Malaysia Airlines Berhad

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Malaysia Airlines Berhad

formerly known as Malaysian Airline

System Berhad branded as MalaysiaAirlines as Malaysian Airline System

Berhad is a major airline operating

ights from Kuala Lumpur International

Airport and from secondary hubs in Kota

Kinabalu and Kuching to destinationsthroughout Asia !ceania and "urope#

Malaysia Airlines is the ag carrier of

Malaysia and a member of the oneworld

airline alliance# $he company%s

head&uarters are located at KualaLumpur International Airport# In August

'()* the Malaysian go+ernment%s

so+ereign wealth fund Kha,anah

-asional.which then owned /0#123 of

the airline.announced its intention topurchase remaining ownership from

minority shareholders and de4list the

airline from Malaysia%s stock e5change

thereby renationalising the airline#


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Malaysia Airlines owns two subsidiary

airlines6 7irey and MASwings# 7ireyoperates scheduled ights from its two

home bases 8enang International Airport

and Subang International Airport# $he

airline focuses on tertiary cities#

MASwings focuses on inter4Borneoights# Malaysia Airlines has a freighter

eet operated by MASkargo which

manages freighter ights and aircraft

cargo4hold capacity for all Malaysia

Airlines% passenger ights#


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$he airline began as Malayan Airways

Limited and ew its 9rst commercial

ight in )0*2# A few years afterSingapore%s independence the airline%s

assets were di+ided in )02' to form

Singaporean ag carrier Singapore

Airlines and Malaysian ag carrier

Malaysian Airline System#:;< Its logo isthe wau bulan a traditional Malaysian

kite design#


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=espite numerous awards from a+iation

industry and recognition from the >orld

$ra+el Awards as the leading airline inand to Asia ?'()(@)) '()1 :;< the

airline struggled to cut costs to compete

with new low4cost carriers in the region

since the early '(((s#:/< In '()1 the

airline initiated a turnaround plan afterlarge losses beginning in '()) and cut

routes to prominent but unpro9table

long4haul destinations such as the

Americas ?Los Angeles and Buenos

Aires and South Africa#:2< MalaysiaAirlines also began an internal

restructuring and intended to sell units

such as engineering and pilot training#

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In '()* Malaysia Airlines lost two

aircraft.7light 12( and 7light )2.less

than 9+e months apart e5acerbatingthe airline%s 9nancial troubles and

leading to the renationalisation of the

airline# 8rior to '()* MAS had one of

the world%s best safety records.just two

fatal accidents in / years of operation:< including the hijacking in )022 of

7light /;1 that resulted in )((

casualties#


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AirAsia Berhad is a Malaysian low4cost

airline head&uartered near Kuala

Lumpur Malaysia# It was the largestairline in Malaysia in eet si,e and

destinations# AirAsia group operates

scheduled domestic and international

ights to )(( destinations spanning ''

countries# Its main hub is klia' the low4cost carrier terminal at Kuala Lumpur

International Airport ?KLIA in Sepang

Selangor Malaysia6 all its Kuala Lumpur

departures and arri+als operate through

this terminal# Its aCliate airlines $haiAirAsia Indonesia AirAsia 8hilippines

AirAsia AirAsia Dest and AirAsia India

ha+e hubs in =on Mueang International

Airport Soekarno@Eatta International

Airport -inoy A&uino InternationalAirport and Kempegowda International

Airport respecti+ely while its subsidiary

AirAsia F focuses on long4haul routes#

AirAsia%s registered oCce is in 8etaling


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Gaya Selangor while its head oCce is at

Kuala Lumpur International Airport#

AirAsia operates with the world%s lowestunit cost of HS(#('1 per a+ailable seat

kilometres ?ASK and a passenger break4

e+en load factor of ;'3# It has hedged

)((3 of its fuel re&uirements for the

ne5t three years achie+es an aircraftturnaround time of '; minutes has a

crew producti+ity le+el that is triple that

of Malaysia Airlines and achie+es an

a+erage aircraft utilisation rate of )1

hours a day#:*< In '((2 GoshuaKurlant,ick of $he -ew Jork $imes

described the airline as a pioneer of

low4cost tra+el in Asia#:;< AirAsia is the

sponsor of Malaysia national football

team Singapore national football teamand ueens 8ark angers# AirAsia is also

a former sponsor of Manchester Hnited

and Asia ed $our#


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