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 new airline's 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 destinations, with Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Jeddah, Melbourne, Paris, Perth and Seoul also being served ten years later.
