Resuscitating Malaysia Airlines now is a tough call: Jomo


A file picture of a visitor looking out from the KLIA viewing gallery on May 27, 2014. – AP

KUALA LUMPUR: The capital-intensive nature of the airline business, especially with the current business conditions, makes it more difficult to resuscitate Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB).

"The airline industry is very tough; it is not easy. Almost all the major US airlines are in bankruptcy except for Delta,” said Khazanah Research Institute senior research advisor Professor Dr Jomo Kwame Sundaram.

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