Raya Airways
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| Founded | November 1993 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | October 2014 (as Raya Airways) | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
| Destinations | 10 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Subang, Selangor, Malaysia | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Raya Airways Sdn Bhd
It is an express freight and freighter charter company. The airline was established in November 1993 as Transmile Air. It has courier transportation services between Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia and services international companies such as DHL, United Parcel Service, Air Macau and CEN Worldwide, among others. Raya Airways also provides aircraft charters and wet leases specialists with experience operating cargo flights around the world. Raya Airways was designated a National Cargo Carrier by the Malaysian Transport Ministry in 1996.
History
Raya Airways began its operations as Transmile Air Services with one
From 2002 to 2006, Transmile Air Services provided air cargo service to Air Macau.[3] In 2014, the Airline was rebranded as Raya Airways.[4] Their subsidiaries are K-Mile Air of Thailand and now-defunct Megantara Air of Indonesia, both of which operated aircraft transferred from their fleet.
Destinations
| Country | City | Airport | Notes | Refs |
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| China | Nanning | Nanning Wuxu International Airport | [5] | |
| Malaysia | Kota Kinabalu | Kota Kinabalu International Airport | ||
| Kuala Lumpur | Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport | Hub | ||
| Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Hub | |||
| Kuching | Kuching International Airport | |||
| Labuan | Labuan Airport | |||
| Tawau | Tawau Airport | |||
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong International Airport | ||
| Indonesia | Jakarta | Soekarno-Hatta International Airport |
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| Singapore | Singapore | Changi Airport | ||
| Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | Tan Son Nhat International Airport |
Fleet
Current fleet
The airline consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2024):[6][7]
| Aircraft | In service |
Orders | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A321-200P2F | 3 | First freighter variant operator in Southeast Asia[8] | |
Boeing 737-400SF
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1 | — | |
| Boeing 767-200BDSF | 4 | — | |
| Total | 8 |
Fleet Registration
| Registration | Image | Aircraft |
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| 9M-BZA | Airbus A321-200P2F
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| 9M-BZB | Airbus A321-200P2F
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| 9M-BZC | Airbus A321-200P2F
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| 9M-RZA | .jpg)
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Boeing 737-400SF
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| 9M-RXA | _@_SGN,_March_2018.jpg){kind=small}
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Boeing 767-200BDSF |
| 9M-RXB | .jpg)
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Boeing 767-200BDSF |
| 9M-RXC | .jpg)
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Boeing 767-200BDSF |
| 9M-RXD | Boeing 767-200BDSF |
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| 9M-RYA | _(49962927456).jpg)
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Boeing 757-200F | ||||
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Boeing 737-200C
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2 of them was leased to garuda Indonesia to operate as cargo
aircraft from 1996 to 1998 |
9M-PMM | 
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Boeing 737-200C
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| 9M-PMP | Boeing 737-200C
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| 9M-PMQ | Boeing 737-200C
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| 9M-PMR | Boeing 737-200
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| 9M-PMU | Boeing 737-200C
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| 9M-PMW | Boeing 737-200F
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| 9M-PMY | Boeing 737-200
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| 9M-PMZ | .jpg)
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Boeing 737-200F
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
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| 9M-TGP | 
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McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
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| 9M-TGQ | 
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McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
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| 9M-TGR | McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
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| 9M-TGS | 
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McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
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| 9M-TGG | Boeing 727-200F
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| 9M-TGH | 
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Boeing 727-200F
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| 9M-TGJ | Boeing 727-200F
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| 9M-TGE | .jpg){kind=spacer}
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Boeing 727-200F
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| 9M-TGB | ;_9M-TGB@SIN;02.08.2012_668ck_(7917682382).jpg){kind=spacer}
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Boeing 727-200F
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Former fleet
As Transmile Air Services, they formerly operated the following aircraft:[9]
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Boeing 727-200F
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12 | 1996 | 2015 | |
Boeing 737-200F
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9 | 1994 | 2014 | |
Boeing 757-200PCF
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1 | 2015 | 2020 | |
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
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6 | 1995 | 2008 | |
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
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2 | 1998 | 1998 | Leased from Laker Airways |
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
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4 | 2005 | 2011 |
See also
References
- ^ "Group Offices." Raya Airways. Retrieved on 11 December 2014. "Corporate & Finance Raya Airways Centre Cargo Complex, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport. 47200 Subang, Selangor Darul Ehsan MALAYSIA"
- ^ "Raya Airways Airline Profile | CAPA".
- ^ "Air Macau and Transmile Air Services to launch new freight services". CAPA. 2005. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Raya Airways". centreforaviation.com. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Raya Airways is first Malaysian freight service into Nanning, China" (PDF). Raya Airways. 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 20.
- ^ "Raya Airways Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ Kamaruddin, Faiqah (22 May 2023). "Raya Airways welcomes its first Airbus A321". New Straits Times. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Transmile Air Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
External links
Media related to Raya Airways at Wikimedia Commons
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