Malindo Air
Malindo Air | |
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IATA code : | OD |
ICAO code : | MXD |
Call sign : | MALINDO |
Founding: | 2012 |
Seat: | Petaling Jaya , Malaysia |
Turnstile : | |
Home airport : | Kuala Lumpur |
Management: | Chandran Ramamurthy ( CEO ) |
Frequent Flyer Program : | Malindo Miles |
Fleet size: | 41 |
Aims: | National and international |
Website: | malindoair.com |
Malindo Air (officially Malindo Airways ) is a Malaysian low-cost airline based in Petaling Jaya and based at Kuala Lumpur Airport . The name derives from Malindo time Aysia and Indo nesia from.
history
Malindo Air was founded on September 12, 2012 as a joint venture between National Aerospace and Defense Industries (NADI) (51%) from Malaysia and Lion Air from Indonesia (49%). The first take-off was announced for May 2013, but the new airline started its first flight in mid-March 2013 with domestic flights in Malaysia.
On May 16, 2017, Malindo Air was the first airline in the world to take delivery of a Boeing 737-MAX ( registration number 9M-LRC ).
Destinations
Malindo Air offers flights across Asia . The airports in Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur-Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah serve as hubs . There are flights within Malaysia as well as to Southeast , East and Australasia .
fleet
As of March 2020, the Malindo Air fleet consists of 41 aircraft with an average age of 5.1 years:
Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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ATR 72-600 | 15th | one inactive | 72 | |
Boeing 737-800 | 20th | equipped with winglets ; one inactive | 162 | |
Boeing 737-900ER | 6th | equipped with winglets | 180 | |
total | 41 | - |
See also
Web links
- Web presence of Malindo Air (English)
- Photos of Malindo Air on airliners.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefan Eiselin: Malindo Air has the first Boeing 737 Max. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. May 17, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Route Map. In: malindoair.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Malindo Air Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .