Mas Catering

[Leo 0]

Those meals are uplift from KUL with connection to overseas such as A330 and B777 flight because those flight able to uplift 2 set of meals. For B737 flight the main dish will be uplift from KUL if the flight is a VV flight. Side dish and dining ware can be uplift from KUL. Early morning flight with B737 out from BKI will always be uplift from BKI.

 

With flight operation it self not only meal are uplift. It can be range from newspaper, coffee, Tea, Juice and so on, toiletry product, magazine, peanuts, tower for business class, glass ware, and so on all are uplift from KUL it self.

 

[Pieter C. 5]

With flight operation it self not only meal are uplift. It can be range from newspaper, coffee, Tea, Juice and so on, toiletry product, magazine, peanuts, tower for business class, glass ware, and so on all are uplift from KUL it self.

 

Wouldn't it be cheaper for MAS to 'rent' a warehouse and store these 'hardware' in there, instead of flying it in from KUL on all these flights ?

Just think of extra weight = fuel-burn = environmental issues (CO2 etc) = extra cost for MAS

[BC Tam 2]

Those meals are uplift from KUL with connection to overseas such as A330 and B777 flight because those flight able to uplift 2 set of meals. For B737 flight the main dish will be uplift from KUL if the flight is a VV flight. Side dish and dining ware can be uplift from KUL. Early morning flight with B737 out from BKI will always be uplift from BKI.

Are you certain of those facts ? According to your description, it appears it's more or less just breakfasts that our local Gardenia Flight Kitchen caters for, and it is quite a biggish kitchen !

[Isaac 0]

Are you certain of those facts ? According to your description, it appears it's more or less just breakfasts that our local Gardenia Flight Kitchen caters for, and it is quite a biggish kitchen !

May be captain Radzi knows something ? Or Fairizuan ?

[Leo 0]

Wouldn't it be cheaper for MAS to 'rent' a warehouse and store these 'hardware' in there, instead of flying it in from KUL on all these flights ?

Just think of extra weight = fuel-burn = environmental issues (CO2 etc) = extra cost for MAS

 

Gardenia can say to be an outsource company. It help MH to perform cater for BKI station. So MH doesn’t have inventory control over what Gardenia charges them.

If MH rent warehouse and store these "hardware" then MH really need to spend more on operation cost as MH need to employ more personal to handle their operation. More people mean more money spends "more free ticket for employee" and more store room mean more money for warehouse. Beside that inventory control would be difficult because lack of higher management. In fact material in Sabah are more expensive compare to KL it self. So with all account in uplift from KUL is still the best option to save cost. But time to time management will change as the info that I provide are valid 2 year + ago.

 

BKI in the mean time not only service morning flight but flight that are not VV from KUL it self.

 

[Isaac 0]

Gardenia can say to be an outsource company. It help MH to perform cater for BKI station.

Gardenia is owned by the boss of Tong Heng Supermarket, which is the oldest supermarket in BKI (as told by my mom). The old boss, Datuk Wong Tze Fatt and his wife, were burned to death in early 2005 inside their banglo. There is a building named after him "Dewan Serbaguna Datuk Wong Tze Fatt". The building was previously known as "Dewan Serbaguna SMJK Tinggi Kota Kinabalu". Datuk Wong Tze Fatt is the founder of Sekolah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu.

Edited May 28, 2007 by Isaac

[Rozhan 0]

Wonder if the outsourcing exercise was 'directly negotiated' due to political connections, or underwent transparent and fair tender process. If the former, then it means MAS' corporate governance is questionable, never mind that it is a public listed company.