Pulau Sipadan

Pulau Sipadan is one of beautiful oceanic island in Malaysia, rising 600 meters (2,000 ft) from the seabed. It is located in the Celebes Sea east of the major town of Tawau and off the coast of East Malaysia on the Island of Borneo. It was formed by living corals growing on top of an extinct volcanic cone that took thousands of years to develop. Sipadan is located at the heart of the Indo-Pacific basin, the centre of one of the richest marine habitats in the world. More than 3,000 species of fish and hundreds of coral species have been classified in this ecosystem.

Normally, rare diving scenes are frequently seen in the waters around Sipadan: schools of green and hawksbill turtles nesting and mating, schools of barracuda and big-eye trevally in tornado-like formations, pelagic species such as manta rays, eagle rays, scalloped hammerhead sharks and whale sharks.

A turtle tomb lies underneath the column of the island, formed by an underwater limestone cave with a labyrinth of tunnels and chambers that contain many skeletal remains of turtles that become lost and drown before finding the surface.

Going there you can take flight to Kota Kinabalu or Tawau then you can use ground transportation and continue the journey by a 1-hour drive to Semporna town, lastly a 30-minute speedboat will take you to Mabul, which is the jump off point for Sipadan Island explorations. The Island well protected and conserved. Therefore spending there quite high and there is limit of tourists can enter the island at one time. The island have been short-listed as "New 7-wonders in The World"!!

MAS A330-300

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) just bought 15 A330-300 with 10 options middle of this month. It is a good step since replacing the aging fleet but I was wondering whether the Business class and Economy can compete with Emirates A330 or not.

Recently, MAS wanted to introduce new routes in Europe, West Asia and explore opportunity in Japan. I hope MAS can reveal the route soon!! Can't wait!!

MAS's Amsterdam route should replace with A380 instead using 747-400 since the sector high in demand and boost MAS' income and increase MAS's name. Currently MAS purchase 6 A380 but i think MAS should purchase 8 or 9 A380s. Currently MAS planning to use its 4 A380 to London route and 2 A380 to Sydney route. So by purchasing 2 or 3 more A380, it can be use for Amsterdam route and 1 for India route or 1 for spare for maintenance and during peak seasons.