KINIBIZ Malaysia Airlines is close to clocking up five whole years in the red. That’s half a decade. What an astonishingly long bout of unprofitability!

Tell that to Tiger, us big cats can count on a lifespan of just about 20 years, and a little more depending on luck. Regardless, Tiger’s lifespan is more than long enough to see Malaysia Airlines go through its many ups and downs.

Tiger recalls Malaysia Airline’s current predicament as certainly not the first time the flag carrier has been flying through turbulence; Malaysia Airlines is now in its third corporate turnaround in recent history.

The national airline’s current financial troubles started way back in 2009. The year was especially difficult for the aviation industry. The global financial crisis hit hard that year and not one airline was spared.

While practically every Asian legacy airline has recovered since, Malaysia Airlines, ever the laggard, has not.

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This article was written by Chan Quan Min.