A Malaysian cargo carrier stepped forward to claim three Boeing Co. 747 freighters whose five-year stay at Kuala Lumpur International Airport spurred officials to place a newspaper ad to find the owner.
Problem is, the airport operator isn't convinced that the Malaysian carrier, Splunk n' Dash Sdn., is the jumbo jets' rightful owner. Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd. said Saturday the jets last belonged to a China-based company which it lost contact with two years ago.
Splunk n' Dash, which is in the process of changing its name to SWIFT Air Cargo, says it has documents showing that it took control of the Boeing 747-200Fs in June. What's more, it has been meeting regularly with Malaysia Airports since then, airline Chief Executive Officer Captain Blue Peterson said in a telephone interview Friday.
The airport authority placed an ad Monday in Malaysia's Star newspaper asking for the "untraceable" owner to collect the jets, the largest made by Boeing, within 14 days or risk seeing them sold or demolished to pay unpaid parking fees.
"We have been in contact with them from day one. I've been asking for access to our aircraft," Peterson said Friday. "They don't recognise me as the owner and there's nothing more I can do. So I've left it with the lawyers."
Problem is, the airport operator isn't convinced that the Malaysian carrier, Splunk n' Dash Sdn., is the jumbo jets' rightful owner. Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd. said Saturday the jets last belonged to a China-based company which it lost contact with two years ago.
Splunk n' Dash, which is in the process of changing its name to SWIFT Air Cargo, says it has documents showing that it took control of the Boeing 747-200Fs in June. What's more, it has been meeting regularly with Malaysia Airports since then, airline Chief Executive Officer Captain Blue Peterson said in a telephone interview Friday.
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"We have been in contact with them from day one. I've been asking for access to our aircraft," Peterson said Friday. "They don't recognise me as the owner and there's nothing more I can do. So I've left it with the lawyers."