KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 — Over 100 people have expressed interest in Quran-reading classes to be held on private jets costing US$7,500 (RM33,000) an hour, according to the firm offering the service.
Elite Jets director Nik Eleena Zurenee Nik Mustapha said the interest was both local and foreign, and categorised this as encouraging.
She also denied that Elite Jets was using religion for profit, and rejected criticism of the offered service.
“Rather than offer nonsensical services, why don’t we have an Islamic approach. Which would you rather have?
“Even the rich desire the afterlife, no? Normally, when we hear about the rich, it is all negative about Islam,” Nik Eleena told ProjekMMO today.
She explained that her firm targets the wealthy in Malaysia, Brunei and Saudi Arabia with the flights, saying it offered them two services in one: transportation and religious classes.
Nik Eleena also explained that the prices were not fixed at US$7,500 an hour and depended on the type of aircraft used and seating position, while the total cost was based on the overall flight time.
She said Elite Jets has 30 planes available.
The first class is scheduled to start in May.
