Malaysia Airlines Amazing Facts and Review

Malaysia Airlines review

Malaysia Airlines was founded in 1945 and started operations in 1946. It is headquartered at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. Its main hub is KLIA 2. On July 18th, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing from radar screens while flying over Malaysian airspace between Malaysia and Vietnam. There were 239 people on board including 154 passengers and 85 crew members. Only 153 passengers and 12 crew members survived the crash. The plane vanished after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur International Airport shortly before midnight local time on March 8th, 2014. The last communication came from the cockpit at 1:19 am. The flight's transponder stopped working soon after takeoff, but its satellite-based locator beacon continued transmitting until it ran out of battery power. The aircraft’s final position was about 730 nautical miles off course, near the border of Vietnamese and Cambodian airspace. After days of searching, the wreckage of the Boeing 777 jet was discovered on the ocean floor, southeast of Perth, Western Australia, on April 17th, 2014. The search area covered a total of 4500 square kilometers. The aircraft had been broken into two parts by impact forces. The fuselage section was located about 600 meters

Malaysia Airlines has been operating its services since 1962. In this period, they have operated over 4 million flights carrying over 55 million passengers. They are headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Their fleet consists of Boeing 777-200s, Airbus A330-300s, and ATR 72-500 turboprops. Malaysia Airlines history. The airline was founded in July 1962 as Malayan Airways Limited (MAB). Its first flight took place that same year from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. In 1971, MAB merged with the national carrier Malaysian Airline System Berhad (MAS) to form Malaysia Airlines.

Malaysia Airlines routes

Malaysia Airlines operates a total of six domestic routes and four international routes. Some of their major cities include Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor Bahru, Langkawi, Kota Kinabalu, and Miri.

Malaysian Airline's Safety Record

In 2010, MAS was awarded three-and-a-half stars out of five by Skytrax, based on their overall performance. Its safety record has improved since then, but the airline still receives a lot of criticism for its poor customer service. Some of the recent issues include 1) Flight 370 - the plane that went missing in March 2014 after taking off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport; 2) Flight 17 - the passenger jet that crashed in Ukraine in July 2014; and 3) MH17 - the Boeing 777 was shot down in July 2014 while flying over eastern Ukraine.

MAS Customer Service

There have been many complaints regarding the level of customer service provided by MAS. Passengers have complained about long check-in lines, delayed flights, and lost luggage. There have even been reports of passengers being denied boarding due to having a cold.