List of Malaysia Airlines destinations
Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia's flag carrier,[1] traces its origins back to 1947, when Malayan Airways Ltd. was jointly formed by Singapore's Straits Steamship Company and the Ocean Steamship Company of Liverpool; the carrier was registered in Singapore and was setup for linking several cities within Malaya, as well as to provide an air connection with British Borneo, Lower Burma and Siam.[2] On 1 May 1947, the newly formed airline started scheduled operations with a single Airspeed Consul,[3]: 362 linking Singapore-Kallang with Kuala Lumpur and Penang, and Kuala Lumpur with Kota Bahru and Kuantan.[4] By 1948, the domestic route network comprised Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Singapore, Kota Bahru and Kuantan, whereas international flights to Batavia, Bangkok, Medan, Saigon and Palembang were also operated.[3]: 363 In May 1949, Malayan Airways took over the Singapore–Kuching–Labuan–Jesselton route, which had been operated by the Royal Air Force since May 1946 and was the only air link between Singapore and Borneo;[5]: 147 the run was extended to Sandakan in October the same year.[6] In early 1950, the route network was 6,504 miles (10,467 km) long.[7]
Following federation, Malayan Airways was renamed Malaysian Airways in November 1963.[8] On 14 May 1966, the airline officially became the national airline of Malaysia and Singapore, jointly operated by both countries.[9][10] The company was re-christened again on 1 January 1967,[11] this time to Malaysia-Singapore Airlines Ltd (MSA).[12] By that year, Comets were deployed on the Kuala Lumpur–Singapore route, and also from services radiating from these two cities to Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Perth and Taipei; Comets were used on selected domestic routes too.[13] A year later, by April 1968, Jakarta and Sydney were already incorporated into the international route network, with the Singapore–Jakarta–Perth–Sydney service using a Boeing 707 that was leased from Qantas,[14] and by April 1969 Tokyo was included as well.[15] The inauguration of services to Colombo and Madras were announced in April 1970 for commencement in June that year;[16] flights to these two cities were operative by May 1971.[17]
Based at Subang International Airport, Malaysian Airlines System Berhad (MAS) was formed by the Malaysian government on April 1971 to succeed MSA, starting operations on 1 October 1972, a day after MSA became defunct over its splitting between MAS and Singapore Airlines.[18][19] The MAS route network initially consisted of domestic flights plus international services to Bangkok, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Medan and Singapore.[18] By March 1975, Bandar Seri Begawan, Dubai, Haadyai, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, London, Madras, Manila, Sydney, Taipei and Tokyo were added to these international destinations,[20]: 493 with Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Jeddah, Melbourne, Paris, Perth and Seoul also being served ten years later.[21]
Malaysia Airlines flies to the following destinations, as of December 2012[update].
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Footnotes
Notes
- ^ Operations were transferred to Chek Lap Kok Airport in July 1998.[30][31]
- ^ Was replaced by Incheon Airport as Seoul's main international airport in late March 2001.[35]
- ^ Except for a small number of low-cost carriers,[36] the airport was closed in 2006 for all scheduled commercial traffic in favour of Suvarnabhumi Airport.[37]
References
- ^ "Malaysia Air Signs MoU For 36 ATR Turboprops". Airwise News. Reuters. 18 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
Malaysia Airlines, the country's national carrier, said on Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding with French-Italian aircraft maker ATR to buy 36 ATR 72-600s for MYR3 billion ringgit (USD$981 million).
- ^ "Air services for Malaya". Flight. 13 February 1947. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
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- ^ "Civil aviation news". Flight. 1 May 1947. p. 402. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
Malayan Airways are opening regular services in the Malay Peninsula to-day. Schedules will be flown daily between Singapore and Penang, and twice a week between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. There is also to be a weekly flight between Kuala Lumpur and Kota Bahru, and between Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan.
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- "Service aviation–Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation news and announcements (page 147)". Flight. 4 August 1949. pp. 147–148. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- "Service aviation–Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation news and announcements (page 148)". Flight. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "Brevities". Flight. 20 October 1949. p. 521. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
Malayan Airways, Ltd., has extended to Sandakan the twiceweekly Kuching-Labuan-Jesselton service. The new schedule commenced on October 5th after successful proving flights had been made on September 2nd and 3rd.
- ^ "Brevities". Flight. 2 February 1950. p. 155. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
The privately owned company, Malayan Airways, has now increased its unduplicated route mileage to 6,504. The fleet consists of seven DC-3S, and the equivalent annual utilization per aircraft with no scheduled night flying, has now reached a figure of 1,666. Services are operated to Sarawak, North Borneo, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China and, domestically, within Malaya, Facilities are also provided at Singapore for a number of other operators, including B.O.A.C. and Pan American Airways.
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- "World airlines – Malaysia-Singapore Airlines Ltd (MSA) (page 32)". Flight International. 18 May 1972. pp. 32–33. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- "World airlines – Malaysia-Singapore Airlines Ltd (MSA) (page 33)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "Singapore-Malaysia agreement". Flight International. 26 May 1966. p. 865. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
The agreement making Malaysian Airways the joint national airline of Malaysia and Singapore was signed on May 14.
- ^ "Joint Malaysian operation". Flight International. 12 May 1966. p. 810. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
Malaysia and Singapore have agreed to operate Malaysian Airways as a joint airline for the two countries. The official announcement will be made when the two Governments have completed formal ratification of the agreement.
