%0 Newspaper %A New Sabah Times English, (KK) %I New Sabah Times %D 2015 %G English %T Cost savings exercise puts new MAS on firm footing %U http://repo.uum.edu.my/15023/1/MY_1959_20150731_N_NSTE_BIZ_pg2_536c2.pdf %U http://repo.uum.edu.my/15023/ %U http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my %X KUALA LUMPUR: An initial cost savings of at least RM180 million from catering contracts plus a few hundred million more from lesser payroll expens­es due to a leaner work­ force for the next three years will put the new Malaysia Airlines (MAS) on a firm footing as it climbs its way to profitabil­ity in 2018 as targeted, an academician said on Thursday.