holding for around 20 minutes when finally AK1511D was given the green light to land first, followed by MH, AK and OD. Must be really nerve wrecking for the passengers.

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    AK5874 yesterday operated using A320NEO (9M-NEO).

     

    Thanks to my secondary school senior (AK SBW Station Crew) for allowing me to upload these photos yesterday.

    This is great. Lets just hope she will do frequent flight to SBW, might have the chance to fly with her.

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    Malindo is awful at dealing with things that don't go as planned.

     

    When they canned SIN-PEN before even starting the route, the call centre kept insisting that I had to be rebooked onto SIN-KUL-PEN...with an overnight connection, at my expense. Took hours to get a manager who was willing to refund the ticket, which only made it back to the credit card 60 days later.

     

    As the ticket was paid for in MYR using a Singaporean credit card, I lost quite a bit because the MYR had depreciated dramatically during those 60 days.

     

    On another occasion, none of the passengers' bags from a SIN-KUL flight made it to the carrousel. After 30 minutes we went to hunt down an OD staff member. None were in sight, so we were directed by the MH staff to the baggage office (which was an unmarked room). The lady behind the desk said the person in charge of baggage was out for lunch, and there was nothing she could do. We eventually found out the bags had been dumped onto the wrong carrousel. All this after a 1.5 hour delay out of SIN...

     

    Not a fan of Malindo, to say the least.

     

    Comparatively AK services experience is still way better than both MH and OD in most department albeit its LCC status.

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    KUCHING: The proposal to construct a Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) here has received support from Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. He said an LCCT could help to facilitate the growth of the tourism industry in Sarawak.


    “If a separate LCCT building could expedite and facilitate the growth of tourism industry in Sarawak, of course it would be good to have it.


    “I do not have any detail on this yet. I need to check. If there is, it should be under the purview of the federal government unless the state government decides to be involved,” he said when contacted yesterday on AirAsia Berhad chief executive officer Aireen Omar’s recent statement that Kuching International Airport (KIA) had almost reached its capacity of five million passengers.


    http://www.theborneopost.com/2017/06/09/thumbs-up-for-lcct/


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