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| Saturday, November 19, 2005 |
| Airbus A380 and Malaysia .. Alahai .. |
Penerbangan Malaysia Bhd, the parent of Kuala Lumpur-based Malaysian Airline, placed a US$1.6 billion order for six A380 planes in December 2003, scheduling them for delivery in January 2007. With an average delay of six months, the plane will be delivered starting in July 2007 until May 2009, the airline said (1).
Whoa, wait a minute. So I read it again. US$1.6 billion??!! That would be 6.08 billion Ringgit!! MAS is buying 6 of those monsters at 6 billion Ringgit?? That makes it about 1 billion Ringgit per plane. Wait, I am speechless. That is a lot of money. They have the money to buy those things??
- Are these people serious?
- Do we really need those planes?
- Are we going to pay cash? or on loan? - which will incur interest !!
- Then we will have to make sure the 555 people that can board the plane are ON the plane.
- Who will get to travel on the plane? Maybe Mawi, but the rest?
- Do we have that kind of traffic on our current routes and patronage?
- Can we generate that amount of income from the current condition of our airline industry .. in the midst of losses and pending pay cuts??
- Who make all these decisions??
Can you imagine pumping RM6 billion into our airline channel? Can you then imagine what we can do to improve the drainage system in certain areas that experience flooding after a downpour?
Can you imagine improving the congested Pudu Bus stand to produce a better one in light ofincreasing traffic? Bet the shopkeepers at the station have lungs the shape of prunes now due to the prolonged inhalation of carbon monoxide.
Can you imagine providing better facilities such as new schools in palce of dilapidated ones in the villages and equip them with modern equipment with re-wiring and water and electricity?
We can do hell of a lot with 6 billion Ringgit.
Aiyaa, tak tau lah ...
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