The Borneo Post

SCCCI hopes for airlines other than MASwings for Sibu-KK route

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SIBU: Sibu Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( SCCCI) president Dr Gregory Hii said the Sibu- Kota Kinabalu sector would be excluded in the new MASwings’ contract with the government which is said to have been extended for another seven years, starting Jan 1 next year.

He hoped to see the SibuKota Kinabalu sector served by other airlines like AirAsia, and with more competitiv­e pricing and better record of services.

AirAsia sector a back.

It was reported in the newspapers that details of the new agreement are expected to be finalised by mid- 2017, with the involvemen­t of the state government, Malaysian Aviation Commission ( MAVCOM) and Ministry of Transport ( MOT).

Hii said the move would definitely benefit SCCCI which represents 978 members and business enterprise­s operating in the central region of Sarawak.

“I agreed wholeheart­edly with the MASwings CEO’s own assessment of the past unsatisfac­tory performanc­e of MASwings as an airline of ‘delay, delay, delay; cancel, cancel, cancel,” he added.

As such, Hii said the people were looking forward to a quantum leap in MASwings’ level of service performanc­e starting now, failing which the people will deem the MASwings CEO and board of directors as having failed to meet the growing expectatio­ns of frustrated travellers.

Hii also called for a review of MASwing’s air fare structure, which has been perceived as expensive and unreasonab­le. flew few this years

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Dr Gregory Hii

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