Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines Berhad is the flag carrier airline of Malaysia. Its home base is Kuala Lumpur International Airport and its secondary hubs are Kota Kinabalu and Kuching. The airline is based in Greater Kuala Lumpur. It is a member of the Oneworld airline alliance.

Malaysia Airlines Berhad
Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad

IATA MH ICAO MAS Callsign MALAYSIAN
Founded	1 May 1947 (1947-05-01) (as Malayan Airways)
Commenced operations	MAS: 1 October 1972 (1972-10-01) MAB: 1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) (relaunched)
Hubs	Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Secondary hubs	Kota Kinabalu International Airport Kuching International Airport
Focus cities	Penang International Airport
Frequent-flyer program	Enrich
Alliance	Oneworld
Subsidiaries	Firefly MASwings
Fleet size	80
Destinations	61
Parent company	Khazanah Nasional Berhad Malaysia Aviation Group
Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang, Malaysia
Key people	Izham Ismail (CEO) Omar Siddiq Amin Noer Rashid (CFO) Arved von Zur Muehlen (CCO) Dato' Mohd Khalis Abdul Rahim (CHCO) Tan Kok Meng (CIO)
Net income	MYR 60 million (2017 Q1)
Profit	MYR 18 million (2017 Q1)
Employees	14,000 (2016)
Website	www.malaysiaairlines.com

In March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport went missing with 239 people. It is believed the plane crashed. In July 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kuala Lumpur International Airport was shot down by a missile. That crash killed 298 people. Malaysia Airlines has been going through many problems after those 2 accidents.

Gallery

• Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-2H6ER; 9M-MRO@ZRH;22.12.2006-442df (4279207368).jpg

  A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 at Zurich. This plane disappeared on March 8, 2014.

• Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 9M-MXA 40th NRT (16071992840).jpg

  A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 in 2014.

• Malaysia Airlines meal (3321950487).jpg

  Airline food on Malaysia Airlines.

Malaysia Airlines Media

• Malaysian Airline System McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Fitzgerald-1.jpg

  McDonnell Douglas DC-10, the first wide-bodied aircraft operated by the company

• 9M-MRE Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-2H6-ER (cn 28412-115) (6935014952).jpg

  Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 at Los Angeles International Airport

• Malaysia Airlines Boeing 747-400 Hibiscus SYD Monty.jpg

  Malaysia Airlines Boeing 747-400 Hibiscus Livery in Sydney, 2007

• 9M-MNA A380 Malaysian (33208859794).jpg

  A former Malaysia Airlines Airbus A380-800, which entered the fleet in 2012.

• 9M-MXD - Boeing 737-8H6 - Malaysia Airlines - MSN 40131 - VGHS.jpg

  Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 sporting the 2010-2017 livery

• Malaysia Airlines (Malaysia Negaraku Livery), 9M-MAC, Airbus A350-941 (42595667000) (2).jpg

  A Malaysia Airlines Airbus A350-900 spotting the current livery in use since 2017.

• Malaysia Airlines crew.jpg

  Malaysia Airlines flight attendant

• MAB latest logo.jpg

  Malaysia Airlines latest logo introduced in 2023 with 2017 livery

• Malaysia Airlines Oneworld.jpg

  Malaysia Airlines A330-300 negaraku now in OneWorld Livery

• 2011-06-28 14-00-07 South Africa - Bonaero Park - 9M-MRO.jpg

  Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 in Cape Town, South Africa. It was the only Southeast Asian airline that served South Africa and South America until 2012. The aircraft featured here, 9M-MRO, disappeared in 2014 as Flight 370.