Rayani Air
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| Founded | 19 January 2015 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 20 December 2015 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 9 April 2016 | ||||||
| Hubs | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Destinations | 6 | ||||||
| Company slogan | Let's fly (Malay: Jom Terbang) | ||||||
| Parent company | Rayani Air Sdn Bhd | ||||||
| Headquarters | Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia | ||||||
| Key people | Ravi Alagendrran and Dato Karthiyani Govindan (founder) Ravi Alagendrran (Managing Director) |
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| Website | www |
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Rayani Air Sdn. Bhd. (Jawi:rayané 'ayr راياني أير) was a full service airline in Malaysia, headquartered in Shah Alam, Selangor, in the Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area. It was the first Sharia-Compliant airline in Malaysia and the fourth such airline in the world, after Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA), Saudi Arabian Airlines and Iran Air. No alcoholic beverages or pork were served on board in accordance with Islamic dietary laws and prayers were recited before every flight.
Rayani Air was founded by Ravi Alagendrran and his wife Karthiyani Govindan, both of whom are Malaysians of ethnic Indian descent. The name Rayani is said to be mashup of the first names of the founders.
Rayani Airlines was originally intended to be based at Malacca International Airport somewhere in late Q4 2014 with its inaugural flight to take place in August. However the airline changed its base to Langkawi International Airport to attract tourists to the resort island. It was previously rumoured that Rayani Air would be launched as a Low Cost Carrier; however the airline officially positioned itself as a Full Service Carrier in December 2015.
On 20 December 2015, the airline's inaugural flight to Langkawi (RN600) took off smoothly.
The airline was planning to co-operate with Royal Brunei Airlines to strengthen the Sharia-compliant airline concept within the aviation industry.
On 9 April 2016, Rayani Air temporarily suspended all operations until further notice, citing 'restructuring exercises' on the announcement made by its co-founder.
Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) in a statement on 13 June 2016, announced that Rayani Air licence has been revoked, citing 'it had breached the conditions of its licence and it also lacks the financial and management capacity to continue operating as a commercial airline'.
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