Pemuda PBB Padungan merasa lega diatas jaminan yang diberikan oleh Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, selaku Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Kumpulan (MAS-AirAsia), bahawa AirAsia akan meneruskan perkhidmatan penerbangan tambang murah seperti sekarang.
Pemuda PBB Padungan percaya jaminan ini akan mendatangkan rasa lega dikalangan rakyat Sarawak yang sebelum ini merasa gusar diatas kemungkinan AirAsia akan menaikkan harga tiket sekiranya benar khabar angin yang bertiup kencang bahawa perkhidmatan penerbangan FireFly ke Sarawak akan ditamatkan.
Walau bagaimanapun, pada masa yang sama Pemuda PBB Padungan menggesa Tan Sri Tony Fernandes melakukan sesuatu untuk memastikan jumlah frekuensi penerbangan masuk dan keluar Sarawak tidak terjejas sekiranya benar bahawa perkhidmatan FireFly akan ditamatkan.
Sekiranya Tan Sri Tony Fernandes tidak berupaya untuk memastikan ini dari terjadi, maka Pemuda PBB Padungan berharap Tan Sri Tony Fernandes akan jujur dengan Kerajaan Sarawak dan rakyat Sarawak dengan membuat pengakuan sedemikian.
Ini membolehkan Kerajaan Sarawak boleh menilai dengan lebih teliti terhadap cadangan untuk meluaskan skop penerbangan MasWing sehingga ke Semenanjung sebagai ganti kepada FireFly.
Akhir kata, Pemuda PBB Padungan amat berharap jalan penyelesaian akan dapat ditemui dalam masa yang terdekat memandangkan sistem perkhidmatan udara memainkan peranan yang amat penting kepada negeri Sarawak.
Sekian. Terimakasih.
Ir. Haidel Heli
Ketua Pemuda PBB Padungan
Posted on October 2, 2011, Sunday
KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia yesterday assured that the airline will continue to remain a low-cost carrier and maintain the current fare structure despite its recent collaboration with Malaysia Airlines.
Group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes reiterated that there “was no way, as far as AirAsia is concerned, that fares would go up or that there will be less competition”.
“AirAsia started as a low-cost carrier and we will stay a low-cost carrier. There will be no benefit to us (AirAsia) if fares are increased,” he said after presenting a talk at the Tunku Abdul Rahman College here yesterday.
Fernandes was responding to claims that AirAsia will increase fares which will automatically reduce competition between the two aviation companies.
“AirAsia is about having low fares. We want to have more flights and in order to have more flights we have to be cheaper.
“You have a choice, if you do not like our (AirAsia) fare, you will not fly with us,” he said, adding that even AirAsia had to compete for business.
Malaysians should place more faith in the collaboration (between MAS and AirAsia) which would not only benefit the industry but also the country, Fernandes said.
“Malaysians, by nature, will only be convinced after they see success, they will (later) regret their mistakes.
“So, give us some time and we will prove to you that the deal will be profitable,” Fernandes said, adding that he welcomed parties which criticised AirAsia, MAS or the share swap deal to sit down with the management and hear their side of the story.
On AirAsia, Fernandes hoped Malaysia Airports would further realise the benefits of low cost travel by granting the airline more low-cost terminals at Malaysian airports.
“We have one in Kota Kinabalu and we would love to have one in Penang and Kuching, as we think low cost travel is a separate business than the premium,” he said. AirAsia, on the other hand, is also accelerating AirAsia Japan, Thailand Indonesia and the Philippines.
“All of these are looking good as we continue to record more routes and more frequencies in the last 12 months. Financially, our third quarter looks good, I hope the fourth quarter will also be very good and I am not worried about any recession, if there is any.
“In reality, it is now MAS and AirAsia’s glorious moments as we can catch up in business and passenger traffic while others (airlines) are still struggling,” he added. — Bernama
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