02.12.2022 - 07:45 UTC
MYAirline (Z9, Kuala Lumpur International) has commenced revenue operations, with the first flights successfully taking off to Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, and Langkawi on December 1. CEO Rayner Teo says interest in the new airline has been strong and load factors on the first day exceeded 80%.
Teo also told media assembled for the first flights that MYAirline was looking to commence international operations by March 2023, with Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam among the shortlisted countries.
"If all goes well, we hope to target the first international flight at the end of the first quarter of next year," he said. "It's a bit complicated in terms of getting approval because we have to have discussions with more than one country."
MYAirline is operating out of KLIA2 terminal, home to AirAsia (AK, Kuala Lumpur International), and Teo says the next local destinations will be Penang, Sibu, and Kota Bharu, with flights to those destinations awaiting approval from Malaysia's Civil Aviation Commission (MAVCOM). The airline presently has...
28.11.2022 - 05:07 UTC
MYAirline (Z9, Kuala Lumpur International) has confirmed its start date and first routes. Malaysia's newest scheduled passenger carrier will begin revenue operations on December 1 with flights from its Kuala Lumpur International Airport base to each of Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, and Langkawi. The announcement follows the start-up's recently securing of its air operator's certificate and full air service licence.
"We are excited to announce that we are ready to ‘open-for-sale," said CEO Rayner Teo." The AOC from Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) confirms that MYAirline complies to the requirement on safety regulations and has the professional capabilities to establish and maintain a system for aircraft operations."
With its fleet of three A320-200s, on December 1, MYAirline will launch flights with a daily roundtrip on the Kuala Lumpur - Kuching route and twice daily roundtrips on the Kuala Lumpur - Langkawi, and Kuala Lumpur - Kota Kinabalu routes. On December 2, flights on the Kuala Lumpur - Kuching route will increase to twice daily. Frequencies to Kota Kinabalu and...
Editorial Comment: Adjusted the headline to correct MYAirlines to MYAirline. - 29.11.2022 - 06:15 UTC
21.11.2022 - 00:23 UTC
MYAirline (Z9, Kuala Lumpur International) has secured its full air service licence (ASL) from the Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) for a period of 12 months from November 15, 2022. The start-up has adhered to its target of commencing revenue operations this year, and with around six weeks to go until the year's end, can now lock in traffic rights and set flight launch dates.
"We are now officially no longer an airline that owns a few planes," CEO Rayner Teo told employees this week."We are now officially a fully-fledged airline."
Malaysia operates with two aviation bureaucracies and MYAirline secured an air operator's certificate (AOC) from the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) in September. MAVCOM had also previously issued MYAirline with a conditional ASL with an end-of-2022 expiry date.
Speaking with ch-aviation in October, MYAirline chief operating officer Stuart Cross outlined the low-cost airline's ambitious five-year plan that included acquiring 50 aircraft in that period. It now has three A320-200s ready to go at Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Cross says...
27.09.2022 - 01:45 UTC
MYAirline (Z9, Kuala Lumpur International) has secured an air operator's certificate (AOC) from the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM). The permit is valid from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023, and is an important step towards starting flight operations.
The Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) has also issued a conditional air service licence (ASL) that is presently approved through to December 31, 2022, but the regulator is yet to transition that licence from its conditional status to a current status. Incorporated in January 2021 with paid-up capital of MYR2 million ringgit (USD436,824), MYAirline's shareholders include Zillion Wealth Bhd (88%), Trillion Cove Holdings Bhd (10%), and Rayner Teo Kheng Hock (2%).
More recently, MYAirline has taken delivery of its first A320-200s, with 9M-DAC (msn 5661) leased from Aviation Capital Group and 9M-DAG (msn 4088) and 9M-DAB (msn 4126) having arrived from lessor Aircastle.
With the AOC locked in, ch-aviation has approached MYAirline regarding a start date and initial routes, however, no spokesperson was available for comment before publication.
