1. Major Airlines of
Southeast Asia
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31. Royal Brunei Airlines
Royal Brunei Airlines is the flag carrier airline of the
Sultnate of Brunei, headquartered in the RBA Plaza in Bandar Seri Begawan.
It is wholly owned by the government of Brunei. Its hub is Brunei International
Airport in Berakas, just to the north of Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of
Brunei.
Formed in 1974 with an initial fleet of two aircraft, serving Singapore,
Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching, Royal Brunei Airlines now operates
a fleet of 10 aircraft to 16 destinations in Southeast Asia, the Middle East,
Europe, and Australia. Its fleet and type numbers increased dramatically in the
1990s, with great expectations as to the next destinations.
Royal Brunei Airlines won âBest Foreign Airlineâ award in the
category âAward For Best Airlinesâ at the Sabah Tourism Awards 2011.RB
have the distinction of operating the youngest long haul fleet in the world with
the recent deliveries of the Dreamliners.
33. Myanmar Airways International
Myanmar Airways International is the international flag
carrier of Myanmar, headquartered in Yangon.It operates
scheduled international services to destinations mainly in
Southeast Asia. The carrier is based at Yangon International
Airport. Myanmar Airways International is the sponsor of the 2013
SEA Games.
35. Philippine Airlines
Philippine Air Lines, is the flag carrier of the Philippines.
Headquartered at the PNB Financial Center in Pasay City,the airline was
founded in 1941 and is the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating
under its original name. Out of its hubs at Ninoy Aquino International
Airport of Manila and Mactan-Cebu International Airport of Cebu, Philippine
Airlines serves 31 destinations in the Philippines and 36 overseas destinations
in Southeast Asia, East Asia, Middle East, Oceania, North America and Europe.
Formerly one of the largest Asian airlines, PAL was severely affected
by the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. In one of the Philippines' biggest corporate
failures, PAL was forced to downsize its international operations by completely
cutting flights to Europe and Middle East, cutting virtually all domestic flights
except routes operated from Manila, reducing the size of its fleet, and laying off
thousands of employees.
36. Philippine Airlines
The airline was placed under receivership in 1998, and gradually
restored operations to many destinations. PAL exited receivership in 2007, and
following the brief management takeover by the San Miguel group from 2012 to
2014, has been taking steps towards reestablishing itself as one of Asia's
premier carriers.
38. Cambodia Angkor Air
Cambodia Angkor Air is the national flag carrier airline
of Cambodia, headquartered in Phnom Penh. It commenced
operations on 28 July 2009. The airline is owned by the Cambodian
government (51%) and Vietnam Airlines (49%), the latter allowing
for codeshare flights.
40. Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines is a major airline operating flights from Kuala
Lumpur International Airport and from secondary hubs in Kota
Kinabalu and Kuching to destinations throughout Asia as well as a handful of
destinations in Europe and Oceania. Malaysia Airlines is the flag carrier of
Malaysia and a member of the Oneworld airline alliance.
The company's headquarters are located on the grounds of Sultan
Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Selangor, Greater Kuala Lumpur. In
August 2014, the Malaysian government's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah
Nasionalâwhich then owned 69.37% of the airlineâannounced its intention to
purchase remaining ownership from minority shareholders and de-list the
airline from Malaysia's stock exchange, thereby renationalising the airline.
41. Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines owns two subsidiary airlines:
Firefly and MASwings. Firefly operates scheduled flights from its two home
basesPenang International Airport and Subang International Airport. The
airline focuses on tertiary cities. MASwings focuses on inter-Borneo flights.
Malaysia Airlines has a freighter fleet operated by MASkargo, which manages
freighter flights and aircraft cargo-hold capacity for all Malaysia Airlines'
passenger flights. Malaysia Airlines also provides aircraft maintenance, repair
and overhaul (MRO), and aircraft handling services to other companies.
43. Laos Airlines
Lao Airlines State Enterprise is the national airline of Laos,
headquartered in Vientiane. It operates domestic as well as international
services to countries such as Cambodia, China, Thailand, Vietnam,
and Singapore. Its main operating base is Wattay International Airport in
Vientiane. It is subordinate to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.
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47. Singapore Airlines Limited
Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA) is the flag carrier of Singapore
which operates from its hub at Changi Airport and has a strong presence in the
Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and "Kangaroo Route" markets.
Singapore Airlines was the launch customer of Airbus A380, currently
the world's largest passenger aircraft. SIA has diversified airline-related
businesses, such as aircraft handling and engineering. Its wholly owned
subsidiary SilkAir manages regional flights to secondary cities with short-haul
aircraft. Subsidiary Singapore Airlines Cargo operates SIA's dedicated freighter
fleet, and manages the cargo-hold capacity in SIA's passenger aircraft.
Subsidiary Scoot operates in the low-cost carrier sector, along with minority-
owned Tigerair.
48. Singapore Airlines Limited
It ranks amongst the top 15 carriers worldwide in terms of revenue
passenger kilometres, and 10th in the world for international passengers
carried. On 15 December 2010, Singapore Airlines was announced by
the International Air Transport Association as the second largest airline in the
world by market capitalisation with a worth of 14 billion US dollars. Singapore
Airlines utilises the Singapore Girl as its central figure in its corporate branding.
50. Garuda Indonesia
Garuda Indonesia is the flag carrier of Indonesia. Named after the
holy bird Garuda of Hinduism and Buddhism, the airline is headquartered
at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, near Jakarta.
Founded in 1949 as KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf, the airline is now one
of the world's leading airlines and the 20th member of the global airline
alliance SkyTeam. It operates regular scheduled flights to a number of
destinations in Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and Europe from its main
hub in Jakarta, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, as well as services to
Australia and Asia from Ngurah Rai International Airport (Bali) and a large
number of domestic flights from both Sultan Hasanuddin International
Airport (Makassar) and Kuala Namu International Airport (Medan).
51. Garuda Indonesia
After a series of financial and operational difficulties in the late 1990s
and early 2000s, the airline undertook a five year modernization plan in 2009
known as the Quantum Leap, which brought with it a new livery, logo,
uniforms and brand, as well as newer, more modern aircraft and facilities and a
renewed focus on international markets.
âĒ The airline also operated a budget subsidiary Citilink which provides low-
cost flights to multiple Indonesian destinations and was spun-off in 2012.
âĒ On 11 December 2014, Garuda was announced as a 5-star airline by Skytrax.