Malaysia carriers fail to meet on-time targets, says Loke

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Transport Minister Anthony Loke revealed on Wednesday (Oct 16) that Malaysia's major airlines have struggled to meet the 85% on-time performance (OTP) target set by the aviation regulator, according to the latest data from August and September this year.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/5xmka7hw  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Ministry of Transportation, through the Malaysian Aviation Authority, MAFKOM,

00:03has always monitored the violations and cancellation of flights by airlines in Malaysia.

00:09Based on the data from January to August this year,

00:13a total of 315,388 flights have been scheduled,

00:19while 258,112 flights have been operated by Malaysian airlines.

00:27Based on the number of flights operated,

00:29a total of 76% of flights have exceeded the scheduled time.

00:34For flights that face delays,

00:3690.2% have been delayed for less than two hours,

00:40while the rest of the flights have been delayed for more than two hours.

00:44For information,

00:46MAFKOM always monitors the timing of local flight companies

00:50through the on-time performance rate at Terminal 1 and 2.

00:55Based on the latest data,

00:57Malaysian Airlines has shown an increase in the OTP rate by 78.1%.

01:03In September,

01:04it was 58.2% in August for domestic flights,

01:09a few steps taken by the company to improve technical issues.

01:15The OTP rate of Malaysian Airlines for international flights

01:18has also shown an increase of 72% in September,

01:23compared to 54.7% in August.

01:28While AirAsia has recorded an OTP rate of 67.9% in September,

01:34compared to 70.8% in August for domestic flights.

01:39For international flights,

01:41AirAsia achieved an OTP rate of 61.7% in September,

01:46compared to 69.5% in August,

01:49while AirAsiaX achieved an OTP rate of 81.8% in September,

01:55compared to 80.6% in August.

01:59Batik Air achieved an OTP rate of 73.8% in September,

02:04compared to 82.9% in August for domestic flights,

02:09while the OTP rate for international flights is 57.7% in September,

02:15compared to 71.7% in August.

02:19To address this issue,

02:21MOT and Mefkom in April 2024 set an OTP target of 85%

02:27and 80% of flights that meet the schedule for all Malaysian airlines

02:32operating from all airports in Malaysia.

02:35The results of monitoring the performance of these airlines

02:37were published on the Mefkom website.

02:40If the airline fails to meet the target,

02:42it can have an effect on the request of the airline

02:44for an update or to improve the air traffic on behalf of Mefkom.

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