The three jumbos have been sitting on the KLIA tarmac for more than a year, said Zainol Mohd. Isa, the contact person listed in the ad. He declined to say how much in parking fees and other charges were owed to the air terminal.
"We have been in communication with the so-called owner, but they have not been responding to take away the aircraft. That's why we go through this process to legalize whatever actions we want to take," Zainol said by phone Tuesday. "We want to clear the area, we want to utilize our parking bay."
Malaysia Airports and Boeing didn't reply to emails seeking comment.
At least one of the jets was operated by the cargo unit of Malaysia Airlines, which leased the plane from Air Atlanta Icelandic, a Kopavogur, Iceland-based lessor providing planes along with crew, maintenance and insurance services, according to Planespotters.net. Air Atlanta Icelandic didn't reply to an email seeking comment.
Some of these aircraft from Air Atlanta Icelandic were on wet lease to MASkargo, but the contract expired in April 2010, MASkargo said in an e-mail Tuesday.
"We have no further involvement with those aircraft since then," MASkargo said.