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  2. Posted · Edited by BC Tam · Report reply

    … imagine if they able to chop 5 minutes of stoppage time per flight let's say on KUL-PEN sector, imagine how much time they able to recover?

    Yes, say total 10 minutes lobbed off a KUL-PEN-KUL run (even allowing for aerobridgeless operation at KLIA2) how much time can be recovered in course of a day ? Sufficient to squeeze in another such run out of the aircraft ? At a time of the day where there will be enough pax to make it commercially viable ?

    :)

     

     

    if AK were to influence the design, it will another tesco like terminal for penang. with no aerobridge. LCCT3. :drinks:

    Not according to picture in the Star online today :)

    https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/08/07/lcct-in-penangs-flight-plan-terminal-will-help-airport-cope-with-rising-number-of-travellers-visitin/

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    I assume it's Malindo/Batik charters that now see flights to/fro BKI from secondary Chinese airports such as Yiwu (YIW), Zhengzhou (CGO), Changsha (CSX) and Wenzhou (WNZ) last couple of days

    (of which the latter two, I had previously years ago been stranded at, courtesy of Chinese fog :))

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    In my humble opinion, there isn't much that beat ignominy of having to trudge down those red AK steps, walk up to the inactivated aerobridge, clamber up the 'service' stairs to said aerobridge, proceed into airport terminal and thereafter walk down stairs into arrival hall cum baggage reclaim station :)

    The physical part of it I personally can (thankfully) manage still. But the absurdity of that exercise just so we (pax) collectively skimp on a ringgit or two each, irrespective of exposure to the elements (heat, rain etc) and physical challenges (old, infirmed, handicapped etc) - that takes some mental adaptation

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    Malaysia Airlines taps lenders for first jet financing since revamp

    They could also be discouraged by the airline's struggle to show a meaningful recovery after job cuts, fleet changes and route adjustments undertaken as part of a five-year turnaround plan.

    "The way they managed their restructuring and put pressure on banks, that's something banks haven't forgotten. There are also no concrete signs of a turnaround," said one source.

    Brutal honesty there .....

     

     

    "Things are clearly not working out the way they should," said a second source. "There's lack of continuity at senior management positions, they have formidable low-cost competitors on short- and medium-haul routes and the long-haul market has still not recovered."

    ..... and here :)

     

     

     

    "Your insolvency risk on Malaysia Airlines is pretty much zero. Malaysia would never let it happen," a third source said.

     

    But there is always sugar daddy about at the end of day :D

     

     

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    The cynical me say Tan Sri TF will get his way and T2 will again be painted red
    But not before the place is done up big time, another multi billion ticket, likely ending up beyond scope he wants - just get a page out of KLIA rule book :)
    Money ? Of course you need to spend to keep it circulating, and there is always the Chinese tap on hand too
    Space ? TAED is now at best gonna be scaled down, maybe even scrapped - lots of adjoining land already acquired and needing to be found a new use for


    Seem like groundwork already being laid :)
    Liew: Upgrades must be done before KKIA Terminal 2 reopens
    from: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/07/21/liew-upgrades-must-be-done-before-kkia-terminal-2-reopens/#horDtklFdgxxY8uF.99

  23. Posted · Edited by BC Tam · Report reply

    I was once seated at a cattle class G seat at back end on upper deck of a MH 380

    The rearmost H and K seats were supposedly blocked off for crew rest along the way, which meant they would be left vacant at take off and landing

    Somehow I managed to get cabin crew's consent to park myself at 40K during those stages of flight, specifying specifically it was for purpose of taking pictures/videos through the window

    So, if there was any standing instruction then to "switch off all electronic devices", said crew must have been kind enough to have overlooked my indiscretion :D

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