Malindo Air targets 3 million passengers for next year

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• Hybrid airline targets 3 million passengers
• increase 120,000 seats with current 60,000 seats
• add 14 aircraft to total of 25 fleet size by end of 2014

"indirectly, more routes mean more frequencies and better connectivity and therefore more options for consumers to choose. -create healthy competition will result in competitive prices being offered"  -said Chandran Ramamurthy, CEO of Malindo Air.


Malindo Air, Malaysia's hybrid airline, aims to achieve more than three million passenger target by end-2014, with the opening of the spanking new KLIA2 on May 2, 2014.

Chief Executive Officer Chandran Rama Muthy said: "we're already touching about 900,000 passengers this month. We aim to touch the first one million passengers by early next year and more than three million by the end of next year.

"As KLIA2 is coming in the pipeline, Malindo Air planned to come in at the earliest in May and with that, we hope to get over three million passengers by putting more aircraft at KLIA2 and in Subang Airport," he told the media after the launching of Malindo Air's inaugural flight from Kuala Lumpur to New Delhi by Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi here Monday. After New Delhi, the airline would spread its wings to other cities in India, Chandran said.

"Trichy will be our next destination, with the inaugural flight scheduled on Jan 2; Mumbai on Feb 15; and Ahmedabad on March 19; with other cities such as Kochin and Chennai are also on our radar," he said.

The airline also planned to expand to the second-tier market such as to Amritsar, the Holy City of the Sikh, and Pune by the second half of 2014.

Currently, Malindo has a fleet strength of 11 aircraft, with two new ATR72-600 aircraft arriving today.

The airline planned to expand its fleet strength to 25 aircraft by next year, he added.


Source : The Edge Malaysia, 31 Dec 2013

Aviation industry to fly through 2014 with less turbulence

for Malay version : http://senangtravel.blogspot.com/2013/12/industri-penerbangan-dijangka-kurang.html 

KUALA LUMPUR: The local aviation industry is set to fly at cursing altitude next year, with great growth prospects ahead, after having gone through some minor turbulence this year.

Local airlines can make 2014, a year to remember as Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia and Malindo look set to go head-to-head in the battle to win customers and keep them.

Malaysia Airlines will replace old aircraft to make way for the arrival of new planes to help further improve product offering.

The national carrier will use the additional capacity to increase frequencies to meet passenger demand and fly to new destinations. 

Its solid business model includes aggressive marketing and promotions, better capacity management, optimising asset utilisation and driving productivity.

Meanwhile, low-cost carrier AirAsia's positive growth is set to continue into the New Year while its long-haul service, AirAsia X, is aggressively expanding capacity from time to time.

The group has placed the largest single airline orders with Airbus for an additional 25 A330-300s valued at US$6 billion.

New aircraft will provide the carrier with the ability to offer non-stop services to destinations in Europe or one-stop services to the United States.

Malaysian-based hybrid airline, Malindo Air, will spread its wings in India by aggressively adding six more destinations by the end of next year.

It will start the Kuala Lumpur-New Delhi sector at the end of this month, followed by Trichy, Tamil Nadu, on Jan 2, 2014 and Mumbai, Maharashtra, on Feb 15, 2014.

The government also pledged to transform Malaysia into a regional aviation hub which would have a multiplier effect on the economy.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak tabled the 2014 budget with the promise to formulate a National Aviation Policy, aimed at strengthening the ecosystem and services network in the aviation industry.
2014 will also usher in Visit Malaysia Year, the nation's biggest and grandest tourism celebration aimed at luring a record 28 million international tourist arrivals.

This programme will bode well for the overall aviation sector including, airport operator, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd, as it will boost passenger arrivals.

RHB Research Institute expects competition between AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines to remain challenging but less severe. "However, Malindo will be less aggressive due to its high-cost structure," said analyst Ahmad Maghfur Usman.

He said this bode well for the two dominating local carriers, AirAsia and Malaysian Airline, if they play their cards right in maximising yields and loads. 

"Intense competition has resulted in airlines luring travellers with big discounts, which will help boost demand for air travel," he said, adding that this would benefit Malaysia Airports.

New budget terminal, KLIA2 which is scheduled for May 2, will also give a massive boost to the industry.
Ahmad Maghfur said high jet fuel prices, volatile exchange rates and stiff competition were among factors that affected airlines' earnings this year.

The fate of AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines over the fine imposed by the Malaysian Competition Commission in September for allegedly breaching competition laws was likely to be known in January.

