If Captain Izham Ismail had his way, he would be happily retired after working at Malaysia Airlines for nearly 40 years.
The year was 2017, and the carrier, reeling from the loss of two aircraft three years prior, had witnessed the exit of its second chief executive in two years ex-Ryanair senior executive Peter Bellew had just left, a year after former Aer Lingus chief Christoph Mueller exited in 2016.
Izham, then the carriers chief operating officer, was handed a new task: to helm the ailing national carrier and hopefully turn its dire fortunes around. Little was he to know that a global pandemic might soon provide the perfect catalyst to get a financial restructuring over the line.
When I took over office in November 2017[and]…
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