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    i'll be fine as this isn't my utmost priority at the moment. i still have the faith that something will come along someday, just have to be patient =)

    don't need to worry, if he's qualified he'll get called, but to my understanding, i guess 4 batches of almost 100 of them per batch have completed their first test. perhaps no more tests after this? not sure, but keep trying

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    wasted chance i'll say. i don't mind forking out the calculated amount of about RM8k for food + lodging.

    it happens anywhere, even if you go to MAS/SIA, there are deductions made from your pay to pay back the amount spent on educating us.

    i confidently believe it's a matter of how determined one is to go through ALL obstacles before giving up and washing hands.. :pardon:

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    brennan, just curious, have you received any replies for the coming test on saturday? a few of my friends have received their emails asking them to attend the test this saturday.

    i'm yet to receive anything, no confirmation nor failure.

    keeps me wondering all day long..

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    Flying cheap from KL to London

    Budget flights expected to start in July

    30 Dec 2006

    Anna Maria Samsudin

     

     

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    KUALA LUMPUR: After dominating the regional low-cost-carrier (LCC) market within just five years, airline whizzes Datuk Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamaruddin Meranun are now ready to take on Europe, and London is the likely maiden destination.

     

    Word has it that the Kuala Lumpur-London route would be the first of several more low-cost long-haul air services to be offered.

     

    Scheduled to take off by July next year, it is believed that the service would be the world’s longest LCC route and would fast-track Malaysia into becoming a leading global LCC hub.

     

    Fernandes, who is AirAsia chief executive officer, declined to confirm or deny speculation when contacted by Business Times.

     

    He said the long-haul service was not a model for AirAsia because the airline focused on short-haul travel with flight times of three to four hours.

     

     

     

    He said that while he believed there was huge potential for a budget long-haul air service model, “currently, there is no budget long-haul model that we really like”.

     

    “It is just a matter of time before someone comes up with a good model for a low-cost carrier and I hope the innovation would come from Malaysia.

     

    “This would complement our efforts in turning KLIA into the Dubai and Changi for LCCs," he said yesterday.

     

    Although details are sketchy, sources close to the deal said the Kuala Lumpur-London service would be a partnership between AirAsia and Fly Asian Xpress (FAX).

     

    FAX — privately owned by Fernandes, Kamaruddin (picture) of AirAsia and former AirAsia chief financial officer Raja Azmi Raja Razali — is the operator of rural air services in Sabah and Sarawak.

     

    In conjunction with the plan, FAX is in talks with several parties to look for wide-body aircraft, namely Boeing 777s or Airbus 330s, to lease or buy.

     

    The Kuala Lumpur-London flight service would most likely stop over in Dubai and may have two seat classes, economy and "super economy", which is equivalent to business class.

     

    The budget flights will probably seek to land at airports near London where landing charges are lower.

     

    Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is the only carrier operating non-stop full-service Kuala Lumpur-London routes 18 times weekly.

     

    A check showed the lowest return trip on MAS costs between RM4,000 and RM5,000, including taxes, and RM18,000 for business class.

     

    For the budget flights to be competitive, because they have a stopover, the pricing must be substantially lower to attract travellers.

     

    Analysts contacted by Business Times were positive about a budget Kuala Lumpur-London service, which they believe would open up a new market segment for long-haul flights.

     

    Nevertheless, they said the nature of long-haul flights was different from normal LCC business and required thorough planing to work.

     

    Oasis Hong Kong Airlines is the sole operator of a budget long-haul service via its Hong Kong-London flights that started in October.

     

    It is the second airline in the world, after the defunct Laker Airways Skytrain, to adopt the long-haul budget service model.

     

    Although Oasis has plans to expand to other parts of Europe, market observers said the airline was having difficulties due to the complexity of running a budget long-haul model.

     

    Aviation analyst Shukor Yusof, from Standard & Poor’s Equity Research in Singapore, said the market for long-haul flights was different from the normal LCC market.

     

    He said long-haul business was more complicated and had a higher risk factor.

     

    "LCCs flying long haul must be prepared to see their costs rise in return for lower yields."

     

    On whether the new service would have a negative impact on the national carrier, TA Securities analyst Rosnani Rasul was optimistic that the "cake" was big enough for everyone.

     

    "The new service will create a new market segment. It will not cannibalise MAS."

     

    While optimistic that a budget long-haul service would work, she said details such as food, beverage and entertainment had to be looked into because of the lengthy flight time involved.

     

    "I don’t think they can adopt AirAsia’s current no-frills model."

     

    *NST 30/12/2006

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