subject: Malaysian Airlines: Rapid Growth Story Of An Iconic Airliner! [print this page] Abbreviated as MAS the Malaysian Airlines is the flag carrier of Malaysia. The home base is at Kuala Lumpur International Airport from where it operates flight. The second hub is at Kuching. It was headquartered in the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Selangor but now it is relocated to Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Many countries in Australia, Asia, Europe are connected with the different towns and cities of Malaysia. This is called the Kangaroo Route. Another route it operates flights is the transpacific route which comprises of flights from Kuala Lampur to Tokyo and Los Angeles. It also flies its aircrafts carrying passengers To Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia and East Asia.
The airline was established in 1947 as Malayan Airways. It was renamed as Malaysian Airline System after gaining independence. It was called Malaysian- Singapore Airlines later. Then it was divided into Singapore Airlines and Malaysian Airlines and since then it has retained this name.
After the breakup of the parent airline most of the international routes were taken over by Singapore Airlines leaving the domestic operation to Malaysia. Headquarters of the original airline was in Singapore so this airline had to find another headquarters to start its operations. Thus Kuala Lampur was chosen. To grow and make profit, more of international routes needed to be covered. This had to be done rapidly and following this policy the first flight from Kuala Lampur to London was introduced in 1972. This airline is listed on the Bursa Malaysia Stock Exchange. It is indeed a big achievement for anyone to do so.
This airline not only carries passengers but also cargo. Chartered passenger flights are also arranged for the people who may need them. Other related sectors and industries are also operated by this airline. For example, aircraft handling, aviation engineering, aircraft leasing, aircraft catering, and tour operations are all operated under the same banner.
This airliner has twenty subsidiaries and of them 13 are fully under it. The subsidiaries are firefly, Malaysian aerospace, abacus distribution systems to name only a few. It has now Codeshare agreement with various airline companies. These are as follows: EgyptAir, Japan airlines and so on. It has entered into an alliance with Airasia through a share swap too. Now it operates 118 domestic and 114 international destinations in the different routes.
Fleet And Services Of Malaysian Airlines
The fleet strength is 102. In the Boeing category the following aircrafts are acquired by it like the Boeing 737-800, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 737-400 and Boeing 777-200ER. In the airbus category Airbus A330-200, Airbus A380-800 and Airbus A330-300 are operated.
Quality service is offered by the staff and crew on each flight of Malaysian Airlines. Comfortable seats, television sets, sockets for plugging, and so on not only keep the passengers comfortable but also entertained.
