Friday, April 20, 2007

Single rural airlines

SEPANG: Fly Asian Xpress Sdn Bhd (FAX) has presented its case to the Government that there should only be one domestic carrier for rural air services.

FAX submitted a proposal on Tuesday, urging the Transport Ministry to have just one turbo-prop operator in the country, instead of two now, said chief executive officer Raja Mohd Azmi Raja Razali.

“The proposal is based on (FAX director) Datuk Tony Fernandes' justification on having one player (to offer rural flight service),'' he told reporters yesterday. “I believe the ministry will get back to us before long.”

Fernandes had commented earlier that he was ready to hand back the rural air service (RAS) in Sabah and Sarawak, currently operated by FAX, to Malaysia Airlines (MAS).

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