KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 ― An official statement on Monspace Sky Airlines will be issued to clarify matters, Datuk Seri Jessy Lai has said amid an ongoing investigation by Malaysian authorities into the airline’s operations.
Lai was seen in photographs last week on the launch of the purported new airline, as well as in front of an aircraft in pink livery bearing the words “Monspace”, “Suasa Airlines” and “www.monskyways.com”.
“It's ok, you want to know any news, wait for the official statement. We will have the official statement from all the parties, from Suasa Air and Mon Space.
“We will not have any verbal interview or any statements, we will give the official written statement,” she told Malay Mail Online when met yesterday below Mon Space (M) Sdn Bhd's office.
Mon Space (M) Sdn Bhd's website names Lai as the founder of a purported Mon Space Group.
Entertainment outlet Galaksi Media Online had published a report on the purported July 22 launch of a “Monspace Sky Airlines.” One of the photos in the report showed Hong Kong celebrity Maria Cordero and local celebrity Shila Amzah pointing at a banner publicising the launch of one “Monspace Sky Airline” that was allegedly “operated by Suasa Air Sdn Bhd”, and standing in front of an aircraft with pink livery bearing the words “www.monskyways.com.”
Malay Mail Online's previous check of www.monskyways.com showed the website claiming Monspace Sky Airlines to be “one of the largest private airline in Malaysia” that purportedly “own and operate the largest fleet of Boeing 737 and 747”, but all content was removed from the same website on Monday night.
A message on the website now states that it is currently under maintenance and a line saying “Monspace Sky Airlines operated by Suasa Air Sdn Bhd.”
No company by the name of Monspace Sky Airlines or Suasa Air Sdn Bhd was found in Malay Mail Online's search of the Companies Commission of Malaysia's (CCM) registry.
The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) said Monday it is lodging a police report against Monspace Sky Airlines for allegedly “misleading the public” by advertising itself as an airline despite not having the necessary permit or licence to operate commercial flights.
Suasa Airlines Sdn Bhd chief operating officer Captain Sheikh Salleh Abod has this week claimed that he has never heard of Monspace Sky Airlines, insisting that the pink livery on his company's aircraft was merely an “advertisement” by its future chartered flight client Mon Space (M) Sdn Bhd.
The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) has said this Monday that it will order Suasa Airlines to explain the “Monspace SUASA Airlines” and “www.monskyways.com” marking on its aircraft.
