Monday, January 19, 2009

Now everyone can fly ... with Selangor Exco

Have you seen any BN 's leaders fly budget airlines?


By Neville Spykerman
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 – Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim and his exco members took frugality to new heights by flying to and from Alor Setar with Air Asia.

The Selangor delegation had flown to Kedah to attend the conference of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) chief ministers and leaders on Sunday and were spotted by The Malaysian Insider at the Sultan Abdul Halim Airport waiting to board the return flight this morning.

With the Selangor Menteri Besar were exco members Datuk Dr Hassan Ali, Teresa Kok, Elizabeth Wong, Yaakob Sapari, Khalid's political secretary Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad and Subang Member of Parliament Sivarasa Rasiah.

The group was seated at the boarding lounge, with other passengers waiting to board Air Asia flight Ak6347 to Kuala Lumpur, with no fanfare or fuss.

So unassuming was Khalid, dressed casually in a black-and-red chequered shirt and blue slacks, that most passengers did not realised he was the Selangor MB.

Nik Nazmi said although they were flying with the low-cost carrier, the state government had at least paid for express boarding for them.

However this came to nought as they were left at the end of the queue while other passengers rushed to board first.

The frugal attitude of the state government at these time of economic uncertainties will surely endear these leaders to the people, while bringing a smile to the face of Air Asia boss, Datuk Tony Fernandes.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Before you guys all praise sky high, its good to know what fare levels they paid to travel.

Do you all know that there is a government travel fare that will be charged for such trips by government officials? This is not the cheap fare that we think the LCC is offering.

All seats on the LCC are not dirt cheap. So, please come out of the shallow thinking and be real, guys.

Check facts before claiming that Tony is selling cheap fares only.

And also, good to check if the LCC choice by the Selangor government folks was because that was the available link at the time they wanted to travel.

Try look at all angles first before (mis)leading readers that there was indeed frugal practise.

Log on to www.airasia.com to check facts.