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Malaysia Airlines unions against proposal to increase flights

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KUCHING, SARAWAK:

 

Several Malaysia Airlines employees’ unions said today that asking the national airline to increase frequencies to certain destinations at this juncture may not be appropriate due to a number of reasons.

 

 

 

This was especially so amid the slowing down of demand in air travel due to the global economic turmoil and the fluctuating fuel prices, the unions said in a joint statement to Bernama.

 

The unions said despite the drop in fuel prices, the average fuel price paid by airlines was still 30-40 per cent higher than a year ago due to the high fluctuation rate.

 

The unions include the Malaysian Airline System Employees’ Union Peninsular Malaysia (MASEU), Airlines Workers Unions’ Sarawak (AWUS) and Air Transport Workers Sabah (ATWUS).

 

Malaysia Airlines Graded Tripartite Unions secretary-general Abdul Malek Ariff, who represented some 14,000 union members, today said asking Malaysia Airlines to increase flights at this time was totally unrealistic.

 

“All of us in Malaysia Airlines have been working very hard to ensure that we survive this crisis. We are doing our level best to improve the standard of services and products and we, the employees, are committed to be among the world’s best airlines, not just for today but also for the future.

 

“The prime minister told us to be profitable and not to expect any bailouts,” he said.

 

Abdul Malek disclosed that more than 25 airlines had gone bankrupt since the fuel crisis and to survive the crisis, many major airlines such as Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways and Qantas had reduced flight frequencies and even axed routes.

 

Singapore Airlines was cutting back on services to Seoul, Osaka and Penang while Thai Airways had stopped direct flights from Bangkok to New York and Auckland, he said.

 

Abdul Malek said Malaysia Airlines employees should also work together to attract more tourists into Malaysia and strengthen the airlines’ position as the preferred airline.

 

Recently Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said had asked Malaysia Airlines to increase flight frequencies between Kuala Lumpur and London.

 

 

From http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sun...icle/index_html

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I think it's a response to Azalina's dumbfounded press piece!!

I strongly feel that MH Unions will know more than Azalina...

 

 

sounds more like Union vs Govt Intereference
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FINALLY! Someone is speaking sense! Hopefully this will go a long way to shut up some people who are insistant on MH flying to all over the world from ALL PARTS of Malaysia.

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