Into The Unknown

Hit by two unimaginable tragedies within five months, both apparently outside the carrier’s operational control, Malaysia Airlines’ future is hanging in the balance. Some in the industry believe it may not have a future at all. Others think recovery is possible. looks at what the experts believe will be required for survival.

Even before Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 passengers and crew disappeared in bizarre circumstances on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March, seemingly ending up at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, the carrier was in dire financial straits.

Dogged by increasing losses it was fighting for survival.