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Putrajaya: Hayat CCF MAS-AirAsia lima tahun, boleh dilanjut

October 04, 2011

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/bahasa/article/putrajaya-hayat-ccf-mas-airasia-lima-tahun-boleh-dilanjut/

KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Okt — Rangka Kerja Kolaborasi Komprehensif (CCF) yang disertai Malaysia Airlines (MAS) dan Kumpulan AirAsia merupakan sebahagian daripada rancangan pemulihan MAS.

Timbalan Menteri Kewangan Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin berkata MAS akan terus menumpukan usaha untuk memperbaiki operasi dan memperkukuh kewangannya dalam usaha menjadi syarikat penerbangan yang berdaya maju.

“MAS telah pun memulakan perbincangan dengan kesatuan sekerja untuk menjelaskan CCF secara terperinci.

“CCF dijangka memberi manfaat kepada tiga kumpulan iaitu pemegang saham, orang ramai dan kakitangan,” katanya ketika menjawab soalan Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (PKR-Machang) di Dewan Rakyat hari ini.

Sabtu lalu, lapan persatuan dan kesatuan pekerja MAS menggesa kerajaan membatalkan kerjasama antara MAS dan Kumpulan AirAsia atas alasan ia merugikan syarikat penerbangan nasional itu.

Saifuddin ingin tahu perihal perjanjian pertukaran saham MAS-AirAsia dan kesannya terhadap masa depan industri pengangkutan udara negara.

Awang Adek berkata CCF merupakan rangka kerja yang menggariskan prinsip-prinsip panduan yang mesti diikuti ketiga-tiga pihak dan melibatkan tiga perkara utama iaitu perjanjian kerjasama, perjanjian pemegang saham dan pengawasan.

Beliau berkata tempoh CCF adalah lima tahun dengan pilihan untuk melanjutkan tempoh perjanjian selama lima tahun lagi.

“Tempoh ini adalah bagi memberikan masa yang secukupnya untuk semua pihak memperoleh manfaat yang ketara hasil jalinan bersama,” katanya dipetik Bernama Online.

Beliau berkata secara rasionalnya CCF dapat membantu meningkatkan mutu produk dan perkhidmatan kepada pelanggan serta mengukuhkan persekitaran industri penerbangan negara selain meneroka bidang-bidang kerjasama yang berpotensi termasuk pembelian pesawat, kejuruteraan, perkhidmatan darat dan sokongan, perkhidmatan kargo, katering dan latihan.

Mengulas mengenai pertukaran saham itu, Awang Adek berkata sehingga 20 September, para pemegang saham utama MAS adalah Khazanah Nasional Bhd sebanyak 48.87 peratus, Tune Air Sdn Bhd (20.5 peratus) dan Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) (10.54 peratus).

Para pemegang saham utama AirAsia setakat 23 September adalah Tune Air Sdn Bhd 13.1 peratus, KWSP (10.35 peratus), Khazanah Nasional Bhd (10 peratus), Genesis Smaller Companies (5.43 peratus) dan Wellington Management Company (5.04 peratus), katanya.

Government says MAS-AirAsia share swap only option left

By Shannon TeohOctober 04, 2011

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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — Putrajaya insisted today it had “no choice” but to implement the controversial share swap with AirAsia to avoid having to bail out Malaysia Airlines (MAS) after Barisan Nasional (BN) lawmakers questioned the deal in Parliament today.

The Finance Ministry told Parliament that efforts to turn around MAS had only been “moderately successful” as seen from the flag carrier’s loss of RM770 million in the first half of the year.

“We had no choice. If it continues to make losses and the government has to inject funds, then there will be even more anger,” said Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Awang Adek Hussin.

Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar, Tan Sri Md Nor Yusof, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Mohd Rashdan Mohd Yusof during the signing ceremony of the share swap between MAS and AirAsia in Kuala Lumpur on August 9, 2011. — file pic

He said this in response to a question by Arau MP Datuk Ismail Kasim who said there was no reason for the 64-year-old airline to “learn from a chief executive officer from the music industry,” referring to AirAsia boss Tan Sri Tony Fernandes.

“Who is using who?” the Umno lawmaker asked.

His BN colleague Datuk Dr Marcus Majigoh also called on the government to explain how MAS had racked up such massive losses.

“MAS used to be a great company. Whoever has abused power must be punished,” the Putatan MP said.

Fernandes, who now sits on the MAS board to ostensibly help turn it around, has faced strong opposition from the right-wing Malay ground and Malaysia Airlines (MAS) staff since the swap was agreed two months ago.

Critics have accused the budget carrier’s ambitious boss of taking advantage of the loss-making national airline to fuel his personal ambitions, the latest being the acquisition of English Premier League club, Queens Park Rangers.

The national carrier will sponsor QPR’s home jersey for the next two seasons, while AirAsia’s logo will be emblazoned on the team’s away and third kits in a “multi-million pound” deal.

The August 9 deal allowed state investment arm Khazanah Nasional to swap a 20.5 per cent stake in MAS for 10 per cent in Asia’s top money-making budget carrier.

Awang was forced to repeatedly assure Parliament today that the deal “is based on the guiding principle that no one loses out and it will benefit all parties.”

The share swap is part of a Comprehensive Collaborative Framework between MAS, AirAsia and also low-cost international airline, AirAsia X, which will last for five years with an option to double the time span.

Awang also said that Khazanah was currently undertaking due diligence before deciding whether to take a stake in AirAsia X.