KK Lee 5 Report post Posted August 6, 2016 Different markets. The US market still have large premium traffic that legacy carriers can cater to. Malaysia is all about low yielding passengers. What applies to the US doesn't necessarily apply to MY. Over 70% of me3 pax are transit I.e not o&d from their home base. Why mh is limiting it's customers to mys only not network wide? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2 Report post Posted August 6, 2016 (edited) Over 70% of me3 pax are transit I.e not o&d from their home base. Why mh is limiting it's customers to mys only not network wide? ME is strategically located to cater for transit passenger & has always been transit focused. MY isn't as strategically located. Edited August 6, 2016 by Mohd Suhaimi Fariz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted August 8, 2016 Malaysia Airlines appoints new chief commercial officer Aug 8 Malaysia Airlines said on Monday that it has appointed Arved von zur Muehlen as the new chief commercial officer effective from Sept 5. Muehlen will take over from the current CCO, Paul Simmons, who will be leaving in mid-September, the airline said in a statement. Prior to his appointment, Muehlen was the senior vice president of commercial network operations for Qatar Airways. Malaysia's national carrier, which has been struggling since the disappearance of flight MH370 and the shooting down of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, appointed a new chief executive last month. http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2016/08/08/malaysia-airlines-appoints-new-chief-commercial-officer/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jani 0 Report post Posted August 8, 2016 Wasn't even a year at MAS.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2016 Will this be exodus of CM's team? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted August 9, 2016 Malaysia Airlines CEO Peter Bellew said von zur Muehlen will “focus on developing a comprehensive and sustainable plan to improve Malaysia Airlines’ marketing, sales, products and customer service.” Bellew previously told ATW that load factors need to increase from the 70% to the 80% level in the next 12 to 18 months. Revenue should rise at least seven points over the next few months. “The focus is to sell seats,” he said. Full report: http://atwonline.com/people/malaysia-airlines-appoints-new-cco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Najib Ramli 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2016 Will this be exodus of CM's team? purely on the basis of their CV, Arved von zur Muehlen seems to have more experience in the airline industry and with legacy/full service airlines (Lufthansa, Swiss and Qatar) compared to Paul Simmons (Easyjet and flybe) but that's on paper at least, real world performance might differ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2016 “The focus is to sell seats,” he said.....this statement is worrying.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KK Lee 5 Report post Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) Malaysia Airlines CEO Peter Bellew said von zur Muehlen will “focus on developing a comprehensive and sustainable plan to improve Malaysia Airlines’ marketing, sales, products and customer service.” Bellew previously told ATW that load factors need to increase from the 70% to the 80% level in the next 12 to 18 months. Revenue should rise at least seven points over the next few months. “The focus is to sell seats,” he said. Full report: http://atwonline.com/people/malaysia-airlines-appoints-new-cco “The focus is to sell seats,” he said.....this statement is worrying.... On some regional routes that I was looking at, decided to buy AK as MH price difference is incompatible with the level of service even with lounge access. Not sure PB's right hand knows what his left hand is doing. Edited August 9, 2016 by KK Lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jani 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2016 “The focus is to sell seats,” he said.....this statement is worrying.... Why? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Y. J. Foo 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2016 Why? It sounds as if he was trying to sell the seats whether they would make money or not, at least that is how I interpret it. If he doesn't address on the high CASM in relation to low RASM it's a never-ending story of MH in the red. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaymondT 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2016 It sounds as if he was trying to sell the seats whether they would make money or not, at least that is how I interpret it. If he doesn't address on the high CASM in relation to low RASM it's a never-ending story of MH in the red. How I interpret his statement is that the current average load of 70% is not satisfactory and that he hopes to push for at least 80% for better yield. Hence the goal to sell more seats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted August 10, 2016 How I interpret his statement is that the current average load of 70% is not satisfactory and that he hopes to push for at least 80% for better yield. Hence the goal to sell more seats. Yes, CM has focused on the structure - that was why he formalised the the structure with the establishment of MAG. PB now has to look more at the business end of things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted August 26, 2016 It will be aviation's greatest turnaround, says new Malaysia Airlines CEO SINGAPORE: He’s got what he himself has called the toughest job in the business today. But nearly two months after taking over the reins at Malaysia Airlines (MAS), Peter Bellew is vowing that this “will be the greatest turnaround in the history of aviation, I’ve no doubt about it”. Public relations optimism, a rallying call, or simply the confidence of a man with a working plan? In his first sit-down television interview since becoming chief executive on July 1, 2016, Mr Bellew – who joined MAS in September 2015 as chief operating officer – goes into detail on why the plan will work, and is working. “It’s attention to detail on all areas, but particularly on the cost side,” he said. “Like how much do we pay the guy who puts the fuel in the aircraft? If you’re buying nasi lemak in Shanghai, what do you pay over there?” More: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/international/it-will-be-aviation-s/3073058.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alberttky 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2016 If this doesn't work then MAB needs to get the other Irishman... Alan Joyce. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BC Tam 2 Report post Posted August 26, 2016 If this doesn't work then MAB needs to get the other Irishman... Alan Joyce.Sort of like AJ ver.2 eh ? (one wonders how AJ ver.1 is coping nowadays ?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amirul Mazlan 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2016 He's in Sapura Resources Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S V Choong 4 Report post Posted August 26, 2016 If this doesn't work then MAB needs to get the other Irishman... Alan Joyce. Nope sorry, Alan Joyce is gay and makes him an easy target to get rid of for some people in Malaysia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Azizul Ramli 2 Report post Posted August 29, 2016 As confirmed by the spies at the MH Rumour Department, PB has launched his attack to claim back the iron throne. The winter is coming. Love the new campaign. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S V Choong 4 Report post Posted August 29, 2016 As confirmed by the spies at the MH Rumour Department, PB has launched his attack to claim back the iron throne. The winter is coming. Love the new campaign. Cheeky... and aimed directly at the "Bogan's" bus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S V Choong 4 Report post Posted August 30, 2016 Air Asia is not often cheap, I find. If you are not buying during their discounted sale or heavily discounted sale. Their normal fare isn't that far off from full service carrier. I would rather fly a full service carrier than with the Bogan bus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KK Lee 5 Report post Posted August 30, 2016 Air Asia is not often cheap, I find. If you are not buying during their discounted sale or heavily discounted sale. Their normal fare isn't that far off from full service carrier. I would rather fly a full service carrier than with the Bogan bus. That's why we need mh to keep bogan bus and me3 price low. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2016 It depends on when you buy the ticket or when you want to travel. Often times, both offer competitive fares. Best for us consumers to to have choices. That being said, Malindo is now pricing themselves out of the market, their ticket is exorbitantly high nowadays since they switched to premium carrier. Often times more than MH. They recently add on admin charges fee and advanced booking fee, am not sure what are they intended for.... Did a comparison recently between AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines for KUL-SGN 11th-15th June 2017. For AirAsia, I included 30kg and credit card fee as fair comparison. Malaysia Airlines comes out as winner..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V Wong 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2016 It depends on when you buy the ticket or when you want to travel. Often times, both offer competitive fares. Best for us consumers to to have choices. Malaysia Airlines comes out as winner..... This is true even when AirAsia is doing its zero fare promo across many destinations, during peak or off-peak travel periods. Its base fare is only sometimes within LCC range, but once the add-ons are included, most of the time its more expensive than MH or only marginally cheaper, which is not worth the check-in to furthest gate 2km walk (informed to me by one of the buggy driver) in KLIA2 (oops LCCT). For those reasons, I now rarely fly the red one compared to a few years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites