Raya Airways

IATA ICAO Callsign TH RMY RAYA EXPRESS
Founded	November 1993; 30 years ago (1993-11)
Commenced operations	October 2014; 9 years ago (2014-10) (as Raya Airways)
Hubs	Kuala Lumpur–International Kuala Lumpur–Subang
Fleet size	8
Destinations	10
Headquarters	Subang, Selangor, Malaysia
Website	www.rayaairways.com

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.

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

Fleet

Current fleet

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

Fleet Registration

Current Fleet

Registration	Image	Aircraft
9M-BZA		Airbus A321-200P2F
9M-BZB		Airbus A321-200P2F
9M-BZC		Airbus A321-200P2F
9M-RZA		Boeing 737-400SF
9M-RXA		Boeing 767-200BDSF
9M-RXB		Boeing 767-200BDSF
9M-RXC		Boeing 767-200BDSF
9M-RXD		Boeing 767-200BDSF

Former Fleet (inc. Transmile Air Service)

Registration	Image	Aircraft
9M-RYA		Boeing 757-200F
9M-PML		Boeing 737-200C	2 of them was leased to garuda Indonesia to operate as cargo aircraft from 1996 to 1998	9M-PMM		Boeing 737-200C
9M-PMP		Boeing 737-200C
9M-PMQ		Boeing 737-200C
9M-PMR		Boeing 737-200
9M-PMU		Boeing 737-200C
9M-PMW		Boeing 737-200F
9M-PMY		Boeing 737-200
9M-PMZ		Boeing 737-200F
N831LA		McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
N833LA		McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
9M-TGP		McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
9M-TGQ		McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
9M-TGR		McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
9M-TGS		McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
9M-TGG		Boeing 727-200F
9M-TGH		Boeing 727-200F
9M-TGJ		Boeing 727-200F
9M-TGE		Boeing 727-200F
9M-TGB		Boeing 727-200F

Former fleet

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