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Malaysia Airlines regains 3-year operator certificate
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Rex Tan
The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia had reduced the validity to one year last August following the national carrier's operational problems
Malaysia Airlines Bhd’s COO, Nasaruddin Bakar, said ‘a lot of improvements’ had been carried out over the last 12 months. (EPA Images pic)
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines Bhd has regained its three-year air operator certificate (AOC) from the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) after it was slashed to one year last August.
MAB’s COO, Nasaruddin Bakar, said the new certificate was granted following an audit conducted two months ago.
“We completed our audit quite recently. A lot of improvements have been done over the last 12 months across the Malaysia Aviation Group and Malaysia Airlines, especially concerning safety,” he said during an event at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre today.
Nasaruddin said MAG had also strengthened its recruitment drive to reduce staff attrition, especially in the engineering sector.
Last August, CAAM said it reduced the validity of the airline’s AOC from three years to one year following its recent operational difficulties, which had led to frequent flight delays and scaled-back routes.
Transport minister Loke Siew Fook said then that Malaysia Airlines had been ordered to furnish a monthly report on the implementation of a mitigation plan concerning its operations.
Loke also said CAAM’s investigation into Malaysia Airlines and its subsidiary, MAB Engineering Services, found that mechanical component issues and a lack of skilled manpower needed to carry out maintenance could have contributed to the technical issues the airline was facing.
He also said the lack of skilled workers affected the companies’ ability to improve the level of their safety management system, and that the departure of 63 employees from MAB Engineering Services contributed to the lack in manpower.
MAB Engineering Services is responsible for the maintenance of the airline’s planes.
MAB’s COO, Nasaruddin Bakar, said the new certificate was granted following an audit conducted two months ago.
“We completed our audit quite recently. A lot of improvements have been done over the last 12 months across the Malaysia Aviation Group and Malaysia Airlines, especially concerning safety,” he said during an event at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre today.
Nasaruddin said MAG had also strengthened its recruitment drive to reduce staff attrition, especially in the engineering sector.
Last August, CAAM said it reduced the validity of the airline’s AOC from three years to one year following its recent operational difficulties, which had led to frequent flight delays and scaled-back routes.
Transport minister Loke Siew Fook said then that Malaysia Airlines had been ordered to furnish a monthly report on the implementation of a mitigation plan concerning its operations.
Loke also said CAAM’s investigation into Malaysia Airlines and its subsidiary, MAB Engineering Services, found that mechanical component issues and a lack of skilled manpower needed to carry out maintenance could have contributed to the technical issues the airline was facing.
He also said the lack of skilled workers affected the companies’ ability to improve the level of their safety management system, and that the departure of 63 employees from MAB Engineering Services contributed to the lack in manpower.
MAB Engineering Services is responsible for the maintenance of the airline’s planes.
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