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===1947–1963: Malayan Airways===
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An initiative<ref>{{cite web |title=Malaysia Airlines&nbsp;— Our Story |publisher=Malaysia Airlines |url=http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/corporate-info/our-story.html |access-date=11 February 2011 |archive-date=13 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913072925/http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/corporate-info/our-story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> by the Alfred Holt's Liverpool-based [[Ocean Group plc|Ocean Steamship Company]], in partnership with the Straits Steamship Company<ref>{{cite web |title=Straits Steamship Company |publisher=National Library Singapore |url=http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1056_2008-01-05.html |access-date=25 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314075028/http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1056_2008-01-05.html |archive-date=14 March 2009 }}</ref> and [[Imperial Airways]], resulted in the incorporation of "Malayan Airways Limited" (MAL) in Singapore on 12 October 1937, but the first paying passengers could be welcomed on board only in 1947, some 10 years later. After the war, MAL was restructured to include just the partnership of Straits Steamship and Ocean Steamship. The airline's first flight was a charter flight from the British [[Straits Settlement]] of Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, on 2 April 1947, using an [[Airspeed Consul]] twin-engined aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |title=Telekom Malaysia and Malaysia Airlines Synergise Business Relationship |publisher=[[Telekom Malaysia]] Berhad |url=http://www.tm.com.my/about_TM/newsroom/2004/041123_2.htm |access-date=3 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012132227/http://tm.com.my/about_TM/newsroom/2004/041123_2.htm |archive-date=12 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This inaugural flight on the ''Raja Udang'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Flight into Fantasy |publisher=Airline Pilots Association Singapore |url=http://www.alpas.org/list.php?c=aviationscene |access-date=25 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218051827/http://www.alpas.org/list.php?c=aviationscene |archive-date=18 February 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> with only five passengers, departed Singapore's Kallang Airport and was bound for Kuala Lumpur's Sungai Besi Airport. Weekly scheduled flights quickly followed from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, and Penang from 1 May 1947 with the same aircraft type.<ref name=History>{{cite web |url=http://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/my/flying-withus/our-story/our-heritage/|title=The Creation of Singapore Airlines|publisher=Singapore Airlines|access-date=1 July 2007}}</ref>

The airline continued to expand during the rest of the 1940s and 1950s, as other British [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] airlines, such as [[BOAC]] and [[Qantas|Qantas Empire Airways]], provided technical assistance, as well as assistance in joining the [[IATA]]. By 1955, Malayan Airways' fleet had grown to include a large number of [[Douglas DC-3]]s, and finally went [[Public limited company|public]] in 1957. Other aircraft operated in the first two decades included the [[C-54 Skymaster|Douglas DC-4 Skymaster]],  [[Vickers Viscount]],  [[Lockheed Constellation|Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation]],  [[Bristol Britannia]], [[de Havilland Comet 4]], and [[Fokker F27]].