KUALA LUMPUR: When Datuk Seri Idris Jala was made the head honcho of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) in December 2005 in the aftermath of the airline’s biggest financial loss, few Malaysians knew the name of this low-profile Shell Malaysia executive.
Uppermost on everyone’s mind in corporate Malaysia was: Can he fix the massive problems in MAS? The national carrier was an award-winning airline but ironically bleeding red.
