Pelangi Air

Infobox_Airline
airline=Pelangi Airways
logo=
logo_size=
fleet_size=8
destinations=20
IATA=PG
ICAO=PEG
callsign=PELANGI AIRWAYS
parent=Pelangi Air Sdn. Bhd
founded=1989
headquarters=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
key_people=Zain Salahin (General Manager)
hubs=Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport
focus_cities=Sultan Azlan Shah Airport
Batu Berendam Airport
website=n/a
formerly www.pelangiairways.com.my

Pelangi Air (also known as Pelangi Airways) was a regional airline of Malaysia based at Kuala Lumpur Subang Airport. The airline covered secondary routes within Peninsular Malaysia and international flights to Sumatra in Indonesia and Singapore. [http://www.airlineroutemaps.com/East_Asia/Pelangi_Airways_malaysia.shtml]

History

Pelangi Air was incorporated in 1987 to service the domestic sector and international destinations. [http://www.windowstomalaysia.com.my/nation/14_1_1.htm] They ceased operation in late 2001 following the take over of international route to Singapore by Berjaya Air. After ceasing operation, their planes are abandoned aside in Subang Airport, Selangor and Senai International Airport, Johor.

Fleet

Before Pelangi Air ceasing its operation in 2001, the carrier fleet was consisted of:
* 3 Fairchild Dornier 228
* 2 Fokker 50

Pelangi Air leased 2 Fokker 50 from Malaysia Airlines during 1994 until 1997 before returning them back to Malaysia Airlines. The airline ordered the Dash 8-300, but cancelled the order before delivery in 1997. The Dash 8 was already painted in Pelangi Air colors and wearing the registration 9M-PGC.

Former Destinations

*Indonesia
**Banda Aceh (Sultan Iskandarmuda Airport)
**Medan (Polonia International Airport)
**Padang (Minangkabau International Airport)
**Palembang (Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport)
**Pekanbaru (Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport)

*Malaysia
**Alor Star (Sultan Abdul Halim Airport)
**Ipoh (Sultan Azlan Shah Airport)
**Johor Bahru (Senai International Airport)
**Kerteh (Kerteh Airport)
**Kota Bharu (Sultan Ismail Petra Airport)
**Kuala Lumpur (Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport)
**Kuala Terengganu (Sultan Mahmud Airport)
**Kuantan (Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport)
**Langkawi (Langkawi International Airport)
**Malacca (Batu Berendam Airport)
**Pangkor (Pangkor Airport)
**Penang (Bayan Lepas International Airport)
**Tioman (Tioman Airport)

*Singapore
**Singapore (Seletar Airport)

*Thailand
**Ko Samui (Samui Airport)
**Phuket (Phuket International Airport)

Pelangi Air ordered some De Havilland Canada Dash 8 in 1997 which were never delivered. [http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0111341/M/]

They used to wet-lease a 737-200 passenger configurations from Transmile Air Services and wear Aero Asia livery to fly some domestic route for a short period in 2000. [http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0064873/M/] The same 737-200 from Transmile Air Services is also used to service regional airline or charters in Malaysia by an operator for a short while.