Malaysia Airlines Is Burning $2 Million Every Day as Flights Go Empty
Sep 2, 2014, 9:52 am
#46
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Malaysian Airlines is a piece of crap run by management whose only aim is lining their own fat pockets using taxpayer funds. The crew are mostly fantastic but the guys at the top should be executed China-style for misuse of public funds.
And I speak as a Malaysian.
And I speak as a Malaysian.
Sep 2, 2014, 1:45 pm
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I was just suggesting that there may be a net gain in opening up more, however. It would just be a function of what kind of conversion rate they would see from award customers (perhaps trying out the product as part of an award) to later paying customers. Nonetheless, if the in flight experience is still a strong point, then I'd say it's an opportunity for them to get good PR.
Sep 3, 2014, 4:53 am
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Sep 3, 2014, 6:38 pm
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We presume you have seen some sort of proof......if you can share it ?
Sep 3, 2014, 6:53 pm
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Sep 4, 2014, 5:32 am
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Bottom line, the problem with MAS is not its customer service and quality, it is in fact quite good, at least compared to what pass for "service" on US carriers.
The problem with MAS is the fiscal management side. Not to mention bureaucratic interference from various parties with vested interest. This latest restructure attempt is designed to overcome those hurdles...in theory. Will it work? We'll just have to wait and and find out.
The problem with MAS is the fiscal management side. Not to mention bureaucratic interference from various parties with vested interest. This latest restructure attempt is designed to overcome those hurdles...in theory. Will it work? We'll just have to wait and and find out.
Sep 4, 2014, 12:17 pm
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Before we start in on the US carrier-bashing, if you want to talk about MH service you might want to address how they seem to be great until there's IRROPS, at which point they usually melt down into a completely paralyzed and incompetent puddle.
Sep 4, 2014, 7:51 pm
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This is "normal" for many Govt. owned airlines. Depth of management and lack of training etc.
Sep 4, 2014, 10:15 pm
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I don't know, is MAS really worse in this area than other carriers? I'm not saying they are competent in dealing with IRROPS, but I'm not talking about the two crashes, but the run-of-the-mill delays or cancellation due to weather or maintenance. I mean, if you want to talk about incompetence in managing flights that are delayed or cancelled, many US (or European) carriers are no better than MAS in terms of how they treat the passenger.
Sep 5, 2014, 5:52 am
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The problems at MH concern me. They need to cancel a lot of their routes and sell a lot of aircraft. I think London, Doha, Hong Kong, and Tokyo Narita should remain (plus Australia), but other than that all routes need to go apart from SE Asia regionals. http://backpackerlee.wordpress.com/2...-from-tragedy/
Sep 5, 2014, 5:17 pm
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The problems at MH concern me. They need to cancel a lot of their routes and sell a lot of aircraft. I think London, Doha, Hong Kong, and Tokyo Narita should remain (plus Australia), but other than that all routes need to go apart from SE Asia regionals. http://backpackerlee.wordpress.com/2...-from-tragedy/
Sep 5, 2014, 6:01 pm
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Agree on need for India flights. A lot of population are descendant of the Malay people from Southern India. Strong ties ...
Sep 6, 2014, 2:03 am
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Their problem, though is... who will take them off their hands? You might be seeing the first set of A380s to be mothballed.
Sep 6, 2014, 4:13 am
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