History of Malaysia Airlines-Part I-

Twin engined Airspeed Consul.

The pioneering ladies of the sky.

Early destinations.

The "winged tiger"

MALAYAN AIRWAYS.

Malayan Airways Limited (MAL) was incorporated on 12th. October 1937 by three companies, Straits Steamship Company of Singapore, Ocean Steamship Company of Liverpool and Imperial Airways after getting approval from the government of Colonial Straits Settlement.

It took another ten years before the inaugural flight from Singapore to Penang via Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh could be mounted on 2nd. April 1947. This longest delay was attributed to second world war which had enveloped the region then.Malayan Airways logo consist of winged tiger. The first aircraft used was a twin engined Airspeed Consul, a five seater plane. During the first year of operation, 20 seater DC-3 aeroplane was added to the fleet, legacy of surplus second world war transport aircraft. Destinations like Batavia (Jakarta), Palembang, Medan and Saigon (Ho Chi Minch City) were added.More aircraft were added, the fleet now consist of Beaver aircraft, DC-4 Skymaster, Vicounts and Bristol Brittania while destinations like Hong Kong, Jesselton (Kota Kinabalu) and Bangkok were added.Malayan Airways came into the jet age in 1962 with the introduction of 5 Comets IVs aircraft.