PETALING JAYA:
Datuk Eddy Leong (
pic) has called it a day at
Malaysia Airlines (MAS).
Sources said he submitted his resignation letter to the new management of the airline yesterday.
Leong is believed to be negotiating on the date he could leave because there needed to be a transition period for the handover of duties.
Eddy Leong
He was chief executive officer of Firefly and chief operating officer of MAS’ short-haul operations.
Leong had been given the task to help the new team drive Firefly’s turboprop operations and at the same time operationally lead the new short-haul operations of the national carrier.
The reasons for his resignation after nine years with the airline are unclear but it is learnt that he had another offer.
He is the fourth top executive of MAS to resign within five months.
In July, senior general manger of marketing
Datuk Bernard Francis announced his resignation after six years with the airline.
On the day the share swap with
AirAsia was announced, then
managing director Tengku Datuk Azmil Zahruddin resigned.
Early this month,
chief financial officer Mohd Azha Abdul Jalil threw in the towel after 4˝ years with the airline. His last day is the end of next month.