Posted by BullBear > 2012-09-11 16:26 | Report Abuse

YESSS...YESSS...YESSS!!

Malaysia's new budget airline which would offer FULL SERVICE, meaning passengers or rather customers would be enjoying the normal services like food, seat assignment and oooh ya..that would most certainly include the aerobridge.

Basically the new Hybrid Airline would offer customers the normal expected service without any HIDDEN CHARGES and the FULL SERVICE comes much cheaper than conventional airlines like SIA or MAS.

The new airline will offer ticket prices lower or at least on par with that of another Malaysia lCC airasia.

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!

Posted by potenza10 > 2012-09-11 16:28 | Report Abuse

any reference link for the news?

Posted by euclid > 2012-09-11 16:35 | Report Abuse

There is something called Google...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-11/lion-air-challenges-airasia-with-malaysian-low-cost-carrier.html

Posted by BullBear > 2012-09-11 17:14 | Report Abuse

Yessssssssssssssssss!!

1. Malindo Airways will be based at KLIA2 & will start operations in May 2013 with a fleet of 12 Boeing 737-900ER aircraft.

2. Fire Fly may revive jet operations next year.

Now more people can fly!!!

Posted by hoohaa > 2012-09-11 17:23 | Report Abuse

woohoo! and at a cheaper price! happy for all malaysians :D

Posted by oletank > 2012-09-11 17:34 | Report Abuse

Yes, now more can fly, but are there here to stay or ????????????

Posted by BullBear > 2012-09-11 20:03 | Report Abuse

Offcourse the JV will stay............

1. NADI has Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul expertise and ample space in Subang. Lion Air has 100 over aircraft in operation and some 600 more on order.

2. Lion Air is restricted to a degree by congestion at Sukarno-Hatta which has resulted in it not being able to improve its dispatch reliability. Moving some of its aircraft to KLIA will solve part of the problem. KLIA has ample space with the construction KLIA2 low-cost terminal;

3. AirAsia could mount a response by using its Jakarta Asean Hub. So will Airasia do that?

Time will tell!!!!!

Posted by BullBear > 2012-09-11 21:05 | Report Abuse

Good news as more people will be able to fly!!!

1. Firefly, a subsidiary of MAS, is believed to be returning to its jet operations as early as next year.

2. It had to abandon its money-making routes to Sabah and Sarawak following the nowaborted MAS-AirAsia strategic collaboration exercise.

3. Firefly & Malindo Airways will fill the vaccum created by Air Asia here when it moved out its regional office to Jakarta.

Posted by BullBear > 2012-09-11 22:17 | Report Abuse

The moral of the story buy MAS counter.

1. Some 10% of the existing overstaff MAS will be transfered/seconded to Firefly when it starts the jet services.

2. MAS engineering will be in position to secure the MRO businesses not only from Firefly but also Malindo Airways.

3. MAS long haul services will benefit with new LCCs excercise.

4. MAS is in re-negotiation of their contract on F&B with Skycafe. With new LCCs coming to KLIA2 there a chance the re-negotiation will be successful and favorable to both parties.

5. Skycafe which MAS is also a shareholder stands a good chance to secure F&B business from these new LCC.

So folks, dump AA and starts buying MAS.......hahhahahahahahah!!

All the best!

Posted by King Kong73 > 2012-09-12 07:08 | Report Abuse

bullbear..thanks for the fresh insight...i know mas already done number 1.

Posted by captros > 2012-09-12 08:52 | Report Abuse

and the coming of Lion Air will kill further AA.

Posted by free2rhyme0628 > 2012-09-12 09:22 | Report Abuse

From Wiki:

Lion Air (including its Wings Air subsidiary) is on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union due to safety concerns as of February 2012. The airline has applied multiple times for membership in The International Air Transport Association (IATA), but it has been denied due to several safety concerns.

The transportation ministry recorded that Lion Air's OTP of 66.45 percent was the worst of six airlines in an assessment conducted from January to April 2011 at 24 airports nationwide.

In January 2012, the Transportation Ministry said that it sanctioned Lion Air because some of its pilots and crew members were found in recent months to be in possession of crystal methamphetamine.

What a bad review statements...oh, not to mention with quite a few incidents and accidents here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Air

Posted by BullBear > 2012-09-12 09:50 | Report Abuse

We are talking about Malindo Airways a JV of 51% NADI & 49% Lion Air and to be based at KLIA2.

Now a lot more people can fly!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS..

Posted by KC Loh > 2012-09-12 09:55 | Report Abuse

for too long AA enjoyed the budget monopoly! competition is good for consumers! capitalism at work!

Posted by Mat Cendana > 2012-09-12 10:02 | Report Abuse

"competition is good for consumers! capitalism at work!" -- Fully agree with this. Bring it on! To be fair, the government had better do something about MAS very soon and be firm about it. Then, with the local car industry. Let these be like the telecommunications industry. Remember the bad old days when it was so costly to make an outstation call? Or the various charges in owing a handphone? But thanks to competition, we have all benefited. Nowadays, even primary schoolchildren can own and maintain a handphone!

Posted by BullBear > 2012-09-12 10:35 | Report Abuse

1. Rusdi dismissed suggestions that Malindo Airways will be competing with AirAsia, the region's biggest low-cost carrier, in its home market.

2. "We are not competing, but rather complementing by bringing in more passengers. We are also looking at selling tickets at Air Asia's pricing, but with value-added services for passengers such as Wifi and inflight entertainment," he said.

3. Rusdi said Malindo Airways will fly out from few cities in Indonesia such as Medan, Pekan Baru, Makassar, Surabaya and Bali to Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu. The passengers will then be able to fly to other destinations like to Japan, China and India.

4. "We will use Jakarta and Bali as hubs for passengers flying from Malaysia to Australia," he said.

So folks, more people will fly Malindo Airways & Firefly however less will fly AA.

Haahahahahahahahahah!!

Posted by Mat Cendana > 2012-09-12 11:02 | Report Abuse

To the cowboy traders here: could this sharp drop present an opportunity to "Menaguk di air keruh" with a few brave buys of the call warrants? But only if a rebound is likely. If it continues to slide, then the cowboys with warrants will be in trouble.

Posted by khepoklekor > 2012-09-12 11:05 | Report Abuse

its abt time aiasia to buck up n give more freebies n less ancillary charges...

Welcome Malindo... Welcome!