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Air Traffic Rights Bulletin (March 2019)

29 Mar, 2019

This bulletin shows the Air Traffic Rights (ATR) issued by MAVCOM for the month of March 2019 as well as the Traffic Rights that are available / returned / expired:

Air Traffic Rights Awarded

No.	Awarded	Company	Commencement date
1	KUL-DLI v.v./ 4x weekly	AirAsia Berhad	Jul-19
2	KUL-PEN v.v./ +7 weekly	AirAsia Berhad	Jul-19
3	PEN-MKZ v.v./ 7x weekly	AirAsia Berhad	Jul-19
4	BKI-JHB v.v./ +3 weekly	AirAsia Berhad	Jun-19
5	PEN-JHB v.v./ +3 weekly	AirAsia Berhad	Mar-19
6	KUL-CAN v.v./ 7x weekly	AirAsia X	Jul-19
7	KUL-NRT v.v./ 4x weekly	AirAsia X	Jul-19
8	PEN-KUA v.v./ 4x weekly	Firefly	Mar-19
9	SZB-PEN v.v./ +7 weekly	Firefly	Mar-19
10	KUL-PER v.v./ +51 seats	Malaysia Airlines	Mar-19
11	KUL-DPS-SYD v.v./ 1,260 seats	Malindo Air	Jun-19
12	BKI-WUH v.v./ +1 weekly	Malindo Air	May-19
13	KUL-CTU v.v./ 7x weekly	Malindo Air	May-19
14	KUL-JHB v.v./ +5 weekly	Malindo Air	Mar-19
15	KUL-KCH-HKG-KUL 1x weekly	MABKargo	Mar-19
16	PEN-SIN v.v./ 4x weekly	MyJet Xpress	Mar-19

Traffic Rights Available / Returned / Expired

Country	Route	Quantity	Effective from	Held By
China	KUL-KWE	4x	5-Mar-19	AirAsia X
China	KUL-DLC	4x	26-Mar-19	AirAsia X
Philippines	KUL-MNL	7x	28-Mar-19	Malindo Air
Australia	KUL-DPS-SYD	1,260 seats	31-Mar-19	Malindo Air
Macau	KUL-LBU-MFM-KUL	1x	8-Mar-19	MABKargo

Airlines are required to return the approval letters to the Commission for any air traffic rights that have been expired or revoked.

In addition, the Commission requires that all airlines inform us on the reasons for the surrender / expiry / failure to operate the routes awarded by the Commission within the next seven (7) days from the date of this bulletin.

Cumulative Totals for Reference:

No. of ATR Awarded 01 Jan 19 – 31 Mar 19

Airline	Domestic & International ATRs Awarded	Failed to operate within 6 months
AirAsia	22	10
AirAsia X	4	3
Firefly	2	0
Malaysia Airlines*	9	2
Malindo Air	15	5
Raya Airways	0	0
MyJet Xpress	1	0
MASwings	0	0
TOTAL	53	20

Note * : Including MABkargo

For Jan-Mar 2019, MAVCOM awarded 53 domestic and international ATRs, with AirAsia receiving the most with 22, followed by Malindo Air with 15. AirAsia failed to operate 10 of its approvals, followed by Malindo Air with 6. Overall, 21 of all prior approvals granted by MAVCOM were not utilised by the airlines within the period of Jan-Mar 2019.

No. of ATR Awarded 01 Jan 18 – 31 Dec 18

Airline	Domestic & International ATRs Awarded	Failed to operate within 6 months
AirAsia	98	6
AirAsia X	20	11
Firefly	4	0
Malaysia Airlines*	24	6
Malindo Air	52	35
Raya Airways	4	0
MASwings	3	0
TOTAL	205	58

Note * : Including MABkargo

In 2018, MAVCOM awarded 205 domestic and international ATRs, with AirAsia receiving the most with 98 and MASwings the least with 3 approvals. Each ATR awarded has a validity period of 6 months for the airline to commence operations, failing which it is automatically revoked and returned to MAVCOM. In this regard, Malindo Air failed to operate 35 of its approvals, followed by AirAsia X with 11. Overall, 58 of all prior approvals granted by MAVCOM were not utilised by the airlines for the 2018 period.