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        "msgid": "asean-airlines-urged-to-cooperate-1447893297",
        "date": "1997-01-08 00:00:00",
        "title": "ASEAN airlines urged to cooperate",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "ASEAN airlines urged to cooperate KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Airlines Systems Bhd (MAS) executive chairman Tajudin Ramli yesterday called for closer cooperation among ASEAN national carriers to fully tap the region's tourism industry. Tajudin said the \"limited open sky\" policy practiced in the Southeast Asian region had hindered the development of air transport, particularly to new destinations within the grouping.",
        "content": "<p>ASEAN airlines urged to cooperate<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Airlines Systems Bhd (MAS)<br>\nexecutive chairman Tajudin Ramli yesterday called for closer<br>\ncooperation among ASEAN national carriers to fully tap the<br>\nregion's tourism industry.<\/p>\n<p>Tajudin said the \"limited open sky\" policy practiced in the<br>\nSoutheast Asian region had hindered the development of air<br>\ntransport, particularly to new destinations within the grouping.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)<br>\noffered great potential for tourism and business opportunities,<br>\nthe airlines \"had failed to see them,\" Tajudin told an ASEAN<br>\ntourism conference.<\/p>\n<p>ASEAN groups Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,<br>\nSingapore, Thailand and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>\"Cooperation among ASEAN member countries at the government<br>\nlevel is very close but in the tourism industry, particularly air<br>\ntransport, it seems they are competing among each other,\" he<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Closer cooperation among airlines in the seven ASEAN countries<br>\nwould enable the tourism industry to develop faster while<br>\ngenerating spin-off effects in other related areas such as hotels<br>\nand restaurants, Tajudin said.<\/p>\n<p>MAS is willing to work with all the other airlines in ASEAN to<br>\nsupplement and complement the growth of the tourism industry in<br>\nthe region, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Tajudin also said MAS is now negotiating to take over domestic<br>\naviation firm Pelangi Air Sdn. Bhd. in a move to broaden flights<br>\nto new tourist destinations within the country.<\/p>\n<p>Asked when the takeover would be finalized, he said: \"It is<br>\nnow up to Pelangi Air shareholders.\"<\/p>\n<p>MAS said in November it planned to take over Pelangi Air, in<br>\nwhich it presently holds an 18 percent stake, through its unit<br>\nMalaysian Helicopter Services Bhd.<\/p>\n<p>Pelangi Air, which plies domestic routes as well as to<br>\nSingapore, Indonesia and Thailand, was reported to be<br>\nexperiencing problems such as the mass exodus of pilots resulting<br>\nin the cancellation of 175 flights since Oct. 16.<\/p>\n<p>MAS stock was 10 cents higher at 6.35 ringgit on the local<br>\nbourse Tuesday.<\/p>",
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