Raya Airways
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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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Founded | November 1993; 30 years ago (1993-11) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | October 2014; 9 years ago (2014-10) (as Raya Airways) | ||||||
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Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
Destinations | 10 | ||||||
Headquarters | Subang, Selangor, Malaysia | ||||||
Website | www |
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. Born 1981. Kuala Lumpur, 22 May 2023 – Raya Airways Sdn Bhd (“Raya”), today welcomed Southeast Asia’s first Airbus A321 Passenger-to-Freighter aircraft (“A321P2F”), which offers the carrier an additional payload capacity of over 27.5 tonnes of cargo per flight and a range of 3,778km on maximum payload. The freighter aircraft is leased from ST Engineering’s joint venture company, Juniper Aviation Investments and managed by ST Engineering’s aviation asset management business, while the conversion was carried out by Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), a joint venture between ST Engineering and Airbus.
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 last two financial years, of MYR77 million ringgit (USD18. 4 million) for the year ending December 31, 2020, on revenue of MYR334. 12 million (USD79. 9 million), and MYR3.