Will MYAirline Become Your Airline? Exclusive 4K DCI Video Interview with Rayner Teo, CEO

Dark/Light Mode (22/07/23)  Launching a new low cost airline and working to ensure its continued success is never going to be easy. Doing that in the home country of one of the world's most successful, respected and well established LCCs, with numerous other strong competitors to fight against for passengers - including the national carrier, is an even more daunting challenge, to say the least.

Rayner Teo

But, that is exactly what MYAirline is trying to do. The Malaysian LCC's first flight flew from klia2 to Kuching in Sarawak, Malaysia on 1 December 2022. By the 26th June 2023, MYAirline had already carried its one millionth passenger and that was only with a limited number of domestic routes.

In the past few days, the airline launched its first international flights operating services between Kuala Lumpur and not only Suvarnabhumi (BKK), but also Bangkok's other main international gateway, Don Mueang Airport (DMK).

To learn more about the airline and why it chose to launch its very first two international flights to two airports that predominantly serve the same capital city, instead of a different city in Thailand or even a different country in the region, Steven Howard sat down with Rayner Teo, the airline's CEO, in Bangkok on 5 July.

In this interview, you will learn why MYAirline chose to launch almost simultaneous services to BKK and DMK rather than operate just one service to Bangkok and another to a different airport such as U-Tapao (UTP) which better serves the cities of Pattaya and Si Racha as well as the many other areas along the eastern seaboard.

We also discuss MYAirline's phases of growth, which other cities it is planning to launch services to, how many aircraft the company plans to have by the end of the year, and whether those planes are being purchased or wet or dry leased.

We also discuss recruitment and what challenges that poses, whether MYAirline will join the Asia Pacific Airlines Association (AAPA), the carrier's plans for cargo and whether dedicated cargo services using freighters is something the airline is considering.

Rayner also shares his thoughts on medium and long-haul low cost carrier services, how MYAirline is trying to differentiate itself in the market place, and why he believes that there is room in such a saturated market for MYAirline to not only be successful but to also flourish as per their objectives. All that and much, much more in the video and podcast below.

Will MYAirline Become Your Airline? Exclusive 4K DCI Video Interview with Rayner Teo, CEO

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