On September 6, 2013, the commission announced that the companies would be fined up to RM10mil each for infringing section 4(2)(b) of the Competition Act 2010 by entering into an agreement which saw the two airlines sharing markets within Malaysia. - Bernama

Source : The Star Online, Dec 27, 2013

Industri Penerbangan Dijangka Kurang Tempuhi Gelora Pada 2014

For English Version : http://senangtravel.blogspot.com/2013/12/aviation-industry-to-fly-through-2014.html

Oleh Mohd Iswandi Kasan Anuar

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Dis (Bernama) -- Industri penerbangan tempatan bersedia untuk 'terbang tinggi' tahun depan, dengan prospek pertumbuhan yang besar, selepas melalui beberapa 'pergolakan' kecil tahun ini.

Syarikat penerbangan tempatan boleh menjadikan 2014 satu tahun untuk dikenang dengan Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia dan Malindo, bersedia untuk bersaing memenangi hati pelanggan.

Malaysia Airlines akan menggantikan pesawat lama untuk memberi laluan kepada ketibaan kapal terbang baharu untuk membantu meningkatkan lagi penawaran produk.

Syarikat penerbangan negara itu akan menggunakan kapasiti tambahan untuk meningkatkan kekerapan bagi memenuhi permintaan penumpang dan terbang ke destinasi baharu.

Model perniagaannya yang kukuh termasuk pemasaran dan promosi yang agresif, pengurusan kapasiti yang lebih baik, mengoptimumkan penggunaan aset dan memacu produktiviti.

Sementara itu, pertumbuhan positif syarikat penerbangan tambang rendah AirAsia, bakal diteruskan pada tahun baharu ini manakala syarikat penerbangan jarak jauhnya, AirAsia X, agresif memperluaskan kapasitinya dari semasa ke semasa.

Kumpulan itu telah membuat tempahan terbesar dengan Airbus bagi tambahan 25 pesawat A330-300 bernilai AS$6 bilion.

Pesawat baharu itu akan membolehkan syarikat penerbangan berkenaan menawarkan perkhidmatan tanpa henti ke destinasi di Eropah atau perkhidmatan sehenti ke Amerika Syarikat.

Syarikat penerbangan hibrid yang berpangkalan di Malaysia, Malindo Air, akan melebarkan sayapnya di India dengan menambah enam lagi destinasi menjelang akhir tahun depan.

Syarikat itu akan memulakan sektor Kuala Lumpur-New Delhi pada akhir bulan ini, diikuti dengan Trichy, Tamil Nadu, pada 2 Jan 2014 dan Mumbai, Maharashtra, pada 15 Feb, 2014.

Kerajaan juga berjanji untuk mengubah Malaysia menjadi hab penerbangan serantau yang akan mempunyai kesan pengganda ke atas ekonomi.

Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak semasa membentangkan bajet 2014 dengan janji untuk menggubal satu Dasar Penerbangan Nasional, bertujuan untuk mengukuhkan ekosistem dan rangkaian perkhidmatan dalam industri penerbangan.

Tahun 2014 juga akan menyambut Tahun Melawat Malaysia, sambutan pelancongan terbesar dan terhebat di negara dengan sasaran untuk menarik 28 juta ketibaan pelancong antarabangsa.

Program ini akan memberikan petanda yang baik untuk sektor penerbangan secara keseluruhan termasuk pengendali lapangan terbang, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd, kerana akan meningkatkan ketibaan penumpang.

Institut Penyelidikan RHB menjangkakan persaingan antara AirAsia dan Malaysia Airlines kekal mencabar tetapi kurang teruk.

"Bagaimanapun, Malindo akan kurang agresif disebabkan struktur kos yang tinggi," kata penganalisis Ahmad Maghfur Usman.

Beliau berkata ini juga memberi manfaat kepada kedua-dua syarikat penerbangan tempatan, AirAsia dan Malaysia Airlines, jika mereka menetapkan strategi dengan betul dalam memaksimumkan hasil dan jumlah muatan.

"Persaingan sengit telah menyebabkan syarikat penerbangan menarik penumpang dengan diskaun yang banyak, yang akan membantu meningkatkan permintaan bagi perjalanan udara," kata beliau, sambil menambah bahawa ini akan memberi manfaat kepada Malaysia Airports.

Terminal penerbangan tambang rendah yang baharu, KLIA2 yang dijadualkan siap pada 2 Mei, juga akan memberi rangsangan besar kepada industri.

Ahmad Maghfur berkata harga bahan api jet yang tinggi, kadar pertukaran yang tidak menentu dan persaingan sengit adalah antara faktor yang menjejaskan pendapatan syarikat penerbangan pada tahun ini.

