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The airline's first flight was a charter flight from the British Straits Settlement of Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, on 2 April 1947, using an Airspeed Consul twin-engined aircraft. [17] This inaugural flight on the Raja Udang, [18] with only five passengers, departed Singapore's Kallang Airport and was bound for Kuala Lumpur's Sungai Besi Airport ...
In 1947, the newly formed airline started scheduled operations with a single Airspeed Consul, [3]: 362 linking Singapore-Kallang Airport with Kuala Lumpur and Penang, and Kuala Lumpur with Kota Bharu and Kuantan. [4]
11 May 1976 – British Airways Flight 888, a Boeing 747-100 from London to Melbourne via Bahrain, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, was on approach to Runway 15 when it flew below the normal flight path, hitting trees 2.2 nautical miles before the runway threshold. On landing, inspection of the aircraft revealed damage on the main landing gear; strike ...
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) (IATA: KUL, ICAO: WMKK) is the main international airport serving Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. It is located in the Sepang District of Selangor, approximately 45 km (28 mi) south of downtown Kuala Lumpur and serves the city's greater conurbation. KLIA is the largest and busiest airport in ...
AirAsia was established as a full-service airline in 1993 and began operations on 18 November 1996. It was founded by a government-owned conglomerate, DRB-HICOM.On 5 September 2001, the heavily indebted airline was bought by former Time Warner (now known as Warner Bros. Discovery) executive Tony Fernandes and Kamarudin Meranun's [5] company Tune Air Sdn Bhd for the token sum of one ringgit ...
In 2007 Singapore Airlines welcomed [46] [47] the liberalisation of the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur route, previously restricted to Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines under rules designed to protect the state-run airlines from competition for over three decades, [48] [49] accounting for about 85% of the over 200 flight frequencies then ...
The busiest airports in Malaysia are measured according to data presented by Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. [1] Among all top 20 busiest airports, the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is the only airport which can land the A380. KLIA also has the longest runway in Malaysia, with 1 4,124 and 2 4,000 m runways.
The flight crew opted to abort the takeoff because of a warning indicating the aircraft was not correctly configured. [72] [73] On June 20, 2019, Malindo Air Flight 301, a Boeing 737-8GP(WL) flying from Bandung to Kuala Lumpur experienced a runway excursion at Husein Sastranegara International Airport shortly before takeoff. There were no ...