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Current RAS Programme

MASwings Sdn. Bhd. (From 2007)

In 2007, the Malaysian Cabinet decided for the RAS operation to be returned to MAS or its subsidiary. MAS then established MASwings to be the entity running RAS and in June 2007, it was decided that MASwings shall take over the RAS operation for ten years.

The cost for the operation of RAS by MASwings is fully borne by the Malaysian Government in the form of subsidies and aircraft lease payments. The first flight was on 1 October 2007, which is also the anniversary of the founding of Malaysia Airlines in 1972.

Under the new public service obligation (PSO) agreement inked with the Government in January 2019, MASwings operates 40 rural air services (RAS) routes in Sabah and Sarawak (including cargo services from Miri) from 2019 until 2024.The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has also designated one additional route to be added to the RAS network effective from on 1 May 2019. As such, there are now 41 RAS routes with 13 routes that are being serviced by ATR 72-500 aircraft and 28 routes are being serviced by the Twin Otter Viking DHC6-400 aircraft. These routes in turn operate in 10 airports and 13 STOLports within Sabah and Sarawak.

The routes for both the ATRs and Twin Otters are as below:

Source: Great Circle Mapper

The routes for both the ATRs and Twin Otters are as below:

*No.*	*SARAWAK (Internal)*	*No.*	*SARAWAK (Internal)*
1	Miri – Mulu	23	Mukah – Kuching
2	Miri – Limbang	24	Miri – Long Seridan
3	Miri – Bintulu	25	Marudi – Long Seridan
4	Miri – Sibu	26	Miri – Long Banga
5	Bintulu – Sibu	27	Marudi – Long Banga
6	Kuching – Mulu	28	Kuching – Tanjong Manis
7	Kuching – Limbang	29	Bario – Long Seridan
8	Miri – Lawas	30	Bario – Long Lellang
9	Limbang – Lawas	31	Additional service for cargo between Miri and Bario, Ba’kelalan, Long Seridan, Long Lellang, Long Akah and Long Banga
10	Miri – Ba’kelalan	*No.*	*SABAH (Internal)*
11	Lawas – Ba’kelalan	32	KK – Lahad Datu
12	Miri – Bario	33	Sandakan – Tawau
13	Marudi – Bario	34	KK – Labuan
14	Miri – Marudi	35	KK – Kudat (Suspended until further notice)
15	Miri – Long Lellang	36	Kudat – Sandakan (Suspended until further notice)
16	Marudi – Long Lellang	37	Lahad Datu – Sandakan
17	Miri – Long Akah	*No.*	*SABAH/SARAWAK (Interstate)*
18	Marudi – Long Akah	38	Miri – Labuan
19	Bario – Ba’kelalan	39	KK – Mulu
20	Sibu – Mukah	40	KK – Limbang
21	Mukah – Miri	41	KK – Lawas
22	Mukah – Bintulu