Raya Airways
IATA ICAO Callsign
TH RMY RAYA EXPRESS
FoundedNovember 1993 (1993-11)
(as Transmile Air Services)
Commenced operationsOctober 2014 (2014-10)
(as Raya Airways)
Hubs
Fleet size6
Destinations10
HeadquartersSubang, Selangor, Malaysia
Websitewww.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]

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.

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.[2]

From 2002 to 2006, Transmile Air Services provided air cargo service to Air Macau.[3] In 2014, the Airline was rebranded as Raya Airways.[4] 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
Raya Airways Boeing 767-200
Country City Airport Notes Refs
ChinaNanningNanning Wuxu International Airport[5]
MalaysiaKota KinabaluKota Kinabalu International Airport
Kuala LumpurSultan Abdul Aziz Shah AirportHub
Kuala Lumpur International AirportHub
KuchingKuching International Airport
LabuanLabuan Airport
TawauTawau Airport
Hong KongHong KongHong Kong International Airport
IndonesiaJakartaSoekarno-Hatta International Airport
SingaporeSingaporeChangi Airport
VietnamHo Chi Minh CityTan Son Nhat International Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

As of December 2023, Raya Airways oythe following aircraft:[6][7]

Raya Airways fleet
Aircraft In
service		 Orders Notes
Airbus A320-200P2F — 2
Airbus A321-200P2F 1 1 First freighter variant operator in Southeast Asia[8]
Boeing 737-400SF 1 —
Boeing 767-200BDSF 4 —
Total 6 3

Fleet Registration

Current Fleet
Registration Image Aircraft
9M-BZA Airbus A321-200P2F
9M-BZB Airbus A321-200P2F
9M-RZA Boeing 737-400SF
9M-RXA Boeing 767-200BDSF
9M-RXB Boeing 767-200BDSF
9M-RXC Boeing 767-200BDSF
9M-RXD Boeing 767-200BDSF
Former Fleet (inc. Transmile Air Service)
Registration Image Aircraft
9M-RYA Boeing 757-200F
9M-PML Boeing 737-200C 2 of them was leased to garuda Indonesia to operate as cargo

aircraft from 1996 to 1998

 9M-PMM Boeing 737-200C
9M-PMP Boeing 737-200C
9M-PMQ Boeing 737-200C
9M-PMR Boeing 737-200
9M-PMU Boeing 737-200C
9M-PMW Boeing 737-200F
9M-PMY Boeing 737-200
9M-PMZ Boeing 737-200F
N831LA McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
N833LA McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
9M-TGP McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
9M-TGQ McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
9M-TGR McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
9M-TGS McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
9M-TGG Boeing 727-200F
9M-TGH Boeing 727-200F
9M-TGJ Boeing 727-200F
9M-TGE Boeing 727-200F
9M-TGB Boeing 727-200F

Former fleet

As Transmile Air Services, they formerly operated the following aircraft:[9]

Raya Airways former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Boeing 727-200F 12 1996 2015
Boeing 737-200F 9 1994 2014
Boeing 757-200PCF 1 2015 2020
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan 6 1995 2008
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 2 1998 1998 Leased from Laker Airways.
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F 4 2005 2011

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Group Offices." Raya Airways. Retrieved on 11 December 2014. "Corporate & Finance Raya Airways Centre Cargo Complex, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport. 47200 Subang, Selangor Darul Ehsan MALAYSIA"
  2. ↑ "Raya Airways Airline Profile | CAPA".
  3. ↑ "Air Macau and Transmile Air Services to launch new freight services". CAPA. 2005. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Raya Airways". centreforaviation.com. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Raya Airways is first Malaysian freight service into Nanning, China" (PDF). Raya Airways. 15 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 20.
  7. ↑ "Raya Airways Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  8. ↑ Kamaruddin, Faiqah (22 May 2023). "Raya Airways welcomes its first Airbus A321". New Straits Times. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Transmile Air Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

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