Malaysia Airways was initially called Malayan Airways. This Airway is the flag carrier having Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia as its primary hub and Kota Kinabalu as the secondary hub.
Malaysia Airline flights serve 111 destinations from its primary airport across six continents in the world.
This is also the largest airlines in the world operating flights for various destinations in East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, Southeast Asia and Europe.
There are flights to Newark and Los Angeles from Kuala Lumpur besides is a renowned international airline in India.
Malaysia is a prominent name and has won many awards for excellent safety and service.
It is one of the airlines that received from Skytrax five star rating, besides is also listed as quality airlines.
Malayan Airways was established in 1947, and then Malaysia Airlines was transformed after Malaysia independence and came to be known as Malaysian Airways. This airline was also renamed Malaysia-Singapore Airlines.
In 1987, it began its operation and once again the name was altered from Malaysian Airline System to Malaysia Airlines.
This airline has 84 aircraft including 7 cargo planes and 77 passenger aircraft. This fleet consists of 3 Airbus A330-200, 11 A330-300, 37 Boeing 737-400, 3 Boeing 737-800, 17 Boeing 777-200 ER and 13 Boeing 747-400.
Malaysia Airlines enjoys code-share agreement with 25 airlines including four from SkyTeam, seven from Star Alliance and two from OneWorld.
There are some more airlines also sharing code partnerships namely, Air Mauritius, Cathay Pacific, Continental Airlines, Jet Airways, Gulf Air, Austrian Airline, Ethiad Airways, Singapore Airlines, Air India and Qatar Airways.
They have three classes First, Business or Golden Club and Economy. The Malaysia Airlines in-flight entertainment system is known as ‘Select’ and is categorized as Select 3000i, Select Main screen and Select 3000iPortable Media Player.
Malaysia Airlines lounges in the airport are well-equipped with food catering, business centers, child-care centers and slumber rooms.
Malaysia Airlines provides frequent flyer programs, namely Enrich is offered by Malaysia Airlines and Grads by Malaysia Airlines for Students.
Grads are frequent flyer programs tailored for students and Enrich is for frequent travelers. In 2006, Malaysia Airlines won awards for being 8th best in the world, 10th Best business class, 3rd best on-board service, 1st best new business class and 4th best Trans Pacific airline.
