Dr M reminisces about Malaysia Airlines’ good food, says national carrier can be private

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 — Malaysia Airlines Bhd used to serve good food, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said bluntly in an interview with the national carrier’s inflight magazine Going Places.

He was just on an official visit to the town last month, but his trip was unfortunately cut short due to a typhoon warning. “Now you can have a number of airlines. One of those can be called a national airline because it carries the symbol [of the nation] but it can be operated by the private sector,” he was quoted saying in the interview, in response to an observation that governments such as the United Kingdom and Germany no longer operate national carriers British Airways and Lufthansa.

Four investor groups were previously reported to be keen in exploring options to help turnaround the ailing career and return it to profitability including via possible takeovers, but financial daily The Edge had on August 28 reported that only one of the groups appear to still be interested. “The government does not have enough money to do everything, for example, building theme parks. We hope the private sector will do that,” the Langkawi MP said.

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