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Its general-secretary,
Ab Malek Ariff said, the agreements would not only be of no benefit to MAS but
could destroy the airline due to competition from other airlines.
<P>He said
in a letter to Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy, that freedom to use
the airspace and the landing rights for other airlines would create many control
and supervision problems for Malaysia Airports Berhad, Department of Civil Aviation
and other agencies.</P><P>A copy of the letter was faxed to Bernama and another
was sent to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Thursday.</P><P>Ab
Malek also said, the agreements would place the Malaysian airspace at great risk
because any aircraft would be able to declare itself a commercial craft and enter
the Malaysian airspace.</P><P>It pointed to the incident when a jetfighter from
a neighbouring country entered Malaysian airspace but failed to be detected fast
enough.</P><P>He said, the agreements would mean that no quota would be imposed
for landing rights in the countries concerned.</P><P>As such, the airports would
become busy and congested simply for the sake of competition and would also create
problems to MAS workers.</P><P>"Hence, the union opposes the move to sign
"open skies" agreements and any move to abolish the protection for MAS
as a national carrier," he said. — BERNAMA</P><P><I>Source: http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=248085</I>
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