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    Raya Airways signs up Hactl for Hong Kong freighter flights

    2019-03-25T14:55:23Z

    Raya Airways freighter being unloaded by Hactl at Hong KongRaya Airways, the Malaysian freighter operator, has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) as its ground handler in Hong Kong.The airline operates five-times weekly between Hong Kong and its home base of Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang, utilising ...

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    Raya gets new chief executive

    2016-04-29T16:35:00Z

    Asian cargo airline Raya Airways has announced the appointment of Lee Shashitheren as its new executive director and chief executive.Lee, former commercial director of Raya Airways, has more than 20 years’ experience in the cargo airline business and takes over from the former managing director Mohamad Najib Ishak, who resigned ...

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    Raya Airways: A cause for celebration

    2016-04-01T11:25:50Z

    Reborn Malaysian cargo carrier Raya Airways is on the flightpath to expansion, discovers Roger HaileyRaya Airways is in celebratory mood. Malaysia’s national all-cargo airline is preparing for a freighter fleet and network expansion, but with simpler steps than its predecessor, Transmile Air Services (TAS).Raya, a “restructured entity” of the former ...

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    B767F joins Raya Airways fleet

    2016-03-21T16:44:02Z

    Malaysian cargo airline Raya Airways has taken delivery a B767-200 freighter, the first of the type aircraft under Malaysian registration.The twinjet brings the Raya Airways fleet up to four freighters, joining two B727-200Fs and one B757-200F, and is part of an ambitious expansion plan by the carrier to serve Shanghai, ...

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    Raya rebranding completed

    2015-02-27T09:38:15Z

    Raya Airways confirmed on October 2 that it had completed the process of rebranding the former Transmile Air Services business.Raya Airways was established in July last year when TAS was spun out of the Transmile Group. That restructuring process is now complete, and Raya is pressing ahead with plans to ...