Raya Airways

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Raya Airways
Raya Airways Logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
THRMYRAYA EXPRESS
FoundedNovember 1993;30 years ago (1993-11)
Commenced operationsOctober 2014;9 years ago (2014-10)
(as Raya Airways)
Hubs
Fleet size9
Destinations10
Headquarters Subang, Selangor, Malaysia
Website www.rayaairways.com

Raya Airways Sdn Bhd d/b/a Raya Airways, is a cargo airline with its head office in the Raya Airways Centre in the Cargo Complex of Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Selangor, Malaysia. [1]

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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. Raya airways is owned by Mohamad Najib Ishak.The previous CEO, Lee Shashitheren was fired for corruption [2] .

Raya has expanded its fleet with the addition of the A321P2F, bringing its total fleet count to six. The A321P2F will enhance the carrier’s capabilities to cater to a wider customer base, expand its network reach and improve its cargo handling capacity.The cargo airline has posted a net profit for the year December 31, 2020 with revenue of MYR334. 12 million (USD79. 9 million), and MYR3.The expected revenue for 2023 is 4-500 million MYR

History

Raya Airways began its operations as Transmile Air Services with one Boeing 737 and one Cessna Grand Caravan, in providing air express transport service to Pos Malaysia Berhad for their courier business to East Malaysia in November 1993. It later developed into an international company and the only dedicated intra-Asian overnight express cargo operator in Malaysia. Their first Boeing 727 freighter service commenced in 2000 for the Kuala Lumpur/Penang-Bangkok-Hong Kong courier sector. It was an extended operation for their existing client, DHL International Limited. Over five years, owing to the increasing demand of freight services in the region, Transmile Air Services increased its Boeing 727 fleet to 10. As part of the strategy to expand its operations and network of connecting routes, Transmile Air Services acquired four MD-11s in 2005. They started the MD-11 operation for Kuala Lumpur-Hong Kong-Los Angeles sector in the third quarter of 2005. [3]

From 2002 to 2006, Transmile Air Services provided air cargo service to Air Macau. [4] In 2014, the Airline was rebranded as Raya Airways. [5] 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

Transmile Air Services, McDonnell Douglas MD-11F Transmile Air Services McDonnell Douglas MD-11F Bidini.jpg
Transmile Air Services, McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Raya Airways Boeing 767-200 Raya Airways B767-200BDSF (9M-RXA) @ SGN, March 2018.jpg
Raya Airways Boeing 767-200
CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
China Nanning Nanning Wuxu International Airport [6]
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
Singapore Singapore Changi Airport
Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City Tan Son Nhat International Airport

Fleet

Current

The airline consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2024): [7] [8]

Raya Airways fleet
AircraftIn
service
OrdersNotes
Airbus A321-200P2F 3First freighter variant operator in Southeast Asia [9]
Boeing 737-400SF 1
Boeing 767-200BDSF 4
Total8

Former

As Transmile Air Services, they formerly operated the following aircraft: [10]

Raya Airways former fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Boeing 727-200F 1219962015
Boeing 737-200F 919942014
Boeing 757-200PCF 120152020
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan 619952008
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 219981998Leased from Laker Airways
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F 420052011

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