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By next year, the Sabah-Sarawak route also will connected by Malindo Air via Kuching to Kota Kinabalu, Sibu to Kota Kinabalu and Miri to Kinabalu.

 

Expect AK to make a lot of noise if OD is permitted to do SBW - BKI. AK operated that route before but short lived because of protest from Maswings.

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Expect AK to make a lot of noise if OD is permitted to do SBW - BKI. AK operated that route before but short lived because of protest from Maswings.

If that materialised, meaning the government need to amend the RAS contract with MASwings already...and AK shall be back on that route...

 

But anyway, back to OD; too many plans being revealed during each maiden flight press conference (E.g: 3 daily KUL-SBW-KUL after Raya, KUL-KCH-KUL can go up to 5 times daily, KUL-BKI-KUL going 8 times daily by year end, plus the India & China things; and going BKI from 3 other points in Sarawak by early next year as mentioned on Miri maiden flight press)

 

And mind you, they are talking about almost few months plans down the road only...I just wandered how they gonna be making it when they say before before 2013 come to a close, they can only have around 10 Boeing planes...

 

Let's wait and see...

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Malindo Air unfazed by exodus of employees

 

Posted on 25 June 2013 - 05:39am

Presenna Nambiar

sunbiz@thesundaily.com


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PETALING JAYA (June 25, 2013): Malindo Airways Sdn
Bhd is undaunted by the recent spate of people leaving the hybrid
airline – just three months since its launch, with its CEO saying brain
drain is not an issue.


Chandran Rama Muthy said the airline has more than enough people to
run its operations and that it is not affected by the number of people
leaving the company, which recently included its head of commercial
Rajasegaran Rajoo.


"People come and go all the time. We have about 700 people in the
company, our key people are in place and we are fine. There is nothing
to worry about," he told SunBiz via phone yesterday.


Malindo Air received its fourth aircraft on Sunday. It already has two Boeing 737-900ERs and a ATR 72-600.


According to a source, some six people have left the company in the last month itself, mainly at middle management level.


It is understood that at least three of those who left Malindo Air in
the last few months joined AirAsia. These included a former marketing
manager and its former legal head. Malindo Air already has a new legal
head now.


AirAsia, known for its creative advertisements that take potshots at
its competitors, took the opportunity to incorporate the news of
Rajasegaran's return to the group yesterday, with an ad for its
celebration sale which kicked off yesterday. An internal ad was also
circulated to its employees.


The internal ad (pix) with a silhouette of Rajasegaran
wearing a crown says "Welcome Home RAJA! Come dressed to work like a
RAJA on Monday and stand to win exciting prizes".


Another ad, which is part of its celebration sale, reads,"Go Home like a Raja. Beat the jam and balik kampung in style."

 

The source said this is not the first time the group has used ex-staff returning to AirAsia in its internal material.

 

Source : http://www.thesundaily.my/news/751906

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I think only Airasia accept return of leaving staff.. If MAS, it would be one-way exit only :)

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I think only Airasia accept return of leaving staff.. If MAS, it would be one-way exit only :)

Not true, there have been a few instances of ex-staffs returning to MH.

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Malindo Air to start KL-New Delhi route Bernama | Updated: July 01, 2013

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NEW DELHI: Malaysia's hybrid airline, Malindo Air is set to commence the Kuala Lumpur-New Delhi route, sources said.

 

It is currently awaiting approval from India's Civil Aviation Ministry.

 

"If all goes well, the route should be operational from Aug 15 onward," a source close to the process told Bernama today.

 

 

Although the frequency and type of aircraft, Malindo will use for the

five-hour plus route is still unclear, the return fare is expected to be

around Rs17,000 (RM887).

 

The fare is almost 50 per cent lesser than what is being charged now for the route generally.

 

Malindo operates Boeing's Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range).

 

 

In an interview with Bernama last month, Malindo Airways chief

executive officer Chandran Rama Muthy had said the carrier plans to fly

to India, China and the Asean countries by the end of 2014.

 

Besides Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X also flies the route.

 

However, AirAsia X axed flights to New Delhi and Mumbai on Jan 31 last year, citing high operating costs.

 

 

Its group chief executive officer, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said the

airline would restart the routes, but indicated, the airline was not

rushing to do so anytime soon.

 

 

Read more at: http://english.astroawani.com/news/show/malindo-air-to-start-kl-new-delhi-route-17467?cp

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I would be on the OD flight in Aug, during Raya time. I noticed the flight schedules have been changed and apparently OD would have early flight out from KCH at 630AM... since like OD is going to have night parking in KCH.

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Malindo Airways licence given in haste

 

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s eagerness to launch low-cost airline Malindo Airways months before its aviation license was approved has raised a DAP lawmaker’s suspicions that cronyism was involved in the deal.


According to a written parliamentary reply to DAP National Publicity Secretary Tony Pua, the Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia (DCA) had issued Malindo Airways its aviation license on February 28, after concluding the firm was in a “stable financial position”.


But Najib had launched the company – a joint venture between National Aerospace and Defence Industries Sdn Bhd (Nadi) and PT Lion Group – on September 12, 2012.


“This means that Najib had launched and announced the date of operations before the DCA could examine whether the company deserved to receive the license,” Pua said during a press conference at the parliament lobby here today.


“This has given us even more concrete evidence that Malindo Airways was given extraordinary support from the Prime Minister himself, to the point that its other flaws were overlooked.” He noted that DZJJ Sdn Bhd, a firm owned by former Cabinet Minister Jamaluddin Jarjis’s two children – Nur Anis Jamaluddin, 27, and Ikhwan Hafiz Jamaluddin, 25 – owned 10.5% of Nadi’s shares.


