Its CEO Ignatius Ong says this should be implemented until a price differentiation mechanism is ready.
“They (The Malaysian Aviation Commission) are looking at a systematic (measure) which should have price differentiation between airports, (however) they did say it’s going to take two years to trace (the details of each airport)… they need to do it faster,” he told reporters on the sidelines of Firefly’s corporate social responsibility programme here today.
Ong was commenting on the statement by AirAsia Group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes that there was a lack of voices from the industry protesting against the move to increase the passenger service charge from next month.
Ong also stressed that the segregation of airports should take place during the two-year interim period before the price differentiation mechanism comes on board.
He said from the Subang Airport perspective, the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and klia2 were two humongous shopping complexes with complete facilities, which included not only aerobridges but also essential facilities such as toilets and facilities for the disabled.
Meanwhile, when asked on the outlook for 2018, Ong said the company had achieved its target of 1.7 million passengers between January and November this year and the company was looking at maintaining the same figure for next year.
“(Achieved) 1.7 million passengers so far, and we expect bigger movements in December due to the school break, holidays and so on,” he said.
Asked about the company’s expansion plans, Ong said the industry was facing an overcapacity issue, thus growing the carrier’s aircraft fleet size was not an option.
“Our load factor stands at between 69% and 70%, which means, there is 30% empty seats to be filled…we will focus on that (improving load factor) before embarking on a decision to improve the current fleet, which now stands at 12 aircraft.
“Normally, an airline would look into expansion when they hit between a 78% and 80% load factor,” he added.
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