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Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia's flag carrier,〔 traces its origins back to 1947, when ''Malayan Airways Ltd.'' was jointly formed by Singapore's Straits Steamship Company and the Ocean Steamship Company of Liverpool; the carrier was registered in Singapore and was set up for linking several cities within Malaya, as well as to provide an air connection with British Borneo, Lower Burma and Siam.〔 On , the newly formed airline started scheduled operations with a single Airspeed Consul,〔 linking Singapore-Kallang with Kuala Lumpur and Penang, and Kuala Lumpur with Kota Bahru and Kuantan.〔 By 1948, the domestic route network comprised Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Singapore, Kota Bahru and Kuantan, whereas international flights to Batavia, Bangkok, Medan, Saigon and Palembang were also operated.〔 In , Malayan Airways took over the Singapore–Kuching–Labuan–Jesselton route, which had been operated by the Royal Air Force since and was the only air link between Singapore and Borneo;〔 the run was extended to Sandakan in the same year.〔 In early 1950, the route network was long.〔 Following federation, Malayan Airways was renamed ''Malaysian Airways'' in .〔 On , the airline officially became the national airline of Malaysia and Singapore, jointly operated by both countries.〔〔 The company was re-christened again on ,〔 this time to ''Malaysia-Singapore Airlines Ltd (MSA)''.〔 By that year, Comets were deployed on the Kuala Lumpur–Singapore route, and also from services radiating from these two cities to Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Perth and Taipei; Comets were used on selected domestic routes too.〔 A year later, by , Jakarta and Sydney were already incorporated into the international route network, with the Singapore–Jakarta–Perth–Sydney service using a Boeing 707 that was leased from Qantas,〔 and by Tokyo was included as well.〔 The inauguration of services to Colombo and Madras were announced in for commencement in that year;〔 flights to these two cities were operative by .〔 Based at Subang International Airport, ''Malaysian Airlines System Berhad (MAS)'' was formed by the Malaysian government on to succeed MSA, starting operations on , a day after MSA became defunct over its splitting between MAS and Singapore Airlines.〔 The MAS route network initially consisted of domestic flights plus international services to Bangkok, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Medan and Singapore.〔 By , Bandar Seri Begawan, Dubai, Haadyai, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, London, Madras, Manila, Sydney, Taipei and Tokyo were added to these international destinations,〔 with Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Jeddah, Melbourne, Paris, Perth and Seoul also being served ten years later. At , from its main hub at Kuala Lumpur the company operated scheduled services to domestic destinations including Alor Setar, Bakalalan, Bario, Belaga, Bintulu, Ipoh, Johor Bahru, Kota Bharu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Terengganu, Kuantan, Kuching, Kudat, Labuan, Lahad Datu, Langkawi, Lawas, Layang-Layang, Limbang, Long Lellang, Marudi, Medan, Miri, Mukah, Mulu, Penang, Pulau, Sandakan, Semporna, Sibu, Tarakan, Tawau and Tomanggong; international destinations served at the time included Adelaide, Amsterdam, Auckland, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Brisbane, Buenos Aires, Cairns, Cairo, Cape Town, Cebu, Chennai, Chiang Mai, Darwin, Delhi, Denpasar Bali, Dhaka, Dubai, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Hat Yai, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kaohsiung, Karachi, London, Los Angeles, Male, Manchester, Manila, Melbourne, Munich, Nagoya, New York, Osaka, Paris, Perth, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Pontianak, Rome, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Surabaya, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Vienna, Xiamen, Yangon, Zagreb and Zurich.〔 ==List== Malaysia Airlines flies to the following destinations, .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malaysia Airlines destinations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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