Air Transportation

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

The main airport in Malaysia is the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, managed and operated by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd, located in Sepang, which is about 55km south of Kuala Lumpur. There are four other international airports, located in Langkawi, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching and Penang. In addition, there are 15 domestic airports: 11 in Peninsular Malaysia, five in Sabah and four in Sarawak.

MAS plane

The national airline is Malaysia Airlines, incorporated in 1971. It services local destinations, as well as destinations in North America, South America, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, South-east Asia, East Asia and the Antipodes. Malaysia Airlines also has code-sharing arrangements with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Northwest Airlines, and operates a cargo division called MASKargo.

The other major airline in Malaysia is Air Asia Sdn. Bhd. Air Asia services destinations in Langkawi, Kuching, Kota Kinabalu and Labuan, flying from KLIA.