MAB Kargo selects Unisys logistics optimisation
Unisys announces that MAB Kargo, the air cargo division of Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), has selected Unisys and its logistics optimisation solution to significantly enhance its operational efficiency, capacity utilisation, and service delivery. MAB Kargo faces challenges with time-consuming planning and loading processes that result in underutilized space on flights, missed revenue opportunities, and even […]
MAB Kargo launches halal logistics service
MAB Kargo has launched its halal logistics service after receiving the MS2400-Halal Certification from JAKIM on 1 May. The launch was held at the Malaysia Airlines Academy in Kelana Jaya with YB Datuk Seri Dr Mujahid bin Yusof, minister in the prime minister’s department in attendance. To commemorate the launch, MAB Kargo signed an agreement […]
MAB Kargo extends Cargo iQ’s presence in Asia
MAB Kargo has become the latest organisation to join Cargo iQ, joining a network of more than 80 airlines, forwarders, ground handlers and IT companies. The cargo division of Malaysia Aviation Group is based in Kuala Lumpur, and operates air cargo services to almost 100 destinations through scheduled freighter flights and belly capacity with Malaysia […]
MAB Kargo brings MotoGP to Malaysia
MAB Kargo has transported 150 tonnes of equipment to Kuala Lumpur in time for the Malaysian leg of the 2018 FIM MotoGP World Championship. The first flight, MH6493 touched down in Kuala Lumpur with equipment from Tokyo’s Narita airport on 26 October at 03.15h, followed by two flights from Melbourne’s Avalon Airport, MH6406 arriving at […]
Baa-rilliant, MAB Kargo flies sheep to Kuala Lumpur
MAB Kargo has carried 1,500 sheep across the Java Sea from Surabaya to Kuala Lumpur on a charter flight in time for Aidil Adha. Flight MH6435 left Surabaya’s Juanda International Airport at 17.05 with 50 tonnes of livestock on board and landed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 20.45. This was the first ever charter […]
MAB Kargo charters a 747 for oil and gas mission
MAB Kargo has flown 72 tonnes of oil and gas equipment from Germany to Malaysia using a chartered Boeing 747-400 Freighter. The equipment was flown from Leipzig to Bintulu in Malaysia’s Sarawak region in an aircraft owned by Silk Way West Airlines. The flight transited in Baku, Azerbaijan before touching down at Bintulu Airport at […]
MAB Kargo to undergo IATA CEIV Pharma process
MAB Kargo is to undergo the IATA CEIV Pharma process, making it the first airline and cargo terminal in Malaysia to embark on certification. The airline held a signing ceremony attended by MAB Kargo chief operations officer, Mohd Zulkefly Ujang and International Air Transport Association (IATA) regional vice president for Asia Pacific, Conrad Clifford, with […]
MAB Kargo operates third relief flight for Rohingya refugees
MAB Kargo has flown its third relief mission for the Rohingya refugees with almost 50 tonnes of goods to set up the Malaysian Field Hospital in the Cox’s Bazaar district of Bangladesh. The medical equipment included supplies for emergencies and resuscitation, surgery, anaesthetics and intensive care unit treatment, orthopaedic procedures, labour room, basic neonatal care, […]
MAB Kargo tonnage grows in Q1 but it suspends Chongqing freighter
MAB Kargo chief executive officer, Ahmad Luqman Mohd Azmi (pictured below) says business has been good and riding on the momentum of the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2016 and in Q1 tonnage was up five per cent on Q1 in 2016. “The restructuring was done back in 2015. Our operations has since been stabilised and […]
Partnership set to be expanded between MAB and Silk Way
MAB Kargo is set to expand its partnership with Silk Way West Airlines as it looks to increase the agreement it has on services. In March, the Malaysian Airlines cargo arm penned a memorandum of co-operation with Azerbaijan-based Silk Way West that sees both leverage on each other’s aircraft fleet and network in different regions […]
MAB Kargo adds Bangkok freighter service to network
MAB Kargo has expanded its presence in Thailand with the launch of a freighter service to Bangkok Suvarnbhumi International Airport from Kuala Lumpur (KL). This weekly service will be operated with an Airbus A330 Freighter with a capacity of 60 tonnes of payload and has been started to tap into the rising demand for air […]
MAB Kargo adds another freighter route to China
MAB Kargo has launched a second new freighter route to Eastern China in the space of a week with flights to Guanghzou. The Malaysian cargo carrier will operate a twice weekly service to Guanghzou Baiyun International Airport from Kuala Lumpur International Airport from 8 November. MAB will operate an Airbus A330 on the route, which will […]
MAB Kargo adds Chongqing to Chinese network
MAB Kargo has expanded its Chinese network with two freighter flights to Chongqing from 30 October. It says Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport is becoming an important freighter hub, especially for exports of high value electronic goods. MAB Kargo will be able to facilitate the transportation of electronic goods of major companies such as Apple, Asus […]
MAB Kargo and Silk Way West sign partnership
MAB Kargo and Azerbaijan cargo carrier Silk Way West Airlines have signed a memorandum of cooperation that will see both airlines leveraging on each other’s aircraft fleet and network in different regions of the world. The stratergic partnership between the two air cargo players entails a block space Agreement (BSA) on a twice weekly route […]
