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MALAYSIA AIRLINES
Malaysian Airline
System Berhad
MAS Complex A
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport 47200 Subang, Selangor
Toll-Free: 1 300 88 3000 (within Malaysia)
T (03)78433000 (outside Malaysia)
w www.malaysiaairlines.com
Malaysia Airlines, known locally as MAS, is Malaysia’s national carrier and flies an average of 50,000 passengers daily on 360
flights to some
60 destinations worldwide, as well
as 30 domestic destinations (together with MASWings, see facing page). Its
base is at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), with secondary hubs at Kota Kinabalu and Kuching. MAS is also a member of the oneworld alliance, the world’s premier airline alliance. Malaysia Airlines holds a lengthy record of service
and best practices excellence, having received more than 100 awards in the last 10 years. It was awarded 5-star status by Skytrax for
A standard others can only aspire to - Malaysia Airlines’ award-winning in-flight service.
2012/2013 and also received the ‘World’s Best Signature Dish’ for its satay served in First and Business Class.
MAS embarked on an extensive fleet renewal programme in 2010, ordering 45 Boeing B737- 800, 15 Airbus A330-300 and six Airbus A380-
800 aircraft. Delivery commenced in 2010 and continued to the end of 2013, with all older aircraft being phased out. All
six Airbus A380 aircraft
are already operational, flying twice-daily Kuala Lumpur-London, daily Kuala Lumpur-Paris and Kuala Lumpur-Hong Kong routes. MAS now has one of the youngest fleets in the region, with an average age of 5.4 years.
MASKARGO
MASkargo Sdn Bhd
1M Floor, Core 2, Zone C
Advanced Cargo Centre
Kuala Lumpur International Airport 64000 Sepang
T (03) 8777 2036
F (03) 8783 3078 / 8783 3031 w www.maskargo.com
MASkargo, the air cargo division of Malaysia Airlines, operates two B747-400F and four A330-200F aircraft covering the world’s major cargo hubs. Together
with its ample belly space capacity on Malaysia Airlines passenger fleet, it serves almost 100 destinations worldwide.
It is based at KLIA’s
Advanced Cargo Centre
(ACC), a 108-acre complex located within a free