PETALING JAYA:
Malaysia Airlines will send out its termination letters for 20,000 staff
beginning this Wednesday.
The letters will be signed by Datuk Mohammad Faiz Azmi, who
was appointed as the new airline Administrator by Khazanah Nasional today.
Bernama reports that the appointment of the administrator
will facilitate the transfer of selected assets and liabilities from MAS to the
new company, Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB), effectively by Sept 1.
According to a statement by Khazanah, MAS would continue to
operate throughout the period up to and including Aug 31, after 
which MAB will
operate the business of the airline from Sept 1 onwards.
which MAB will
operate the business of the airline from Sept 1 onwards.
The appointment is a voluntary undertaking by Khazanah and
is made pursuant to the Malaysian Airline System Bhd (Administration) Act 2015
(MAS Act), which was passed by Parliament last year.
The MAS Act provides for an effective, efficient and
seamless 
means for the transition of the business, property, rights, liabilities
and affairs of MAS to MAB.
means for the transition of the business, property, rights, liabilities
and affairs of MAS to MAB.
The transition from MAS to MAB is a key component of the
12-point MAS Recovery Plan (MRP), which was announced on Aug 29, 2014, to
restructure the national carrier and set it on a path towards sustainable
profitability.
According to sources within the airline, MAS was already
saddled with debts for several years, while the MH370 and MH17 incidents made
things worse.
This exercise will probably go down in the history books as
the most number of people to lose their jobs in a single day.
According to the source, some staff may get an offer to join
the new company – MAB Bhd, while others may be offered to be part of the
Corporate Development Centre.
The CDC was set up with the aim of retraining MAS staff who
have been terminated.
Source: Bernama
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