For years MAS had been complaining that domestic flights within East Malaysia
(Sarawak & Sabah) are causing her to suffer a huge loss. Then she manages to
pass the burden of running these operations to the privately owned Air Asia
which has stunning records of reaping huge profits in recent years. Air Asia
runs the E. Malaysia operations through her subsidiary,Federal Air Express
(FAX). But Air Asia has bitten off a piece more than she can chew this time.She
does not have enough aircrafts to support the operations, if any aircraft
experiences a technical problem, all the subsequent schedules will be upset
because she does not have back up aircrafts for such incidences. Therefore
delays and cancellations are the norm of the day. FAX has no choice but to call
it quit. MAS has to take it back, just to fullfill her obligation (as a national
carrier) to service the rakyat. The operations in E. Malaysia will be handled
through MAS Wings, a newly formed subsidiary of MAS. Best of lucks,MAS, hope
your wings woun't be clipped this time.
