Rayani Air

Rayani Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
RN RKT Blue Green
Founded 19 January 2015
Commenced operations 20 December 2015
Hubs Langkawi International Airport
Secondary hubs
Fleet size 2
Destinations 6
Company slogan Let's fly (Malay: Jom Terbang)
Parent company Rayani Air Sdn Bhd
Headquarters Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Key people Ravi Alagendrran and Dato Karthiyani Govindan (founder)

Sumar Lee Hashim Lee (Chief Operations Officer)
Website www.rayaniair.com

Rayani Air Sdn. Bhd. (Jawi: راياني أير) is a full service airline in Malaysia, headquartered in Shah Alam, Selangor, in the Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area.[1] It is the first Sharia-Compliant in Malaysia and the fifth such airline in the world after Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA), Saudi Arabian Airlines and Iran Air. Additionally, no alcoholic beverages or pork are served on board in accordance with Islamic dietary laws and prayers will be recited before a flight departs.

History

Rayani Airlines was founded by Ravi Alagendrran and his wife Karthiyani Govindan, both of whom are Malaysians of ethnic Tamil descent.[2] The name Rayani is said to be mashup of the first names of the founders.

Previously Rayani Airlines was set to be based at Malacca International Airport somewhere in late Q4 2014 with its inaugural flight to take place in August.[3] However they changed their base to Langkawi International Airport to attract tourists to the resort island.[4] It was previously rumoured that Rayani Air would be launched as a Low Cost Carrier, however the airline made an official announcement in December 2015, positioning Rayani Air as a Full Service Carrier[5]

On 20 December 2015, its inaugural flight to Langkawi (RN600) took off smoothly despite a slight delay.[6]

Its Managing Director, Jaafar Zamhari announced a 10-year target plan to establish network to capitalise on the haj and umrah pilgrimage market, and planned to acquire additional 2 B737-400 and 2 B737-800 in 2017, to increase its domestic routes and flight frequencies.[7]

Rayani Air is considering to appoint the Mursyidul Am (Spiritual Leader) of PAS, Datuk Dr Haron Din, as advisor, to advise the company on how to further implement the sharia compliance concept within the company. The airline is also planning to co-operate with Royal Brunei Airlines to strengthen the concept within the aviation industry.[8]

Destinations

Rayani Air current destinations are as follows, as of February 2016:

Fleet

Rayani Air fleet as in February 2016 as follows:

Aircraft In Service On Order Seat Configuration Notes
Boeing 737-400 2 2 12 Business & 120 Economy Former Malaysia Airlines aircraft. 2 more to enter services in May 2016
Boeing 737-800 - 4 TBA 2 will entering services in August 2016 will 2 more will enter in 2017.

References

  1. ↑ Home page. Rayani Air. Retrieved on 10 January 2016. "Rayani Air Sdn. Bhd. No.22-1A Blok 2, Jalan Pahat G-15G Dataran Otomobil Seksyen 15 40200 Shah Alam, Selangor"
  2. ↑ "Ethnic Indian couple launches Malaysia’s 1st Islamic airline". The Hindu. 23 December 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Airline News Asia. "Rayani Air".
  4. ↑ BERNAMA. "New budget airline Rayani Air picks Langkawi as hub". FMT News.
  5. ↑ "First Sharia-compliant airline, Rayani Air, launches in Malyasia" (in Chinese). Guang Ming Daily. 19 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Rayani Air To Begin Operations Sunday". Astro Awani. Malaysian Digest. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Rayani Air sets 10-year plan". The Star Online. 21 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Rayani Air bakal lantik mursyidul am PAS sebagai penasihat". The Malaysian Insider. 3 January 2016.

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