24 Facts About Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines has a freighter fleet operated by sister company MASkargo, which manages freighter flights and aircraft cargo-hold capacity for all Malaysia Airlines' passenger flights.

Malaysia Airlines began an internal restructuring and intended to sell units such as engineering and pilot training.

Malaysian went for MAS by just transposing the last two letters and choosing the name Malaysian Airline System, while Singapore originally proposed the name Mercury Singapore Airlines to keep the MSA initials, but changed its mind and went for SIA instead.

Malaysia Airlines flew to Mexico City between 1994 and 1998 with fifth-freedom rights to carry passengers between Mexico City and Los Angeles, en route to Kuala Lumpur.

Under the various initiatives, launched together with the BTP, Malaysia Airlines switched from losses to profitability between 2006 and 2007.

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Malaysia Airlines suspended services to Surabaya, Karachi, Dubai, Dammam and Johannesburg.

Malaysia Airlines said he was not sure when the airline could start repairing its image, but that the airline was adequately insured to cover the financial loss stemming from the incident.

Malaysia Airlines announced that Malaysia Airlines put some of its Airbus A380s up for sale.

Bellew's decision to leave Malaysia Airlines came just over a year after former chief executive Christoph Mueller left the airline citing personal circumstances a year after being hired on a three-year mission to revive the state-controlled firm.

In October 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic, Malaysia Airlines needs about RM1 billion of capital annually if the government intends to sustain its operations under the current structure.

Malaysia Airlines has its headquarters and registered office on the first floor of Administration Building, South Support Zone at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang, in the Klang Valley region.

In 2013, Malaysia Airlines has 28 subsidiaries, with 25 of them fully owned by Malaysia Airlines.

The achievement was recognised as the world's best airline-turnaround story in 2007, with Malaysia Airlines being awarded the Phoenix award by Penton Media's Air Transport World.

Malaysia Airlines introduced the Sarong Kebaya design on 1 March 1986 for female flight attendants.

On 1 February 2013, Malaysia Airlines became a member of the Oneworld alliance, thus adding 16 new destinations into the alliance's map.

Malaysia Airlines became the first airline in Southeast Asia to fly to South Africa, following the demise of apartheid, and was the only airline in Southeast Asia that served South America via South Africa until 2012.

Malaysia Airlines has been the official airline for the Manchester United Asian Tour It has a substantial Hajj operation.

Malaysia Airlines has an Interline agreement with Pakistan International Airlines.

Between May 2017 and February 2018, Malaysia Airlines conducted an extensive renovation that saw all three lounges at Kuala Lumpur International Airport progressively refurnished and remodelled.

All of Malaysia Airlines' aircraft have an economy and a business class section, whilst Business Suite class is only present on Airbus A380 and A350 aircraft.

Malaysia Airlines offers the widest fully flat Business Suite class seats in the world on its A380 aircraft.

Malaysia Airlines has attracted both criticism and praise for its controversial decision to prohibit children from travelling in certain classes or cabins of its aircraft.

Malaysia Airlines subsequently claimed that an upgrade of the First Class cabin to fit new seats and an ottoman meant "there was no facility for positioning bassinets in the First Class of the 747s".

Malaysia Airlines signed a 3-year sponsorship deal with Premier League club Liverpool FC in October 2016, which gives them the right to be its Official Global Airline Partner.