Rayani Air
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| Hubs | Langkawi International Airport | ||||||
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| Secondary hubs | Sultan Ismail Petra Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | - | ||||||
| Parent company | Rayani Air Sdn Bhd | ||||||
| Headquarters | Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia | ||||||
| Key people | Ravi Alagendrran (Managing Director) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Rayani Air (Jawi: راياني أير) is a planned budget airline in Malaysia. It is the forth airline in the world that imposed application of Sharia-Compliant to each Muslim cabin crews after Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA), Saudi Arabian Airlines and Iran Air. In addition, no alcoholics beverages or pork are served on board in accordance with Islamic dietary laws and prayers will be recited before a flight departs. The compliance receives positive feedbacks from the netizens nationwide. [1]
History
Previously Rayani Air is set to be based at Malacca International Airport somewhere in late Q4 2014 with its inaugural flight to took place in August. [2] However they changed their base to Langkawi International Airport in order to attract tourists to the resort island.[3]
Destinations
Rayani Air plans to fly to these destinations:
- Langkawi - Langkawi International Airport Hub
- Kota Bharu - Sultan Ismail Petra Airport Secondary Hub
- Kuala Lumpur - Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Malacca - Malacca International Airport
- Kota Kinabalu - Kota Kinabalu International Airport
- Kuching - Kuching International Airport
- Penang - Penang International Airport
Fleet
Currently, they are planning to operate using used Boeing 737-400 aircrafts, which was readily available. On their official Facebook page, they are about to receive its first aircraft [4] Previously,plan to operate Fokker 50 turboprops also under consideration, however the plan was shelved.
| Aircraft | On Order | Seat Configuration | Notes |
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| Boeing 737-400 | 2 | 160 (Single class) | former Malaysia Airlines aircraft |
References
- ^ Astro Awani. "Prinsip patuh syariah Rayani Air dapat pujian".
- ^ Airline News Asia. "Rayani Air".
- ^ BERNAMA. "New budget airline Rayani Air picks Langkawi as hub url=http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/11/06/new-budget-airline-rayani-air-picks-langkawi-as-hub/". FMT News.
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