Picture sent to me of a Malaysia Airlines flight out of Australia today to Asia | pic.twitter.com/3nrsdKIBmg
— Ricardo Gonçalves (@BUSINESSricardo) August 15, 2014
Malaysia Airlines flights have transformed into mile-high ghost towns as pictures posted to social media depict a barren scene of near-empty planes and desolate terminals.
Photos of abandoned seats and deserted waiting areas come as the international airline continues to lose overwhelming amounts of money daily while it recovers from the downing of flight MH17 and the disappearance of flight MH370.
Twitter users revealed desolate check-in lines and deserted airplanes, with some even enjoying the extra space to lounge.
Julia Macfarlane took to Twitter to announce that her mother had safely flown on the struggling airline.
Can confirm my mother arrived in KL in one piece after flying Malaysia Airlines. But plane so empty she had three seats to herself in A380
— Julia Macfarlane (@juliamacfarlane) April 25, 2014
The decrease in travelers is so bad that the airline is attempting to lure back passengers in Australia by nearly doubling the amount of commission it offers to travel agents from 6 percent to 11 percent, according to News.com.au.
“The southeast Asia air carrier burns its cash reserves at nearly $2.16 million each day,” Howard University professor Oliver McGee, an expert on transportation, wrote on Linkedin. “Operations are losing about $1.6 million a day.”
But McGee also said the airline’s problems didn’t just arrive due to their recent disasters.
“Malaysia Airlines stock prices reveal a business deeply in red for the past several years,” he added.
