sejarah MAS

The history of Malaysian Airlines dated back to 1937 when Malayan Airways was registered. The airline was based in Singapore.

Sejarah MAS bermula seawal 1937 apabila Malayan Airways Ltd ditubuhkan. Ianya memulakan penerbangan pada tahun 1947 dengan menggunakan simbol harimau terbang.

DC3 adalah diantara kapal terbang yang berjaya yang dikeluarkan oleh McDonald Doglas. Pada suatu ketika MD mendahului Boeing dalam membina kommersial aircraft. DC10 lebih kehadapan disegi teknologi bebanding dengan B747 masa itu.

Pramugari Malayan Airways bergambar disamping DC3

Bila negara Malaysia dilahirkan pada tahun 1963, Malayan Airways kepda Malaysian Airways Limited. Borneo Airways yang beroperasi di Sabah dan Sarawak telah diterapkan.

Jesselton Terminal 1950, Jesselton nama Kota Kinabalu from Sabah DCA

In 1965, with the planned separation, and Singapore opted to independent and out of Malaysia, the airline which was operating from Singapore was rename MSA or Malaysia Singapore Airline Ltd. One airline operating for two countries. It used the MSA symbols and promoted the MSA girls concepts.

Pada tahun 1965, Singapura telah keluar dari Malaysia, dan dengan itu, Malaysias Airways sekali lagi bertukar wajah dan mendapat nama baru ia itu MSA atau Malaysian Singapore Airline.

The Birth of MAS

In 1971, Malaysian government came out with a policy decision to restructure MSA into two independent airlines. This was mainly due the the different in focus between Malaysia and Singapore.Singapore was working purely on commercial basis and for profit. Malaysia's posiion was slightly different, with Sabak and sarawak still new, and that Singapore had decided to leave Malaysia, it was very important to stress on national integration. Malaysia did not want Singapore to be the example for others to follow.

MAS was formed on 3 Apr 1971, but the airline did not fly until Sept 1972. When MAS started , it has 19 aircrafts:
7 B737-200 aircraft, short to medium range
9 F27 - for domestic routes
3 BN2 for rural services.

New corporate log symbolize the kite was adopted.

The airline expended the international routes to Europe and the Orient with the purchase of two B707 aircrafts from Qantas.Followed by DC10, A300 and B747.

With bigger aircrafts, it was thought that a change in the logo was necessary to reflect the aerodynamics shape and its greater achievement.

March 1973 - B707 yang pertama - wet leased dari Qantas
Oct 1976 - DC10 pertama
Nov 1979 - A300 pertama
Apr 1982 - B747 Pertama
May 1997 - B777 Pertama

MAS Sekarang.

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