Kedudukan AirAsia dan Malaysia Airlines berhubung denda, yang dikenakan oleh Suruhanjaya Persaingan Malaysia pada September kerana didakwa melanggar undang-undang persaingan, mungkin diketahui pada Januari ini.

Pada 6 September 2013, suruhanjaya itu mengumumkan bahawa syarikat penerbangan berkenaan akan dikenakan denda sehingga RM10 juta setiap satu kerana melanggar Seksyen 4 (2)(b) Akta Persaingan 2010 setelah memeterai satu perjanjian yang menyaksikan kedua-dua syarikat penerbangan itu berkongsi pasaran di Malaysia.



-- BERNAMA

Tourism Malaysia tingkat usaha pemasaran di Utara India

NEW DELHI 23 Dis. - Tourism Malaysia merancang untuk mempergiatkan usaha pemasaran di utara India dengan kemasukan Malindo Air, yang menawarkan lebih banyak kapasiti tempat duduk bagi laluan New Delhi-Kuala Lumpur, kata Pengarahnya, Amran Abdul Rahman.

Syarikat penerbangan yang berusia sembilan bulan itu akan memulakan laluan New Delhi-KL pada 30 Disember ini menggunakan pesawat Boeing B737-900ER.

"Pada masa ini, hanya Malaysia Airlines (MAS) yang memberi perkhidmatan laluan itu. Walaupun ada permintaan, jumlah tempat duduknya terhad," katanya kepada Bernama di sini hari ini.
Setelah Malindo Air mula beroperasi, akan terdapat tambahan 1,260 tempat duduk seminggu, katanya.

"Dengan MAS menawarkan 4,720 tempat duduk setiap minggu, tambahan ini akan memberikan sejumlah 23,920 tempat duduk sebulan, yang akan membolehkan kami memperluaskan usaha pemasaran kami ke bandar peringkat kedua dan ketiga di utara India," kata Amran.

Tourism Malaysia, katanya, merancang untuk memperkenalkan negara di timur laut India serta Jammu-Kashmir.

"Langkah Malindo ini merupakan petanda yang baik dengan Tahun Melawat Malaysia 2014. Oleh itu, kami merancang untuk mengadakan pameran bergerak di negeri-negeri timur Laut seperti Manipur dan juga Jammu-Kashmir," kata beliau.

Malah, ejen pelancongan di wilayah utara sudah memulakan promosi dan pengiklanan mengenai Malindo Air kepada pelanggan mereka.

Semasa ditanya sama ada Malindo Air akan dapat mengekalkan laluan dalam keadaan kos operasi yang tinggi, beliau berkata, perkara ini tidak akan menjadi isu kerana permintaan trafik amat besar.

Sumber :

Utusan Malaysia, 24 Disember 2013

Malindo Air upbeat on flying 3 million passengers in 2014

The air carrier is upbeat on its projection for next year due to increase in capacity and soaring demand for air travel to and from Malaysia.

Malindo Air’s chief executive officer Chandran Rama Muthy said the hybrid airline is aiming to fly three million passengers in 2014, a target driven by increasing capacity and upbeat demand for air travel to and from Malaysia.
Chandran said although the airline is hardly a year old, it has generated great confidence in its first 260 days in operation with 800,000 passengers. He estimates 150,000 will fly Malindo Air in December alone.
He said the airline is expecting delivery of up to 15 new aircraft in 2014 to cater for new destinations and increased flights.
“We are looking to take delivery of seven ATR turboprops while the remainder will be Boeing aircraft.
With the turboprops, we will be adding frequencies to some key domestic routes such as Penang, Kota Baru and Johor Baru.
“We have also applied to fly to Singapore. If the approval is granted, we will be flying to Singapore from Subang airport,”said Chandran. He said to ensure better network coverage for its customers, Malindo Air will shift its focus towards the international air travel market from domestic skies.
According to Chandran, the airline will next year focus more on rationalising its network, marketing and building the load factor and passenger volume.
He said the airline has set aside RM10 million to spend on marketing and promotional initiatives next year.
“After India, we will pause for a while before announcing our next destination, to justify the economies of scale to ensure cost efficiency in the company.
“Our real agenda of putting Malaysia as a transit hub is getting into place. The only missing piece in the puzzle is China.
But that (China routes) is not for now,” he said.
The carrier currently serves Bangladesh and Indonesia, beside Malaysian domestic routes, using nine aircraft (six Boeing 737-900s and three ATR 72-600s), all leased from its parent Lion Air. Its maiden flight to India will be launched at the end of this year.
Since its launch early this year, Malindo Air has set a target of taking delivery of 10 new aircraft every year and to have a fleet of 100 aircraft within the next 10 years.
The Lion Air group, controlled by billionaire Rusdi Kirana, is Indonesia’s biggest airline with over 50% market share there.
Last March, Lion Air’s yet to- be delivered planes totalled 600 when it inked a RM79.2 billion deal to purchase 234 Airbus aircraft. The airline has a similar giant aircraft deal with Boeing.
The aircraft are not only for Lion Air but also for its other airlines such as Malindo Air, in which it has a 49% stake. The remaining stake is owned by aircraft maintenance specialist National Aerospace and Defence Industries Sdn Bhd.


