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LiewCF Tech Blog: Why Firefly Airline Should Get a Better Domain Name

  • CincauHangus · 2 years ago
    hmm.. so.. the first person who buys that domain gonna untung la.. haha.. but with teh .my tld, sure there's lots of procedures to do, documents and such. messy. :)
  • Friedbeef · 2 years ago
    FireflyAirlines.com.my (With an 's' at the end) would have been my choice, but having said that the fact that it was registered in Jan 07 by another company shows how little thought was put into this by the management.

    If I were them I would try to pay off the guy and let them untung a bit...
  • hongkiat · 2 years ago
    with the 'z' it sound so much like some local underground band name
  • Air Asia Blog · 2 years ago
    I agree more with LcF.
    Remove the Z, and let alone firefly.com.

    Who's the consultant of the initial setup?
    Don't even overlook this kind of this.

    I bet they can't beat AirAsia.
    Somemore use Fokker ma....
  • Air Asia Blog · 2 years ago
    hongkiat,
    not only underground name, just like a WAREZ name.
    hehe..
  • Fenton · 2 years ago
    With the added 'Z', it sounds weird and tells people that they have no choice but to settle with the current name. But to look at the positive site, added 'z' tells people that the airlines is really a budget one. But it will certain not good for the company image.
  • Kay Kastum · 2 years ago
    Funny how no one actually thought about it in the earlier stage. They must have thought of a cool company name, made all the paper works to create a company, did recruitment drive and setting up all the hardware and software for a reservations system then one fella said to the management..."hey, what about our domain name?"... then everyone looked at each other and goes.."oops"
  • Tine · 2 years ago
    The 'z' at the end of the domain name cheapens the company.
  • Bernard · 2 years ago
    but i have check on www.firefly.com , no such domain name exist. so,what is the reason they dun wan to use ler
  • Friedbeef · 2 years ago
    Bern: Of course got la Microsoft owns it!

    http://whois.domaintools.com/firefly.com
  • uncleJim · 2 years ago
    @Bernard: the domain name exists and is registered, only not configured to show anything.

    I think the airline should have come up with a different name entirely. Obviously, they never did any domain search. Also, the name Fire and Fly don't go together very well especially when you're 30,000ft in the air.
  • lucia · 2 years ago
    if firefly.com is taken what about firefly.net or firefly.org? anyway fireflyairline.com is a good suggestion.

    methink those at firefly never ever thought of a website when they planned for this firefly airline. it's only after they thought of the name and got everything under wrap that they concentrate on the website.
  • Arstan · 2 years ago
    I think as long as they develop and advertise their brand image correctly it doesn't matter(to some extend) what kind of domain name you have.

    Best examples would be Yahoo!, Google. These words are not really serious or have you ever thought of a multi-billion company to name like this?

    So if they don't screw up with branding the domain name is ok,(lah!)
  • pablopabla · 2 years ago
    Liew, you should buy FireflyAirline.com.my and sell it to them for a profit! LOL!
  • Pinvader · 2 years ago
    how about TerbangApi.com.my..:P
  • tk2 · 2 years ago
    the name firefly itself doesn't show luck.
    Fly and crash with fire.
    OMG!
    :0
  • bernard · 2 years ago
    thanks friedbeef & uncleJim.

    i agree wif tk2 as well.....not good fengshui name.haha
  • bear · 2 years ago
    y not? u guys started talking. had it been s instead of z, u guys will be promoting it through word of mouth, saying that it is fireflys.com.my with an S. Get it? With an S?

    But why z? that bear dun understand. s would hv been cuter.

    Bear
  • rontol · 2 years ago
    beware typo-squatters....heh
  • Adam · 2 years ago
    That's a real boo boo. I am not sure whether Microsoft would want to give it back to them. I think the best option would be to rebrand their name to go with their domain. No! That doesn't sound right too. They are in a right mess.
  • NEWSiness · 2 years ago
    Firefly is an insect name. This is a good name but with z behind, it becomes uncool. I think they decide the name before checking for the availability of the domain name. They should be creative enough to create an original cool name instead of choosing dictionary word as domain name, for example Google (Now it becomes dictionary word found in OED.)

