page_title: Malaysia Airlines
section_title: 2015–present: Renationalisation, restructuring, and rebranding
hierarchical_section_title: Malaysia Airlines / History / 2015–present: Renationalisation, restructuring, and rebranding
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 2019年8月、ロンドンのヒースロー空港で撮影。
context_page_description: Malaysia Airlines Berhad, formerly known as Malaysian Airline System, branded as Malaysia Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Malaysia and a member of the oneworld airline alliance. The company headquarters are located at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. In August 2014, the Malaysian government's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional—which then owned 69.37% of the airline—announced its intention to purchase remaining ownership from minority shareholders and de-list the airline from Malaysia's stock exchange, thereby renationalising the airline. It operates primarily from Kuala Lumpur International Airport and from secondary hubs in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching to destinations throughout Asia, Oceania, and Europe.
  Malaysia Airlines owns two subsidiary airlines: Firefly and MASwings. Firefly operates scheduled flights from its two home bases Penang International Airport and Subang International Airport. The airline focuses on tertiary cities. MASwings focuses on inter-Borneo flights. Malaysia Airlines has a freighter fleet operated by sister company MASkargo, which manages freighter flights and aircraft cargo-hold capacity for all Malaysia Airlines' passenger flights.
context_section_description: In May 2015, it was announced that the airline will be transferred to a newly founded "Malaysia Airlines Berhad" (MAB) by 1 September 2015, with the rebranding of the airline also commencing that day. The new company will see a heavily reduced workforce and adjusted route network with a focus on Asia according to its newly appointed CEO, Christoph Mueller. He also announced that Malaysia Airlines put some of its Airbus A380s up for sale. 
  Four months later, MAB announced that they will add four new Airbus A350-900 aircraft to their fleet by the end of 2017 till the middle of 2018. The aircraft will be leased from Air Lease Corporation. The airline also expects to add two more A350-900s as well as two Airbus A330-900neo aircraft in the upcoming future. MAB then announced that it is set to undergo a brand overhaul involving a new name, logo and livery for its aircraft, with the changes to be unveiled on a date unknown.
  In April 2016, CEO Christoph Mueller resigned from his post after less than a year of leading the carrier's reorganising efforts, citing changing personal circumstances. Mueller initially planned to continue to serve as CEO until September 2016 and stay on the airline's board as a non-executive director to oversee the transition to a new CEO. It was subsequently announced that Peter Bellew has taken over Mueller as the new chief with effect from 1 July 2016, effectively cutting Mueller's tenure by a further two months.
  In April 2017, Malaysia Airlines announced that the airline's entire fleet will be tracked with the satellite flight tracking system.
  In October 2017, an unexpected announcement was made that Malaysia Airlines CEO Peter Bellew will return to Ryanair as Chief Operations Officer to help fix pilot problems. Bellew worked as a flight operations director at Ryanair until 2014. Bellew's decision to leave Malaysia Airlines comes just over a year after former chief executive Christoph Mueller left the airline citing personal circumstances a year after being hired on a three-year mission to revive the state-controlled firm. The appointment of Mueller's replacement, Capt Izham Ismail, who served as the airline's chief operating officer prior to the appointment, was announced a few days later.
  On 6 April 2020, it was reported that Malaysian private equity firm Golden Skies Ventures had made an offer of US$2.5 billion to take over Malaysia Airlines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
caption: Malaysia Airlines Airbus A350-900 at London Heathrow Airport in 2019
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "", "Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon IXY 180", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "180", "Image YResolution": "180", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image DateTime": "2019:08:28 12:18:39", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "234", "GPS GPSVersionID": "[2, 3, 0, 0]", "Image GPSInfo": "6924", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "180", "Thumbnail YResolution": "180", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "20468", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "3630", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/320", "EXIF FNumber": "5", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "100", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Standard Output Sensitivity and Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2019:08:28 12:18:39", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2019:08:28 12:18:39", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "3", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "133/16", "EXIF ApertureValue": "149/32", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "149/32", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "21937/1000", "EXIF SubSecTime": "49", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "49", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "49", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "5152", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3864", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "Interoperability RelatedImageWidth": "5152", "Interoperability RelatedImageLength": "3864", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "6814", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "5152000/243", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "1288000/61", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "2", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF CameraOwnerName": ""}