MALAYSIA AIRLINES
When the MSA consortium was dissolved in 1972, a part of the fleet went to the new formed Singapore Airlines. MAS - Malaysian Airline System, also new formed, had to order almost a whole new fleet and chose the 747-200, 737-200 and the A300 as new aircraft. Soon, the 747 proved to be too large for some routes and two DC-10-30 were ordered for larger Asian services (where the A300 lacked of range) and some European destinations. The first aircraft, #228, arrived on August 12th 1978, later supplemented by #350 in 1981. Anyway, this airline became number eight of the DC-10 operators. Not only the acquisition of new aircraft boosted the all-time-fleet, it was mainly the cooperation with World Airways which brought the fleet to 21 aircraft. Most of these were operated for a short time during Hadj season in a similar way Garuda did. The operations continued until 1999, when the last aircraft were returned. It is probably that also in the Hadj seasons of the new millennium the DC-10 will be part of the fleet of a short time so that the relation between DC-10 and Malaysia Airlines was finished. So Malaysian is kind of special among the DC-10 operators. Although the airlines operates the DC-10 routes with modern 777s and A330 now, year by year DC-10s join the fleet to connect Malaysia with the Islamic religious centrum in Saudi-Arabia.
Registration | Aircraft | Fleetnr./Name | Operated from - to | Where is it now? |
9M-MAS | 46955/ 228 | 02.08.1976 - ???? | WRITTEN OFF | |
9M-MAT | 46640/ 240 | 21.09.1977 - 06.1994 and 10.1994 - 27.09.1995 | Northwest Airlines | |
9M-MAV | 48283/ 350 | 02.02.1981 - 03.1996 | SCRAPPED | |
9M-MAX | 46961/ 236 | 21.10.1990 - 21.08.1995 | Northwest Airlines | |
9M-MAW | 46959/ 234 | 05.10.1990 - 29.06.1995, ???? - 10.1997, ???? - 1998 and 08.1999 - 02.10.1999 | -stored- | |
9M-MAZ | 46933/ 159 | 27.09.1990 - 07.07.1995, 1995 - 12.1995 and 26.02.1998 - 05.1999 | SCRAPPED | |
G-AZZC N102Ua | 46905/ 47 | 11.1979 - 1980 1990 - 10.1990 | SCRAPPED | |
N105WA | 46891/ 127 | 10.1991 - 11.1992 | Cielos del Perú | |
N105WA | 46987/ 288 | 1991 - ???? | -stored- | |
N106WA | 46835/ 277 | 09.1981 - 10.1981, 06.1991 - 1991 and 06.1992 - 1992 | FedEx | |
N107WA | 46836/ 280 | 09.1981 - 10.1981, 07.1985 - 09.1985, 06.07.1986 - 09.1986, 1989 - 1989, 06.1992 - 1992, 1994 - 1994 and 04.1995 - ???? | -stored- | |
N108WA | 46837/ 282 | 28.03.1980 - 08.04.1980, 15.04.1981 - 06.1981, 08.1983 - 15.09.1983, 23.09.1983 - 11.10.1983, 07.1985 - 09.1985, 06.07.1986 - 09.1986, 06.1987 - 09.1987, 06.1992 - 1992 and 23.04.1993 - 05.07.1993 | FedEx | |
N112WA | 47820/ 317 | 1990 - 1990, 06.1991 - 1991, 16.06.1992 - 31.07.1992, 25.04.1993 - 05.07.1993 and 1994 - 1994 | FedEx | |
N902WA | 46928/ 104 | 01.07.1989 - 11.1990 | SCRAPPED | |
N3042W | 48318/ 446 | 05.1995 - 06.1995 | Omni Air International | |
OH-LHA | 47956/ 181 | 05.1995 - 12.06.1995 | -stored- | |
OH-LHD | 47865/ 135 | 03.08.1984 - 21.08.1984 and 11.09.1984 - 30.09.1984 | -stored- | |
SE-DHX | 46645/ 283 | 1990 - 08.1990 | -stored- | |
ZK-NZN | 47848/ 136 | 26.11.1978 - 16.12.1978 | SCRAPPED | |
ZK-NZS | 46954/ 227 | 03.1978 - 08.1978 | -stored- |
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