By P Prem Kumar

Source :
Malaysian Reserve, 12 Dec 2013
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2013/12/12/malindo-air-upbeat-on-flying-3-million-passengers-in-2014/ 

Malindo Air gets green light for India flights

Malindo Air kembang operasi ke India

Malindo Air, syarikat penerbangan hibrid Malaysia, melebarkan sayap penerbangannya apabila menerima kebenaran beroperasi daripada pihak berkuasa India untuk mengadakan operasi antara Malaysia dan India.
Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya Chandran Rama Muthy berkata, syarikat itu akan memulakan penerbangan pada 30 Disember 2013 ke Delhi, 2 Januari 2014 ke Trichy dan ke Bombay pada 15 Februari 2014.
Katanya, tambang promosi satu hala boleh didapati sekarang dengan tambang penuh mulai RM399 untuk laluan Kuala Lumpur (KL) ke Trichy dan RM599 daripada KL ke Delhi dan Bombay.

Source : www.hmetro.com.my , 4 Dec 2013

Malindo Air gets green light for India flights

One of the most awaited route for Malindo Air which is India finally received permission from India’s aviation authorities to commence flights to the country, and will now launch services to Delhi on 30 December 2013.
The first flight will be to Delhi and subsequently will be quickly followed by two further routes, with flights to the southern city of Tiruchirappalli commencing on 2 January 2014 and services to Mumbai launching on 15 February.
“We are excited to announce the wonderful news of Malindo Air expansion to the cities of India,” said Chandran Rama Muthy, Malindo’s CEO. “The decision to start our services to these long-awaited new routes emphasises the value and importance of tourism, trade and business links between India and Malaysia.”
The three new routes will operate using 180-seat, two-class Boeing 737-900 aircraft.
Stay tuned, wait for Malindo Air promotion for Delhi soon.

Source : http://go-malindoair.com/malindo-air-gets-green-light-for-india-flights/

In the other hand, warning for the fake ticket!

-> Malindo Air beri amaran penjual tiket palsu

MALINDO Air menasihati orang ramai supaya tidak terpedaya dengan penjual tiket penerbangan palsu yang mendakwa sebagai wakil syarikat penerbangan itu.

Menurut kenyataan yang dikeluarkan Malindo Air, sebarang bentuk transaksi mesti diikuti dengan pertukaran tiket atau resit rasmi sebagai bukti transaksi.

"Sekiranya pengguna sudah berada dalam situasi itu, diminta segera membuat laporan polis dan memaklumkan kepada kami dengan butiran lengkap.

“Kakitangan syarikat penerbangan kami tidak pernah membuat transaksi perniagaan ataupun memuktamadkan niaga janji di bawah akaun persendirian dengan mana-mana agensi tanpa arahan dan pengawasan," katanya.

Menurutnya, terdapat individu atau pihak yang mahu menimbulkan situasi itu dengan niat mencemari reputasi syarikat penerbangan itu.

"Dengan peraturan dan pemantauan ketat urusan niaga janji yang dilakukan di antara kakitangan dan orang ramai, jelas sekali amat mustahil untuk sesiapa sahaja, malah mencuba untuk terlibat dengan aktiviti seperti itu," katanya.

Sumber : Sinar harian http://www.sinarharian.com.my/malindo-air-beri-amaran-penjual-tiket-palsu-1.227770 , 6 Dec 2013


About Malindo Air

 

Malindo Air is an airline based in Malaysia, headquartered in Petaling Jaya. It is a joint venture between National Aerospace and Defence Industries (NADI) (51%) of Malaysia and Lion Air of Indonesia (49%).

 

The name "Malindo" is derived from the names of respective countries: Malaysia and Indonesia. Malindo Air initially planned to start operation on 1 May 2013 from the new KLIA2 terminal. However, Malindo Air brought forward the launch date to mid-March 2013 with domestic destinations. The airline offers only economy class and business class seats.

 

Founded in 11 Sept. 2012

 

Source : Wikipedia