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Malaysia Airlines

flag-carrier airline of Malaysia
Organization airline Q308952
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Summary

Malaysia Airlines is an airline[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,015 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Malaysia[3]
  • Instance of: public company[4]
  • Airline hub: Kuala Lumpur International Airport[5], Kota Kinabalu International Airport[6], Kuching International Airport[7]
  • Airline alliance: Oneworld[8]
  • Item operated: Airbus A380[9], Airbus A330[10], Boeing 737 Classic[11], Boeing 737 Next Generation[12], Boeing 747-400[13], Boeing 777[14], Airbus A350[15]
  • Headquarters location: Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport[16], Kuala Lumpur International Airport[17], Selangor[18], Kuala Lumpur[19]
  • IATA airline designator: MH[20]
  • ICAO airline designator: MAS[21]
  • Commons category: Malaysia Airlines[22]
  • Stock exchange: Bursa Malaysia[23]
  • Inception: September 30, 1972[24]
  • Location of formation: Kuala Lumpur[25]
  • Parent organization or unit: Malaysia Aviation Group[26]
  • Significant event: Malaysian Airline System Flight 653[27], Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133[28], Malaysia Airlines Flight 370[29], Malaysia Airlines Flight 17[30]
  • Official website: https://www.malaysiaairlines.com/[31], https://www.malaysia-airlines.com.my[32], http://www.malaysia-airlines.com[33]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Malaysia Airlines[34]
  • Commons gallery: Penerbangan Malaysia[35]
  • Replaces: Malaysia–Singapore Airlines[36]
  • Legal form: Unlimited Company[37]
  • Start of work period: 1947[38]
  • Reward program: Enrich[39]
  • Merchant Category Code: 3100[40]
  • Airline accounting code: 232[41]
  • Street address: Level 1, Administration Building, South Support Zone (SSZ), Kuala Lumpur International Airport – KLIA, 64000 Sepang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia[42], 3rd Floor, MAS Complex, Subang International Airport, Subang, Selangor, Malaysia[43]
  • Social media followers: 1,765,009[44], 1,745,351[45], 1,747,656[46]

Why It Matters

Malaysia Airlines has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Related Entities

Malaysia public company

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . oneworld.com. oneworld.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . bursamalaysia.com. bursamalaysia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . malaysiaairlines.com. Retrieved . malaysiaairlines.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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