Borneo Airways Limited

This article is about the airline which operated 1953-1965 in British and Malaysian Borneo. For the Royal Brunei Airlines subsidiary which operated 1997-1999, see Borneo Airways (1997–1999).
"Sabah Airways" redirects here. For the non-scheduled airline, see Sabah Air.

Borneo Airways Limited
Sharikat Penerbangan Borneo
IATA ICAO Call sign
AB — —
Founded1953 (As Sabah Airways Ltd.)
1957 (As Borneo Airways Ltd.)
Ceased operations1 April 1965 (1965-04-01)
(incorporated into Malaysian Airways)
HubsSandakan Aerodrome (Before 1955)
Labuan Airport
Focus citiesJesselton Airport
Fleet size5 aircraft (3 Douglas DC-3, 2 Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer) as of 1965[1]
Destinations23[2]
Parent companyBritish Borneo Governments (51%)[3]
BOAC and Malayan Airways (49%)
HeadquartersSandakan, North Borneo (1953)
Labuan, North Borneo (1955)
Jesselton, North Borneo (1962)
Key peopleL.C. Harding
(Former chairman, 1957-1959)
D.E.M. Fiennes
(Former chairman, 1959-1964)[4]
Kwang Tong Ming
(Former chairman, 1964-1965)[5]

Borneo Airways Limited (IATA: AB) also known as Borneo Airways (Malay: Sharikat Penerbangan Borneo), was the flag carrier and the principal domestic airline in British Borneo (later constituting the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak and the country of Brunei Darussalam) based in Labuan between 1957 until 1 April 1965 when it merged with Malaysian Airways.

The airline was originally founded in 1953 as Sabah Airways Limited. (SAL), to operate an air route between Sandakan and Jesselton (present-day Kota Kinabalu). The airline operated scheduled passenger service, as well as cargo, mail and chartered services primarily on the three British Borneo (and the subsequent corresponding East Malaysian and Brunei) territories.

MASwings, a regional subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines can be considered as a contemporary successor of Borneo Airways, due to its shared origin and the common function as the inter-Borneo arm of the carrier.

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  2. ^ "Borneo Airways Limited - Timetable Effective 15th February, 1964". Timetable Images. Borneo Airways. 1964. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. ^ Ho Ah Chon. Kuching 1950-1959 Sir Anthony Foster Abell's Era (PDF). Kuching: See Hua Daily News bhd. p. 33.
  4. ^ "New chairman". The Straits Times. The Straits Times. 16 September 1959. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. ^ "New chairman". The Straits Times. The Straits Times. 2 February 1964. Retrieved 31 July 2020.