{"id":17168,"date":"2022-01-28T15:29:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T09:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=17168"},"modified":"2022-01-28T15:29:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T09:59:17","slug":"sks-airways-malaysias-newest-airline-takes-its-maiden-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/28\/sks-airways-malaysias-newest-airline-takes-its-maiden-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"SKS Airways &#8211; Malaysia\u2019s newest airline takes its maiden flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Malaysia\u2019s newest carrier <strong>SKS Airways launched its maiden flight <\/strong>on January 25, 2022, taking off from <strong>Subang Airport<\/strong> near Kuala Lumpur to Pangkor, a tax-free island in northern Malaysia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is the first carrier to fly to the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sks_airways_crop-1024x344.jpeg\" alt=\"Malaysia\u2019s newest carrier SKS Airways launched its maiden flight on January 25, 2022, taking off from Subang Airport \" class=\"wp-image-17176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sks_airways_crop-1024x344.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sks_airways_crop-600x202.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sks_airways_crop-300x101.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sks_airways_crop-768x258.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sks_airways_crop-750x252.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sks_airways_crop-1140x383.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sks_airways_crop.jpeg 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>SKS Airways will also fly to Redang island, a popular scuba diving haven in the northeastern region, and Tioman island in the south using a 19-seater Twin Otter turboprop aircraft. <\/li><li>Currently, there are no commercial flights to the islands. <\/li><li>The maiden flight took place on January 25, 2022. <\/li><li>Flight KI 357 departed Subang\u2019s\u00a0Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport\u00a0at 13:15 and touched down at Pulau Pangkor at 14:00. <\/li><li>The new airline operated the route via a De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter series 300 turboprop aircraft.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cAs a new set-up, we are nimble, agile, flexible, and also able to tap into any opportunities that arise. We are positioning ourselves to capitalize on the current pent-up demand for domestic travel&#8221; <\/p><cite>SKS Airways director Rohman Ahmad said to local media at the launch event.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/152037444_630157934443786_6177560831105515313_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/152037444_630157934443786_6177560831105515313_n.jpg 718w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/152037444_630157934443786_6177560831105515313_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/152037444_630157934443786_6177560831105515313_n-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/152037444_630157934443786_6177560831105515313_n-600x602.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/152037444_630157934443786_6177560831105515313_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/152037444_630157934443786_6177560831105515313_n-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/152037444_630157934443786_6177560831105515313_n-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, <a href=\"http:\/\/sksairways.com\">SKS Airways<\/a> is owned by the SKS Group, a real estate company based in the southern state of Johor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>The airline said its operations will initially focus on the island and coastal resorts with connections to major cities within peninsular Malaysia. <\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It plans to eventually connect Malaysia and beyond to Southeast Asian destinations and southern China.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned and updated with Aviationa2z.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malaysia\u2019s newest carrier SKS Airways launched its maiden flight on January 25, 2022, taking off from Subang Airport <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[399,6761],"tags":[3583,5217,5220,5216,5218,5219],"class_list":{"0":"post-17168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-news","9":"tag-maidan-flight","10":"tag-malaysias-newest-airlines","11":"tag-scuba-diving","12":"tag-sks-airways","13":"tag-subang-airport","14":"tag-sultan-abdul-aziz-shah-airport"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17178,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17168\/revisions\/17178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}