Malaysia Airlines Kargo

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MASkargo
Image:MalaysiaAirlinesLogo MASKargoNew.jpg
IATA MH	ICAO MAS	Callsign MALAYSIAN
Founded		1972
Hubs		KL International Airport Penang International Airport
Fleet size		6
Destinations		11
Parent company		Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad
Headquarters		Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Key people		JJ Ong (Senior General Manager) until end of August 2007
Website: http://www.maskargo.com

Malaysia Airlines Kargo (Malaysia Airlines Cargo Sdn. Bhd.) is a cargo airline based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the cargo division of Malaysia Airlines and commercially known as MASkargo^{[citations needed]}. It operates scheduled and charter services. Its main base is the Advanced Cargo Center in Kuala Lumpur International Airport.^[1] Its tagline is Your Preferred Air Cargo Partner.

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 2.1 Central Asia 2.2 East Asia 2.3 Middle East 2.4 Europe 2.5 Oceania 3 Fleet 4 Services 4.1 Technology and Tracking Systems 4.2 i-Port 4.3 Animal Hotel 5 See also 6 External links 7 References

[edit] History

MASkargo was established and started operations in 1972. It became a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines in April 1997 with two Boeing 747-200F freighters from the parent company. It has 1,092 employees (as at March 2007).^[1]

[edit] Destinations

^{[citation needed]}

MASkargo currently provides freighter services from Kuala Lumpur and Penang using Boeing 747-200SF and Boeing 747-400F freighter aircraft, to:

[edit] Central Asia

• Tashkent (Yuzhny Airport) refuel stop only

[edit] East Asia

• Hong Kong (Hong Kong international Airport)
• Shanghai (Pudong International Airport)
• Tokyo (Narita International Airport)

[edit] Middle East

• Dubai (Dubai International Airport)

[edit] Europe

• Amsterdam (Schiphol International Airport)
• Frankfurt (Frankfurt International Airport)
• Milan (Malpensa International Airport)

[edit] Oceania

• Melbourne (Melbourne Airport)
• Sydney (Kingsford Smith International Airport)

[edit] Fleet

As of March 2007 MASkargo has three Boeing 747-200F aircraft in its fleet.^[1]

MASkargo operates from Advanced Cargo Center in KL International Airport using two owned Boeing 747-400F and four leased Boeing 747-200SF aircraft.^{[citation needed]}It also offers belly space capacity on its holding company aircraft, Malaysia Airlines.

Freighter Aircraft

Model Series	# in Service	Aircraft Registration	Delivery Date	Cargo				Cargo Capacity (kg)	Notes
				MD	LD	LD3	BULK (kg)
747-4H6F	2	9M-MPR	30 MAR 2006	30	9	2	2,400	120,000
		9M-MPS	30 MAY 2006	30	9	2	2,400	120,000
747-236B	3	TF-ARJ	17 MAR 1987	29	9	2	2,200	100,000
		TF-ATX	25 FEB 1987	29	9	2	2,200	100,000
		TF-ATZ	24 FEB 1988	29	9	2	2,200	100,000
747-2F6B	1	TF-ARN	17 MAR 1987	29	9	2	2,200	100,000

Color Legend:

Leased aircraft from ILFC

Wet leased aircraft from Air Atlanta Icelandic

[edit] Services

[edit] Technology and Tracking Systems

In order to speed up shipments, various policies and state of the art system are used by MASkargo such as

• E-Freight Programme
• Air Cargo Exchange Information System
• E-Commerce

Sophisticated shipments tracking system is provided in MASkargo website in order for customers to know the status of their respective shipments.

[edit] i-Port

MASkargo recently embarked on an ambitious project called i-Port, with a concept of "an airport within a seaport". MASkargo jointly with Port Klang promoted Port Klang/KLIA as the load-centre for sea and air traffic for the region. This project has expanded rapidly from one seaport to four seaport partnerships including North Port, West Port, Port of Tanjung Pelepas and Kuantan Port.

[edit] Animal Hotel

MasKargo provides a pet sitting service called "Animal Hotel".

[edit] See also

• Malaysia Airlines

[edit] External links

• Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad - Parent Company
• Malaysia Airlines - Corporate Website
• MASkargo - MASkargo Corporate Website
• Port of Tanjung Pelepas PTP Corporate Website
• Northport - Northport Corporate Website
• Westport - Westport Corporate Website

[edit] References

• Malaysia Airlines; (2002). Malaysia Airlines Cabin Crew Manual: Introduction to Malaysia Airlines. Kuala Lumpur: Flight Operations.
• Berita Pulse; (October 2006). Berita Pulse, October 2006. Kuala Lumpur: Communications Division, Malaysia Airlines.
• Berita Pulse; (August 2006). Berita Pulse, August 2006. Kuala Lumpur: Communications Division, Malaysia Airlines.
• Berita Pulse; (July 2006). Berita Pulse, July 2006. Kuala Lumpur: Communications Division, Malaysia Airlines.
• Berita Pulse; (June 2006). Berita Pulse, June 2006. Kuala Lumpur: Communications Division, Malaysia Airlines.
• "MASkargo: Corporate Info". Retrieved 31 October 2006.
• Going Places; (August 2006). Going Places, August 2006. Kuala Lumpur: Communications Division, Malaysia Airlines.
• "AeroMalaysia: Malaysia Airlines: Current Fleet". Retrieved 31 October 2006.
• "AeroMalaysia: Malaysia Airlines: Former Fleet". Retrieved 31 October 2006.

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