    Arh...domain name is one thing..the most important thing is their air fare must be affordable to everyone....otherwise a good domain name serves no purpose. IMHO. :)
  • takai · 2 years ago
    i dun like the name firefly...
  • MalaysiaDN · 2 years ago
    Sigh...this is not the first case oledi... see what happen to our eyeonmalaysia.com
    maybe online marketing is not important to some people...
    just
  • k-director.com · 2 years ago
    Fireflyz.com doesn't sound good but it did got LiewCF's attention and make him wrote a post about the domain name. Thanks for LiewCF, now fireflyz.com is in the 1st page of all the search engine site bcoz of liewcf.com had commented it.
  • LcF · 2 years ago
    thanks for the update, k-director.com. I think that's a good news.
  • tarokaneshiro · 2 years ago
    Hohoho.. let see here what has been happened to the airlines. As what i heard the name of firelyZ is a combination between their company name and
    airlines code. fly firefly sdn bhd + subang code (SZB) = fireflyz, :p. Opppsss i dont know whether its true or not. But i only know the truth that they are offering 50 sen ticket fares for each of their destination for merdeka deals. Let check it out at www.fireflyz.com.my.
  • zuraida · 2 years ago
    I'm a student of OUM, Pahang. I've to submit an assingment regarding visi and msi of firefly sdn.bhd. Agak susah nak dapatkan maklumat tentang visi dan misi firefly kerana tidak dinyatakan atau ditunjukkan dalam website.

    Harap pihak tuan dapat terangkan lebih detail untuk kebaikan dan rujukan para pelajar.
  • ROSY NG · 2 years ago
    Need to do online booking Penang/KUL/Penang but unable to get into online booking format. Pls adv.
  • LcF · 2 years ago
    @Rosy Ng: you can do online booking at http://www.fireflyz.com.my/
  • TanLZ · 1 year ago
    Heres my comments after experiencing Firefly

    I had my first Firefly flight from Penang to Subang 2 days ago. The plane was hot,stuffy and smelly when I got into it. The air conditional is not on and they only allowed outside air to blow in. All of us are sweating while waiting for the plane to depart. The hand luggage compartment is small, the seats are narrow and windows are dirty. They are trying to mimic Airasia but its just not good enough. The food they sell is just general tit bits (no hot food) and the menu was poorly designed (like the menu from typical mamak store). I just can't believe a five star MAS would allowed this kind of airline to run its business. If it wasn't for the location (subang airport is near my house), AirAsia will beat Firefly hands down.
  • mohi · 1 year ago
    AirAsia started of stuffy & smelly but look at it now. So gv FireFly a chance. U wan comfort & good food don buy a RM1 flite la. cokkia!
  • adam · 1 year ago
    website name just a part of the business.. selling tickets is NO 1. I'm sure Firefly management is trying to get firefly.com.my or flyfirefly.com.my
  • Just Sharlene · 1 year ago
    I will NEVER fly Firefly EVER AGAIN.

    I am due to fly to Kuala Terengganu on Sunday and fly back on Wednesday. My flight back on Wednesday is initially scheduled at 4:00pm. I checked 3 days before my flight and found out that they changed the 4:40pm flight to 8:15am! And they DID NOT INFORM me! If I have not checked, I would happily arrive at the airport at 2:30pm on Wednesday only to find out there is no more flight out for that day. I would be stranded in Kuala Terengganu alone!

    When I called Firefly and demanded to know when they are planning to inform me of the changes in flight, the customer service representative could not even give a straight answer. I wonder why they asked for my phone number and email when they are not even planning to use it!
  • zihah · 1 year ago
    NO..NO..No…

    I’m having some difficulty during booking online ticket for family package few hours ago. so, i rang the customer service since i cant do the booking during that hours. For the first time I called, the operator told me the promotion start on 1 Dec. So, she just hang up without confirm which package that I interest on and I’ll again check on the net to make sure what she told me just now. But, obviously she gave the wrong information. because the promotion already start and end till 7 Nov. But I still cant do the booking so I called again But I’m very disappointed when they can’t even guide me or even answer politely. She also blames me cause I didn’t asked the operator name before.

    But when I asked for her name she tries not to answer my question by ‘bebel’ about something else. At the end she just told her name “Lia”.

    This is not the first time it happen when my mom also ‘kena’ a few days ago.
    I know they still new or whatever there are rit now. But please lah….wit that way they serve their customer…I don’t think they will be my choice anymore. The might change their motto to “u get FIRE 1st then u FLY”
  • Breeze · 5 months ago
    Certainly a strange domain name. the "z" in Fireflyz.com appears like the company failed to find a good alternative name and so decided to settle with adding a "z" behind. Definitely a bad branding decision and does not reflect well on the team that manages the airline. Quality of service becomes doubtful.