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Malaysia Airlines is not ruling out the possibility of operating at the newly proposed low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) to be built by Malaysia Airports Holdings. "We will see. There is a long time to come, and in fact there is a long time to build it. In the meantime, we'll have to look at all (aspects)," said MAS managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Seri Idris Jala yesterday. Work on the new LCCT is expected to start by the middle of this year and completed by the third quarter of 2011. On whether MAS would be involved in LCC operations, Idris said: "We will eventually venture into LCC operations. That is something we may consider in the future but not at the moment. "You never say no to things in the future. We always look at options. Whatever makes commercial sense for us, we will look at them favourably." Asked if MAS might operate at the new airport as the LCCT could cut operation costs, Idris said: "We will have to see because they have not built it so we don't know the charges they will put at the new LCCT. "We have not seen the design. They haven't told us what charges will be put on... landing and parking charges, we do not know." Idris said only after the airport operator has produced the blueprint for the new terminal, and the details are provided, MAS will be able to respond accordingly. Whether MAS has a wish list for the new LCCT, he said: "We didn't give a wish list. All we know is it is important to have level-playing field." It was reported that a wish list bad been given by low-cost carrier AirAsia Bhd to MAHB. Idris noted that Firefly, a LCC unit of MAS, would continue operating at Subang Airport. "That is the current plan and it will continue to operate there." Firefly is a wholly owned subsidiary of the national carrier. |
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