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    41 minutes ago, Silverfly07 said:

    ... Plus the already limited support from our government. Dont forget most gov contracts were passed on to AirAsia. Example, government servants now flies on airasia. 

    The only aircraft MH can deploy now are the A380 which burns roughly " 11 Tones of fuel per hour". Send that to Wuhan to rescue a mere 140+ people and it will cause public outcry and a massive PR failure for the Pakatan Harapan government. Even In the beginig, the MINDEF dont even want to send A400M, they simply cant afford A400M. Government only proposed C130, imagine how poor is the government? .....

    Yeah well, I can't begin to imagine ...... how gahmen can still afford to maintain that fleet of VIP jets to ferry our Royals and leaders around 😀

     

     

     

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    5 hours ago, Waiping said:

    LoongAir first flight from Xian to BKI.  Some say it's charter but others say it's scheduled.

     

    Well, if everything in this article is to be believed ...

    https://www.theborneopost.com/2020/01/09/200000-northern-chinese-tourists-to-visit-sabah-annually/

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    ... Loong Air will subsequently make Sabah as their new hub to place two new aircrafts here and open more routes simultaneously ...

    ... not just scheduled, but gonna station birds here even :D

     

     

     

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    She later tweeted a follow up, clarifying that she did not know about nasi lemak and apologised for any offence caused to Malaysians.

    While responses to the second tweet were generally more forgiving, some commenters questioned her sensitivity for criticising a dish that she was unfamiliar with, equating it to how ethnic food is often ridiculed by those outside the culture.

    from: https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2020/01/17/british-journalist-criticises-airlines-version-of-nasi-lemak-gets-schooled-by-malaysians

    I apologize to all and sundry for any and all negative comments I have ever posted about inflight grub 😁

    (particularly as I had (or should have) thanked the Lord for what I was about to receive ..... ) :)

     

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    So this was the slip of paper we were all issued with - go to any of these F&B joints at SIN, present your boarding pass and you're entitled to SGD15 worth of nutritional nourishment  :D

     

    Nothing too note worthy after that really

    Excepting that 9V-MGI was drafted in to rescue our journey and we arrived home a tad three hours over our original STA

    To be honest, the state we were in by the latter stages, we could not care less what it was thy served us on board (we were 'sustained')

    But the one thing that lingered in mind - was the profuse and consistent apologies for the 'misadventure' throughout, once it became apparent it was one of those days (when the stars are misaligned .....) :D

     

     

     

     

     

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    Something like 5 or 10 minutes before the declared ETD on screen at our gate, I suppose 'they' then decided it was a lost cause and announced a "technical delay due to late arrival of aircraft ....."  (I'm still left wondering if my showing them on my mobile of FR24 tracking of 9V-MGJ incoming from KUL had any bearing on that decision) :)

     

    The apologies started flowing thereafter, and 'refreshment packs' were freely dispensed at the holding gate we were at

    Nothing substantial - water, cookies ..... just enough to sustain :)

     

    9V-MGJ eventually arrived after a protracted delay and made her way to gate to disgorge her cargo, both self loading and manually unloaded - all seemed on track (courtesy of FR24 and Changi's complimentary wi-fi)

    Then worries mounted, when all activities around the aircraft just ... ceased

     

    Not long after, someone came on the PA to concede the aircraft had gone inoperable, I suppose to you and me, it's "not fit to fly"

    I'm not about to go argue that line of logic :)

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    Not saying this is apple to apple comparison, but rather just a recollection of how the golden goose family dealt with our recent 'misadventure' at their home base :)

     

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    Our MLE-SIN flight was already delayed at the get go, but the scheduled near 9 hours transit at SIN more than adequately cushioned

     

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    After a quick sojourn into town for a bak kut teh lunch ..... 

     

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    ... we returned to a well and truly drenched Changi, consequent to which the already busy air traffic was thrown into chaos

     

    Our onward connecting flight to BKI fell victim to that, as it came clear the designated aircraft for our flight, incoming from KUL was held up in a holding pattern west of SIN, whilst awaiting accumulated traffic to clear :)

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    Move to make Labuan flight transit hub

    from: http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/144822/move-to-make-labuan-flight-transit-hub/

     

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    LABUAN: Labuan Corporation is in discussion with several airlines to use Labuan as a flight transit hub to Singapore and other destinations.

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    Dahlif said: “We are confident Labuan could become a transit hub for  airlines if they were offered incentives.”

     

    He said the Labuan International Airport could handle such flights as it had both the capacity and facilities with its extended runway for A320 aircraft  and 747 cargo flights and there was no air traffic congestion......

     

    Should Changi big wigs be alarmed by this ? There is after all absence of congestion and an 'extended runway' at LBU :)

    Plus 'incentives' some more .....

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    1 hour ago, Kenny Sing said:

    probably SQ group will be maximizing scoot for regional connectivity by deploying Scoot to BKI, unless BKI has a significant number of business traveller.

    If loads on my most recent MI flights BKI/SIN/BKI give any clue, SQ group would be more likely considering whether to carry on at all in any form :)

     

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    1 hour ago, flee said:

    ..... So people think about their brand when booking a ticket. These days, you have to be a full time Airasia ticket price checker if you are going to get anything cheap from Airasia! :rofl:

    I think they are now reaping fruits of their "we're cheap, cheaper than you know who ......" campaigns of yesteryears (well, at least for us Malaysians) :)

     

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    7 hours ago, Mohd Suhaimi Fariz said:

     Maybe even sell off MASwings to the Sabah/Sarawak government. If the federal government no longer want to properly support the RAS, why should MAB bore the brunt? Let the Sabah/Sarawak government run it.

    Whether you are aware of it and/or care to recognize it, there were promises and obligations pledged to the two Bornean components at conception of the nation of Malaysia, and I suppose we should be grateful that all parties have largely adhered to the spirit (if not to the letter) of this

    If I may opine, your "Let the Sabah/Sarawak government run it" assertion smacks of ignorance, and dare I say, sheer arrogance

    I can only pray and hope that those in corridors of power, whichever their political inclination, do not entertain such thoughts of yours in the slightest bit, ever

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