The Finance Ministry also owns a 5.7% share in Nadi.


Pua asked whether these were the reasons the DCA had approved Mandilo Airways’s license in the first place, given what he said was the firm’s sketchy background.

 

“According to the latest report by Company Commissions Malaysia (CCM), Malindo Airways has a paid-up capital of only RM1 million.


“Nadi, which is Malindo Airways’s main shareholder, violated the Companies Act 1965 last year for not filing their financial statements since 2007, or for six years in a row,” said the Petaling Jaya Utara MP.


He also said that a subsidiary of PT Lion Group, Lion Mentari Air, had been banned in the European Union for “safety concerns due to alleged poor maintenance and regulatory oversight standards on the part of the EU.”

 

“In April, a Lion Air airplane crashed in Bali. Last year, many Lion Air pilots were arrested for drug use…and on July 2011, Lion Air’s services were suspended for several months due to terrible on-time performance,” said Pua.


He urged Najib to explain whether cronyism was involved in approving Malindo Airways’s aviation license.


“This question is important because it shows that Malaysia, even after Najib’s ‘transformation’ is still influenced by Barisan Nasional’s problem of cronyism,” said Pua.


See more at: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/07/10/malindo-airways-licence-given-in-haste/#sthash.cNxiDQiZ.dpuf

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Read from a local Chinese newspaper that Malindo will cease TWU route on 20 Aug . Such a short life route.

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Read from a local Chinese newspaper that Malindo will cease TWU route on 20 Aug . Such a short life route.

 

I think so too, on their web booking available until date 19 Aug only. No any flights start 20 Aug on their web booking.

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Malindo flies into some turbulence

 

Malindo Air’s fares on its trunk domestic routes to Kota Kinabalu and Kuching from Kuala Lumpur have doubled since the routes were launched in March, substantially closing the gap with AIRASIA BHD’s fares. Malindo’s flight frequencies have also become erratic.
Hence, Malindo’s impact on AirAsia this year will not be as big as we had feared. We remain “overweight” on the Malaysian aviation sector, with our top “outperform” being AirAsia on the back of the resilience of its business. We also like Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) as we are confident it can open klia2 on May 2, 2014 as promised.
The sector is expected to rerate on the back of strong AirAsia and MAHB earnings.
Since its maiden flight four months ago, Malindo appears to have revised its plans for a 12-strong jet fleet by end-2013 to a 10-strong fleet. But the gap will be plugged by Malindo’s plans for a four-strong turbo-prop fleet based out of Subang.
Malindo also continues to make plans to start flight services to India from September, and then to Singapore and China. It is disturbing to note that several of Malindo’s middle level managers have left the company to join AirAsia, suggesting internal discord.
We believe Malindo’s impact on AirAsia will be limited this year as: (i) Malindo’s frequencies have been erratic; (ii) its fares have doubled since launch and the price gap with AirAsia is now quite small; (iii) Malindo may be targeting too many routes with too few frequencies to make an impact; and (iv) AirAsia remains a very efficient low-cost operator.
We think Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will feel more pressure as: (i) it is an inefficient operator; (ii) Malindo’s product resembles MAS’ product the most; and (iii) MAS’ subsidiary carrier, Firefly, is now facing direct competition from Malindo at Subang airport.
Lion Air’s plans to set up a new low-cost carrier in Thailand could result in Malindo slowing down the pace of its aircraft expansion from its earlier goal of 100 planes in 10 years. Some of Lion Air’s aircraft deliveries may be diverted to Thailand, especially if Malindo finds the competitive environment in Malaysia tougher than expected. Should this happen, AirAsia will be the biggest beneficiary. — CIMB Research, July 17

 

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I think OD should instead just focus on developing KUL - BKI/KCH for at least a year before venturing into other routes.

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Malindo to fly to Mumbai, south Indian destinations

 

NEW DELHI: Hybrid airline Malindo Air has received permission to fly to Mumbai as well as a few south Indian destinations, said a report.

It was earlier reported that the airline would commence flying the Kuala Lumpur-New Delhi route soon.

Malindo Air will deploy the Boeing 737-900ER aircraft on the Kuala Lumpur-New Delhi route, bundling the sector with a 15kg baggage allowance, meals and in-flight entertainment, TTG Asia reported.

"The airline is also likely to fly to Kolkata, Trivandrum, Chennai and Bangalore soon,"
Survottam Travel's managing director Rajendra Churiwala was quoted as saying.

 

He said the new flights are likely to be a hit in the market as clients will use Malindo not only for travel to Kuala Lumpur and Kuching, but also to Singapore.

This is given Malindo's price competitiveness compared with airlines such as Singapore Airlines and SilkAir.

Malaysia drew 780,000 tourists from India last year. Bernama

Edited by Ikman Ikreza

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I'm beginning to wonder how well is Malindo doing...

 

This morning, well until noon - all 4 739s are parked at the remote bays fronting the A gates of the MTB, although one was later moved to an A gate for a departure in the afternoon.

 

But to have all 4 739s firmly on the ground in the mornings?!

 

 

Separately, there were 2 Lionair 738s parked at remote bays around the Satellite building. Both gone tech?

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I'm beginning to wonder how well is Malindo doing...

 

This morning, well until noon - all 4 739s are parked at the remote bays fronting the A gates of the MTB, although one was later moved to an A gate for a departure in the afternoon.

 

But to have all 4 739s firmly on the ground in the mornings?!

 

 

Separately, there were 2 Lionair 738s parked at remote bays around the Satellite building. Both gone tech?

 

 

While passing through KUL recently, saw 2 Malindo 739 idling at remote parking bay. It is unusual for a LCC to have aircraft idling in board daylight :sorry:

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