Malaysian Airlines Struggling To Recover From Twin Disasters

Malaysian Airlines went through a torrid time in 2014 as the company lost two of its aircrafts through air disasters and since then has found it hard to build a bridge of trust between the public and the company.

Malaysian Airlines first lost flight MH370 and 239 passengers in mysterious circumstances as the plan disappeared off the radar and has still not been found. The company then lost MH17 after it was shot down by a missile resulting in the death of 298 passengers. The Airlines was rocked by these twin disasters and the Malaysian Airlines brand was tarnished and the majority of air travellers decided not to fly Malaysian Airlines.

The airline hired Christoph Mueller to help restructure the company and help it recover from these twin disasters. Mueller has been responsible for restricting a number of Airlines including Belgium’s Sabena, Ireland’s Aer Lingus and Germany’s Lufthansa. Mueller recently made a public announcement stating that Malaysian Airlines can be termed as “technically bankrupt and the decline of performance started long before the tragic events of 2014”.

Mueller is known for being a leader who makes tough decisions that immediately reduces overhead. He has the nickname of being ‘the terminator’ as a huge part of his airline restricting process has to do with sacking employees.

Mueller lived up to his nickname and confirmed that he planned to sack close to 6000 Malaysian Airline employees in the coming months and will also make more tough decisions in an effort to revive the struggling airline.