KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 (Bernama) -- Malindo Air, recent winner of CAPA’s 2016 Asia Pacific Regional Airline of the Year, celebrates another new milestone as the airline received its International Air Transport Association (IATA) certificate as IATA member.
 
Prior to attaining this membership, Malindo Air had been certified by the IATA Operational Safety Audit, an internationally recognized and accepted evaluation system designed to assess the operational management and control system of an airline.

Chandran Rama Muthy, Malindo Air’s CEO said, “As a premium service airline, we will be able to create better values and achieve more by being an IATA member. We have continued to set ourselves at par with the international aviation standard, and we hope to raise the bar collectively with our partners in the industry.”
 
With Malindo Air’s addition, IATA now has 274 members from 117 countries across the globe.
 
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About Malindo Air

Malindo Air is a Malaysian airline with main hubs at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and the convenient KL downtown city airport Subang Skypark in Selangor, Malaysia. The airline took to the skies in March 2013 with domestic flights and has since grown to operate routes to all major airports in Malaysia and across the continents of Asia and Australia. The fleet itself has grown exponentially to 16 ATR72-600 and 29 Boeing 737NG as of 31 March 2017

Today, the airline operates over 800 flights weekly across a continuously growing network of about 43 routes in the region. More recently, the airline won CAPA’s 2016 Asia Pacific Regional Airline of the Year, TOP Recognition - Malaysia SME® Preferred Airline Partner, Airline of the Year (Passenger) at the KLIA Awards 2014 and Top Performing Airline 2015 by Travelport.

SOURCE : Malindo Air

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Communications Department, Malindo Air    
Name : Suresh Vanan
PR & Communications Manager
Tel : +603 2035 6699 ext. 1435
Email : suresh@ malindoair.com
 
Name : Andrea Liong
Head of Communications                     
Tel : +603 2035 6699 ext. 1312
Email : andrea.liong@ malindoair.com

--BERNAMA