Posts Tagged ‘Department of Civil Aviation’
DCA failed to withdraw the AOC of FAX / AirAsia X in 2007 (Part 3)
Posted in wee choo keong, tagged 9M-MGC, AirAsia X Sdn Bhd, AriAsia, DCA, Department of Civil Aviation, FAX, Fly Asian Express, Fokker Service B V, Fokker Services Asia Pte Ltd (FSA, Mr E J Todd, Mr J.N.A. Arnold, Mr L. J.F van Meer on January 11, 2013 | 33 Comments »
DCA failed to withdraw the AOC of FAX / AirAsia X in 2007 (Part 1)
Posted in wee choo keong, tagged AirAsia X, AirAsia X Sdn Bhd, AirAsias, Datuk Kalimulah Meesherul Hassan, Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, DCA, Department of Civil Aviation, E J Todd, FAX, Fly Asaian Express Sdn, Fokker Sersices Asia Pte Ltd, Fokker Service B V, FSA, J N A Arnold, L J F van Meer, Lim Kian Onn, MAS, MASwing, minister of transport, RAS, Rural Air Services, Tan Sri Tony Fernades, YB Datuk Chan Kong Choy on December 23, 2012 | 18 Comments »
The Air Operator Certificate (AOC) of AirAsia X Sdn Bhd (AAX), formerly known as Fly Asian Express Sdn Bhd (FAX), should have been withdrawn by DCA in year 2007 when it gave up the Rural Air Services (RAS) in Sabah and Sarawak. (more…)
AirAsia’s X’mas Big Sale!
Posted in wee choo keong, tagged Air Operation Certificate, airasia, AOC, Cooperatives and Consumerism, DCA, Department of Civil Aviation, ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organisation, Ministry of Domestic Trade, Ministry of Transport, MOT, YB Datuk Ismail Sabri on December 8, 2012 | 65 Comments »

AirAsia’s ads for tickets sale well after 31 March 2013 (see parts marked with arrow). This advertisement appeared in the Star on 28-11-2012. Is this advertisement misleading?
17-12-2012 @6:30 pm: Yours truly has been informed by YB Datuk Ismail Sabri, Minister of Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism, that his Ministry has taken the necessary actions to stop AirAsia from selling of tickets beyond 31 March 2013 as AirAsia’s AOC is only valid until 31 March 2013.
It has been widely reported in the newspapers recently that the Air Operation Certificate (AOC) of AirAsia has been granted by Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) for a six month period until March 31, 2013 due to failure to meet the regulatory requirement as reported in HERE. Normally, OAC is granted to an airline for a two years period. Up to this date, the said press report by the Sun Daily and New Strait Times have not been refuted by the management of AirAsia or denied by Minister of Transport or DCA. (more…)
AirAsia did not meet regulatory standard?
Posted in wee choo keong, tagged Air Operation Certificate, airasia, AOC, DCA, Department of Civil Aviation on November 23, 2012 | 111 Comments »
21-11-2012 Questions Time: EXCO MAS berseteju menaja pasukan QPR
Posted in wee choo keong, tagged Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, Azhari Dahlan, Captain Sumali, DCA, Department of Civil Aviation, Dr Hugh Dunleavy, MAS, QPR on November 21, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Group picture after the signing the infamous MAS-AirAsia share swap on 9-8-2011. Datuk Kamarudin Meranun of AirAsia (1st from left), Tan Sri Tony Fernandes of AirAsia (4th from left) and En Mohamed Rashdan Yusuf aka Danny, the then Khazanah’s nominee/deputy Group CEO of MAS (5th from left) were the members of the EXCO Committee of MAS.
Updates @ 7 pm on 22-11-2012: (Dari Hansard yang belum disemak)
Dato’ Seri Kong Cho Ha: [Ketawa] Untuk menjawab soalan yang dibangkitkan oleh Yang Berhormat Wangsa Maju berkenaan dengan mengapa seorang penjawat DCA menerbangkan A380 yang dimiliki oleh MAS terus ke Kuala Lumpur. Untuk menjawab Yang Berhormat, ini sebenarnya dibenarkan kerana Kapten Sumali ini, beliau adalah seorang yang mahir dengan semua jenis pesawat yang beliau akan menentukan kelayakan juruterbang dan sebagainya. So ini adalah within the permission untuk beliau membawa balik dan menerbangkan A380 untuk meletakkan tafsiran kepada lesen pilot beliau.
Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju]: Yang Berhormat Menteri, minta penjelasan sedikit. Kapten Sumali ini adalah seorang pegawai DCA. Tugasnya adalah untuk safety audit kapal terbang dan keselamatan yang lain. So itu bukan tugas dia. Persoalannya adalah itu bukan tugas dia. Dia bukan pilot. Saya tidak menyoal kelayakan dia.
Dato’ Seri Kong Cho Ha: Beliau juga seorang pilot dan juga perlu mematuhi untuk upgrade dan update tentang pesawat-pesawat yang baru dalam kerja beliau. Jadi beliau boleh lebih faham tentang perkara-perkara yang tertentu dan untuk mengiktiraf pilots yang lain.
Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju]: Ya. Beliau bukan pilot MAS. Jadinya beliau tidak ada hak.
Dato’ Seri Kong Cho Ha: Ya, beliau memang bukan pilot MAS.
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Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju]: Beliau bekerja untuk DCA.
Dato’ Seri Kong Cho Ha: Beliau tidak dibayar oleh MAS juga.
Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju]: Ya, bukan dibayar. Masalahnya conflict of interest. Beliau untuk menjaga keselamatan kapal terbang, flight dan sebagainya. Beliau dari situ boleh ambil masa, time off kerja beliau dan pergi bawa kapal terbang. Ini sudah salah daripada segi abuse of posisi.
Dato’ Seri Kong Cho Ha: No, no. Tidak, tidak. Jadi, untuk itu…
Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju]: Itulah masalah Yang Berhormat Menteri. (more…)
MOT to Investigate into En Azhari Dahlan & DCA officers!
Posted in wee choo keong, tagged airasia, Civil Aviation Act 1969, DCA, Department of Civil Aviation, EASA, En Azhari Dahlan, MAS Engineering, SAP Solution on April 12, 2012 | 28 Comments »

