James Gota 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2008 Malaysia Airlines unions against proposal to increase flights BERNAMA Email to friend Print article 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sanjay Thaker 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2008 sounds more like Union vs Govt Intereference Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fitri Shukri 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2008 (edited) Datuk Seri, AirAsia X kan ada! Why not ask them to speed-up the proposed KUL(LCCT) to London route Edited November 18, 2008 by Jonathan Kong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yeadrian 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2008 (edited) 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 Edited November 18, 2008 by yeadrian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Soh 3 Report post Posted November 18, 2008 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
affendi osman 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2008 I do agree with Ryan. Let the right people do the right thing, not only ministers with so - so knowledge about aviation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James Gota 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2008 Aggreed with Ryan Its no point giving a job specialized for tv's when the person knows about Sewing its like apples and oranges. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
singyc 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2008 true.. the critical issue here is to survive under bad economy mah.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites