Kee Hooi Yen
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And don't forget the dog that can sniff out DVDs
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I really like to old terminal (pre-renovation) open concept design. I can still remember vividly the spiral ramps with tactile rubber flooring, the sphere shaped clocks on the column and of course the unobstructed viewing gallery at the balcony. I always got excited when stepped from the car at the open air carpark as I can already hear the noise from the roaring jet engine on the tarmac.
Post renovation, there were glass panels erected on the roof of the extension part along the balcony preventing people from climbing over the balcony and walk into airside / tarmac area via the extension part rooftop. Glass windows were also installed on the outside of the entire terminal building for air conditioning purpose. Later, the access doors to the balcony were even locked to the public. Hence public could only view the actions on the tarmac (and runway) from KFC (or A&W ?) thru the glass windows before the balcony. We used to do our homework revision aka plane spotting at KFC (or A&W ?) regularly instead of going to library during our Uni days
As for the seafood restaurant at the end of runway 15, we also visited there regularly for supper. We often ordered a plate of Hokkien fried noodle and a pot of tea and sit there for a couple of hours !
Talking about the road adjacent to Runway 15, it was realigned once and becomes further away from the runway at the end of Rwy 15 under the runway extension to cater for B747-400.
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Ron Pratt, the site architect for Subang Airport, was in Kuala Lumpur in 1998 and this is an excerpt from an article in the New Straits Times:
Female Malaysian Chinese workforce would have to walk over 8km a day transporting half a tonne of concrete in the scorching heat.
The most memorable day for Pratt was when they were going to strike the first of 60 inter-connected shell roofs in early June 1964. The hyperbolic paraboloid shells were considered to be the natural structural solution to the design of the main terminal building which was conceived as a large, open volume rather than an enclosed building.
"At 3am on that day, Hans Goldstein, the engineer, calls me and says, 'Ron, I'm scared'."
To strike each of the shells, formwork around each of the shells was to be removed uniformly to avoid uneven stress, which may have cracked the shells.
"All of a sudden, you hear a loud crack as the formwork released itself simultaneously from all around the shells. There were great cheers all around and this happened for all the 60 shells."
The airport was built during 'Konfrontasi' (a military stand-off between Malaysia and Indonesia) and the airport was an especially high-profile project.
"On one occasion, we were about to leave the site at the end of the day when we were told that a group of Indonesian soldiers had taken possession of the Federal Highway. We had to convoy with a couple of Bren gun carriers into town but nothing actually happened to us," says Pratt.Source : http://www.tslr.net/2007/10/remember-subang-airport.html
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Definitely not in Melbourne Tullamarine or Sydney - public are kept outside of the baggage at the arrival area.
Perth and Hobart are allowed, IIRC
I think what Kenneth meant was domestic terminals in Australia.
I know in SYD, MEL and BNE domestic terminals, although one needs to go thru security check to get to the airside, no boarding pass is required. Hence non-passengers are able send their love ones off at the boarding gates.
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Also dont think that includes the new tower, tarmac, taxi ways, runway and associated navigation equipment. Land clearing, access roads etc
And rectification costs ....
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Perhaps next AK could explore "Space Flex Cockpit" and "Space Flex Cargo Hold" options
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Impressive. Well done and congratulations to Air Asia !
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Thanks for the coverage, Mr.Choong
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Love both your nose and tail shots !
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Was on a QF flight SYD-BNE this morning. After pushed back, the captain made an announcement via PA "as you may notice the right engine has been shut down due to oil leak. The shut down is part of the standard procedure. We are waiting for further 'clearance' (? - can't remember what was the exact wording he used) from the air control tower"
After a couple of minutes on the tarmac, the right engine was back on and we were taxiing to the runway for departure. No further announcement was made by the captain.
I am not sure if there was actually any 'oil leak'. Immediately after the announcement I thought we were going to be towed back to the gate for change of airplane.
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Perhaps AK can call Complex Bunga Raya as LCCT3 too as it has no aerobridge ... <_>
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Well said, Mohd Suhaimi
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It is interesting (and good) to see Malindo now has became a strong brand in Malaysia. Some even suggest to keep its existing name instead of rename as Batik Air Malaysia.
Remember back in when this airline was born, many were pessimistic about the future of the airline and found the name was 'funny' too. I must admit I was one of them
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I told my bosses to rename AirAsia in return
Like LCC Asia ?
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It would be an insult for the lion King to travel in a aged and noisy 727.
The PA could risk demotion by suggesting this idea.
Lion King ?
Simba, Mufasa or Scar, which one ?
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Erm - a bit complicated
- there were a few tickets involved. 1) KUL-TPE//BKK-KUL was a MH Z fare (the BKK-KUL portion was not used for my return to KUL yesterday, i'll use it later this month)
2) TPE-HKG is actually part of a CX TPE-oHKG-CGK//SUB-xHKG-TPE D fare to be completed later
3) HKG-BKK was a HX J fare was something like 1650 HKD
4) the BKK KUL i DID use is part of another MH Z BKK-oKUL-oICN-xKUL-BKK ticket - KUL-ICN later this month
for those unfamiliar -
// = open jaw
o = stopover
x = cross (aka transit, no stopover)
Very very impressive 👍👍
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EK often offers very competitive price on KUL-MEL vv. Guess the yield is low on this segment
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The 10 crew members include 3 security personnel.
Do Egyptair have security personnel on all their flights ?
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That's one small step for CM, one giant leap for MAB
Well done !
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I have a feeling the new uniform will incorporate a hijab.
I have the same feeling too....
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Which pier in KLIA2 does AK use for its A330 flights to BKI ?
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The link doesn't work ?
Anyway, here is part of the article :
Waseem Abbas will never again savour nasi lemak in the same 'oh-so-yummy' manner like he used to in the past.
The 27-year-old Pakistani's gastronomic preferences were drastically altered when he discovered a cooked lizard in a nasi lemak meal served on board a flight on March 27.
When contacted by Malaysiakini yesterday, Waseem was willing to divulge the details of his stomach-churning ordeal.
“During the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kuching with my Malaysian wife, we ordered and shared a serving of nasi lemak.
“As I’ve always had a craving for fried ikan bilis (anchovies) served in red-hot sambal, I immediately helped myself to that portion (of the nasi lemak),” said Waseem.
Chewing on his meal, the smile on Waseem’s face suddenly turned sour when his palate encountered a peculiar taste amid the ikan bilis. It was totally unlike any ikan bilis Waseem had consumed before.
"It was crunchy," he said.
Waseem and his wife stared at their meal, and spotted an unusually shaped ‘ikan bilis’.
Once they cleared the sambal away with a spoon, to their horror, the peculiar morsel was no ikan bilis. It resembled a half-eaten fried lizard.
Full article: http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=613417:be-afraid-of-lizards-tony-airasia-passenger-threatens-lawsuit-over-contaminated-nasi-lemak&Itemid=3#ixzz457B87A2g
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I think he only says it is frustrating to work in Malaysia these days because of the corrupted govt...... nothing to do with the airlines operations.