En Azhari Dahlan, former Head of Engineering AirAsia and recently parachuted into MAS as Head of MAS Engineering without DCA and/or EASA Approved Nominated Post Holder
This is the Hansard for the debate on Ministry of Transport requesting for more fund under the Supplementary Supply Bill 2012. (more…)
TRIO: Is En Azhari Mohd Dahlan a NOMINATED POST HOLDER approved by DCA?
Posted in wee choo keong, tagged Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, AIC, Air Operation Certificate, AIS, AJ, AMAELE, AOC, Azhari Mohd Dahlan, Bloomberg Business Week Report, Civil Aviation Act 1969, Danny, DCA, Department of Civil Aviation, EASA, Leonard Isitt Training School, MAE, MAS Training School, MESA, Mohammed Rashdan Yusof, Nominated Post Holder, PlaneConsult, rashan, Tan Sri Md Nor Yusof, Transmile on April 6, 2012 | 76 Comments »

En Azhari Mohd Dahlan, "A HIGHLY EXPERIENCED ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL WITH A SOUND KNOWLEDGE OF THE AVIATION INDUSTRY" according to the Star report.
“Azhari Mohd Dahlan (Azhari), a highly experienced engineering professional with a sound knowledge of the aviation industry, joins MAS Aerospace Engineering (MAE) as chief executive officer effective Feb 1, 2012.” in The Star HERE. (more…)
Tek Ucapan Parlimen mengenai RAS/AirAsia X Sdn Bhd
Posted in wee choo keong, tagged Air Operation Certificat, AirAsia X Sdn Bhd, AOC, DCA, Department of Civil Aviation, FAX, Fly Asian Express Sdn Bhd, Fokker, MAS, Ministry of Transport on April 3, 2012 | 20 Comments »

It all started as Flying Asian Express Sdn Bhd aka FAX. After receiving RAS & RM250 mil subsidy from Badawi's Administration dumped RAS back to MAS with 6 un-airworthy aircraft & 1 being cannibalised for spare parts.It costs MAS RM35 mil before resuming RAS again. Then changed its name to AirAsia X Sdn Bhd ...
Teks ucapan verbatim saya di Parlimen semasa membahas Ruang Undang-Udang bernama “Institut Penyelidikan Keselamatkan Jalan Raya Malaysia 2012″ pada jam 7:30 2-4-2012. Ucapan tersebut mengandungi Rural Air Service (RAS) di Sabah dan Sarawak yang terlibat Fly Asian Express Sdn Bhd sekarang telah ditukar kepada AirAsia X Sdn Bhd. Untuk maklumat latar belakang AirAsia X Sdn Bhd sdr/sdri sila baca di SINI, SINI, SINI, SINI & SINI. Sila juga baca komen YM Tengku Azmil pada tahun 2010 di SINI. (more…)
DCA: How AirAsia has been granted Certificate of Airworthiness year in year out?
Posted in wee choo keong, tagged airasia, Certificate of Airworthiness, Datuk Tony Fernandes, DCA, Department of Civil Aviation, IATA Operational Safety Audit, IOSA on January 16, 2011 | 10 Comments »







