Raya Airways Explained

Airline:Raya Airways
Iata:TH
Icao:RMY
Callsign:RAYA EXPRESS
Commenced:
(as Raya Airways)
Headquarters:Subang, Selangor, Malaysia
Fleet Size:9
Destinations:10

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.Raya airways is owned by Mohamad Najib Ishak.The last Ceo, Lee Shashitheren has got fired for corruption.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/sporean-father-and-son-duo-jailed-for-corruption-involving-former-chief-of-malaysian-cargo-air ne) corr 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 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.[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

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
ChinaNanningNanning Wuxu International Airport[5]
MalaysiaKota KinabaluKota Kinabalu International Airport
Kuala LumpurSultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
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

The airline consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2024):[6] [7]

Raya Airways fleet
AircraftIn
service
OrdersNotes
Airbus A321-200P2F3First freighter variant operator in Southeast Asia[8]
Boeing 737-400SF1 -
Boeing 767-200BDSF4 -
Total8

Former

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

Raya Airways former fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Boeing 727-200F1219962015
Boeing 737-200F919942014
Boeing 757-200PCF120152020
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan619952008
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30219981998Leased from Laker Airways
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F420052011

See also

Notes and 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. Web site: Raya Airways Airline Profile | CAPA.
  3. News: Air Macau and Transmile Air Services to launch new freight services. 2005. 7 October 2022. CAPA.
  4. News: Raya Airways. 7 October 2022. centreforaviation.com.
  5. Web site: Raya Airways is first Malaysian freight service into Nanning, China . Raya Airways. en. 15 June 2021.
  6. Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One). Airliner World. October 2019. 20.
  7. Web site: Raya Airways Fleet Details and History. Planespotters.net. April 22, 2023.
  8. News: Kamaruddin. Faiqah. Raya Airways welcomes its first Airbus A321. New Straits Times. 22 May 2023. 22 May 2023. en.
  9. Web site: Transmile Air Fleet Details and History. Planespotters.net. March 25, 2023.