Pelangi Air

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Pelangi Air (also known as Pelangi Airways) was a regional airline of Malaysia based at Kuala Lumpur Subang Airport. The airline covered secondary routes within Peninsular Malaysia and international flights to Sumatra in Indonesia and Singapore.[1]

[edit] History

Pelangi Air was incorporated in 1987 to service the domestic sector and international destinations.[2] They ceased operation in late 2001 following the take over of international route to Singapore by Berjaya Air. After ceasing operation, their planes are abandoned aside in Subang Airport, Selangor and Senai International Airport, Johor. In 2004, Ked-Air was in talks to buy Pelangi Air but it never realised.[3]

[edit] Fleet

Before Pelangi Air ceasing its operation in 2001, the carrier fleet was consisted of:

• 3 Fairchild Dornier 228
• 2 Fokker 50

Pelangi Air leased 2 Fokker 50 from Malaysia Airlines during 1994 until 1997 before returning them back to Malaysia Airlines.

Pelangi Air ordered some De Havilland Canada Dash 8 in 1997 which were never delivered.[4]

They used to wet-lease a 737-200 passenger configurations from Transmile Air Services and wear Aero Asia livery to fly some domestic route for a short period in 2000.[5] The same 737-200 from Transmile Air Services is also used to service regional airline or charters in Malaysia by an operator for a short while.