Berjaya Air - by K Cheng

24 May 2008

De Havilland Dash 7, of 1970s to 80s vintage, though obviously old with little patches of tranished white paintwork on the airframe revealing it's true age. In-flight service was better than I expected. Hostesses were friendly and courteous. Though they serve packet towels, some sweets on a tray, and bottled mineral water, they did so with high level of politeness. The only bugbear I can highlight is the lack of a hot snack and hot tea/coffee on the flight - that wouldn't have cost too much, and flight was 1hr 30 mins.

Berjaya Air - by Arild Aastad

11 September 2006

Singapore to Tioman and from Tioman to Kuala Lumpur. I have never seen aircraft in such bad shape ever (Dash 7s which should have been turned into nails and screws a long time ago!) Visible structural damage on body and engine mount. The outer shell of the aircraft was no longer aligned with the cabin, hence the outer structure covered parts of the windows (some seemed loose even) Inside; dirty and completely run down.

Berjaya Air - by Xuess Wee

18 April 2006

This is an airline flying out from Singapore to 2 islands in Malaysia: Pulau Redang and Pulau Tioman. Took the former. Journey was 1.5 hours on a Dash 7 (DHC7) airplane. Plane looked a little aged but functioned well. The air-conditioning did not come on till the plane was in full flight. Wasn't the best experience cooped up inside the plane under a 2pm tropical sun while waiting for the plane to take flight. A bottle of water was served for the short journey and there were 2 stewardesses. Service while courteous, was bland. One of the traveller happened to leave her sunglass pouch in the waiting room and when I asked one of the stewardess if she could just ask the 30+ people taking the flight about a missing pouch via intercom, she suggested that I go seat to seat and enquire instead.