- ^ "Air transport". Flight International: 235. 16 February 1967. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
The first of Malaysia-Singapore Airlines aircraft to have the carrier's new name is this Singapore-registered DC-3, 9V-RAN. The name of the airline was officially changed from Malaysian Airways on January 1.
- ^ "MAL's new name". Flight International: 117. 26 January 1967. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
Malaysian Airways has now been renamed Malaysia-Singapore Airlines Ltd. This is in keeping with the carrier's new status as a national airline for both Malaysia and Singapore.
- ^ "World airline survey – Malaysia-Singapore Airlines Ltd". Flight International: 579. 13 April 1967. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^
- "World airline survey – Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (page 542)". Flight International: 542–542a. 11 April 1968. Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- "World airline survey – Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (page 542a)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ "World airline survey – Malaysia-Singapore Airlines Ltd". Flight International: 581. 10 April 1969. Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ "MSA to Ceylon". Flight International: 729. 30 April 1970. Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
Malaysia-Singapore Airlines will inaugurate twice-weekly service from Singapore and Kuala Lumpar to Colombo and Madras in June, using Boeing 707s.
- ^ "World airlines – Malaysia-Singapore Airlines Ltd". Flight International. 6 May 1971. Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ a b "World airline survey – Malaysian Airlines System Berhad (MAS); Malaysia-Singapore Airlines Ltd (MSA)". Flight International. 22 March 1973. p. 462. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Date for division". Flight International. 20 July 1972. p. 74. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
The date for the split-up of Malaysia-Singapore Airlines is September 30, it was announced last week. The two successor airlines, Malaysian Airline System and Singaport [sic] Airlines, will begin operating on October 1.
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- "World airline directory – Malaysian Airlines System Sendiran Berhad (MAS) (page 493)". Flight International: 493–494. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- "World airline directory – Malaysian Airlines System Sendiran Berhad (MAS) (page 494)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "World airline directory – Malaysian Airline System (MAS-Sistem Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad)". Flight International: 94. 30 March 1985. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ a b c Thomas, Geoffrey (12 December 2011). "Malaysia Airlines unveils plan to regain profitability". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
MH said it will suspend loss-making routes, including services to/from Cape Town, Johannesburg and Buenos Aires.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au "World airline directory – Malaysia Airlines". Flight International: 73. 1 April 1998 – 7 April 1998. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
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- ^ "Malaysian Airlines withdraws from Cairns". ABC News. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ "New air link is agreed" (Press release). Bahrainairport.com. 8 July 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g Thomas, Geoffrey (1 May 2007). "Transforming Malaysia Airlines". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ a b "MALAYSIAN AIRLINES CLARIFIES REPORT OF ROUTES TO BE SUSPENDED". Joomla-malaysia.com. Retrieved 26 January 2011.[dead link]
- ^ a b c "Other News - 12/15/2006". Air Transport World. 18 December 2006. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
Malaysia Airlines suspended its Kuala Lumpur-Cairo service. It will maintain a marketing presence in Cairo and serve it via codeshare. It also will cancel its KLIA-Stockholm Arlanda-Newark service on Jan. 15.
- ^ "Touching moment as an era ends". Flightglobal. Flight International. 8 July 1998. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013.
- ^ "Making the move". Flightglobal. Flight International. 1 July 1998. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013.
- ^ a b "New oneworld member Malaysia Airlines seeks to finally turn the corner in 2013 but challenges remain". Centre for Aviation. 28 December 2012. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Thomas, Geoffrey (19 December 2011). "Malaysia cuts routes to stem losses". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
Beginning in January, the airline will scrap the following routes: daily Langkawi–Penang–Singapore; 2X-weekly Kuala Lumpur–Karachi–Dubai; 2X-weekly Kuala Lumpur–Dubai–Damman; daily Kuala Lumpur–Surabaya; 3X-weekly Kuala Lumpur–Johannesburg; 2X-weekly Kuala Lumpur–Cape Town–Buenos Aires; and 3X-weekly Kuala Lumpur–Rome route.
- ^ "Kuwait: Malaysia Airlines launches new flight". Propertyshowrooms.com. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ Vlassis, Gus (3 April 2001). "Olympic's privatisation again in doubt as new Athens hub opens". Athens: Flightglobal. Flight International. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013.
South Korea's new Incheon International airport opened for business on 29 March. The airport, built at a cost of $5 billion, will initially be able to handle 27 million passengers and 1.7 million tonnes of cargo annually. Some 50km west of the capital Seoul, the airport will handle international traffic while the older Gimpo airport it replaces is to remain open for domestic traffic.
- ^ "Other news". Air Transport World. 1 October 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013.
Bangkok's Don Muang International is in negotiations to establish several aircraft maintenance facilities and a terminal for private jets. The 95-year-old airport has been served by just a few domestic LCC flights since Suvarnabhumi International opened in 2006.
- ^ Mackey, Michael (7 June 2012). "Airports of Thailand negotiating with airlines to return to Don Mueang". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013.
- ^ "Malaysian Airline News". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ "Other News - 08/05/2009". Air Transport World. 5 August 2009. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
Malaysia Airlines will suspend its thrice-weekly Kuala Lumpur-Stockholm Arlanda-New York JFK service in October.
External links
- "Malaysia Airlines Timetable (Effective 15 August 2012 – 27 October 2012)". Malaysia Airlines. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2012.