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Raya Airways

Logo: Raya Airways, Vectorization: Jeromi Mikhael, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Cargo airline of Malaysia

Raya Airways is a cargo airline with its head office at Cyberjaya, Selangor and the main hub for Raya Airways at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is an express freight and freighter charter company. The airline was established in November 1993 as Transmile Air.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Raya Airways is a cargo airline with its head office at Cyberjaya, Selangor and the main hub for Raya Airways at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia.2

The story

Raya Airways began its operations as Transmile Air Services with one Boeing 737 and one Cessna Grand Caravan, in providing air express transport service to Pos Malaysia Berhad for their courier business to East Malaysia in November 1993. It later developed into an international company and the only dedicated intra-Asian overnight express cargo operator in Malaysia. Their first Boeing 727 freighter service commenced in 2000 for the Kuala Lumpur/Penang-Bangkok-Hong Kong courier sector. It was an extended operation for their existing client, DHL International Limited. Over five years, owing to the increasing demand of freight services in the region, Transmile Air Services increased its Boeing 727 fleet to 10. As part of the strategy to expand its operations and network of connecting routes, Transmile Air Services acquired four MD-11s in 2005. The airline started the MD-11 operation for Kuala Lumpur-Hong Kong-Los Angeles sector in the third quarter of 2005.

From 2002 to 2006, Transmile Air Services provided air cargo service to Air Macau. In 2014, the Airline was rebranded as Raya Airways. Their subsidiaries are K-Mile Air of Thailand and now-defunct Megantara Air of Indonesia, both of which operated aircraft transferred from their fleet.

From Wikipedia’s article on Raya Airways, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Current fleet

As of July 2026, Raya Airways operates the following aircraft:

Former fleet

As of August 2025, Raya Airways operated 1 Airbus A321P2F, 2 Airbus A321PCF, 5 Boeing 767-200BDSF and 1 Boeing 767-300F (first freighter variant operator in Southeast Asia).

Raya Airways also previously operated the following aircraft:

1 Boeing 737-400SF

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As Transmile Air Services, the airline formerly operated the following aircraft:

From Wikipedia’s article on Raya Airways, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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