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| Founded | 1 May 1947 (as Malayan Airways) | ||||||
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| Hubs | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | ||||||
| Secondary hubs | Kota Kinabalu International Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Kuching International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Enrich | ||||||
| Alliance | Oneworld[1] | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 77[citation needed] | ||||||
| Destinations | 67[citation needed] | ||||||
| Parent company | Khazanah Nasional Berhad[2][3] | ||||||
| Headquarters | Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia | ||||||
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| Profit |  RM1.099 billion (2023)[4] | ||||||
| Employees | 12,000[5] | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Malaysia Airlines is the flag carrier of Malaysia headquartered at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The airline flies to destinations across Europe, Oceania and Asia from its main hub at Kuala Lumpur International Airport as well as a secondary hub at Kota Kinabalu International Airport. Malaysia Airlines Berhad is formerly known as Malaysian Airline System (Sistem Penerbangan Malaysia).
Malaysia Airlines is a part of Malaysia Aviation Group, which also owns two subsidiary airlines: Firefly and MASwings. Malaysia Airlines also owns a freighter division: MASkargo.
Malaysia Airlines traces its history to Malayan Airways Limited, which was founded in Singapore in the 1930s and flew its first commercial flight in 1947. It was then renamed as Malaysian Airways after the formation of the independent country, Malaysia, in 1963. In 1966, after the separation of Singapore, the airline was renamed Malaysia–Singapore Airlines (MSA), before its assets were divided in 1972 to permanently form two separate and distinct national airlines—Malaysian Airline System (MAS, since renamed as Malaysia Airlines) and Singapore Airlines (SIA).[6]
Despite numerous awards from the aviation industry in the 2000s and early 2010s,[7][6] the airline struggled to cut costs to cope with the rise of low-cost carriers (LCCs) in the region since the early 2000s.[8] In 2013, the airline initiated a turnaround plan after large losses beginning in 2011 and cut routes to unprofitable long-haul destinations, such as Los Angeles, Buenos Aires and South Africa.[9] That same year, Malaysia Airlines also began an internal restructuring and intended to sell units such as engineering and pilot training.[9] From 2014 to 2015, the airline declared bankruptcy and was renationalised by the government under a new entity, which involved transferring all operations, including assets and liabilities as well as downsizing the airline.[10][11]
- ^ "Malaysia Airlines to Join Oneworld in February". Malaysian Digest. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Malaysia Airlines: State fund proposes takeover". BBC News. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Khazanah Nasional Berhad". Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Malaysia Aviation Group Achieves Positive Operating Profit for Second Consecutive Year, up 64% at RM889mil". www.malaysiaairlines.com (Press release). 21 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "Join Our Sky-High Team", Malaysia Airlines, retrieved 31 January 2024
- ^ a b "Our Story". Malaysian Airlines. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "Corporate Info". Malaysian Airlines. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ Jansen, Bart (17 July 2014). "Hard for Malaysia Airlines to survive after two disasters". USA Today. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ a b Thomas, Geoffrey (9 December 2011). "Malaysia Airlines unveils plan to regain profitability". Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "Malaysia Airlines to be nationalized in new form of 'investment'". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Malaysia Airlines lays off 6,000 employees". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 22 February 2023.