Malaysia Airlines to be nationalised

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Malaysia's state investment fund has unveiled plans to make Malaysia Airlines fully government owned, as it prepares to carry out a far-reaching overhaul of the carrier that is reeling from double disasters. In a proposal announced on Friday, Malaysia Airlines suspended its shares on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange, as its majority shareholder, Khazanah Nasional, said it would purchase all minority shares and finalise a restructuring plan by the end of the month. Khazanah Nasional, which is chaired by Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, said the state takeover will represent the first stage of a "complete overhaul" of the loss-making airline. "The proposed restructuring will critically require all parties to work closely together to undertake what will be a complete overhaul of the national carrier," it said in a statement. Malaysia Airlines has reeled from years of financial losses and its survival is now seen as in peril following this year's air catastrophes. Flight MH370 disappeared mysteriouslyin March with 239 people aboard, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. No trace has been found and the airline was widely criticised for its handling of the crisis. On July 17, MH17 was shot downover Ukraine, with another 298 people killed. Al Jazeera's Florence Looi, reporting from Kuala Lumpur, said the company was without money to last the rest of the year and in massive need of capital injection. The move to suspend shares confirmed growing speculation that Khazanah, which already owns 69 percent of the flag-carrier, planned to completely take over Malaysia Airlines to strengthen its hand in addressing the carrier's mounting problems. Despite having a solid safety reputation, the carrier's association with tragedy has pummelled bookings, and analysts said it is burning through its cash reserves at a rate of around $2m per day as it struggles to survive. The airline lost $1.3bn from 2011-13, and a further $137m in the first quarter of this year, blaming MH370's "dramatic impact" on bookings. Source:Agencies

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