Editing Malaysia Airlines (section)

===2015–2020: Renationalisation, restructuring, and rebranding ===
[[File:Malaysia Airlines (Malaysia Negaraku Livery), 9M-MAC, Airbus A350-941 (42595667000) (2).jpg|thumb|left|A Malaysia Airlines [[Airbus A350-900]] spotting the current livery in use since 2017.]]

In January 2015, the airline was declared "technically bankrupt".<ref>{{cite web |title=Malaysia Airlines 'technically bankrupt' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-32955818 |website=BBC News |access-date=22 February 2023 |date=1 June 2015}}</ref> In May 2015, it was announced that the airline would be transferred to a newly founded Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) by 1 September 2015, with the rebranding of the airline also commencing the same day. The new company commanded a heavily reduced workforce and adjusted route network with a focus on Asia, according to its newly appointed CEO, [[Christoph Mueller]]. He also announced that Malaysia Airlines would be putting of its Airbus A380s up for sale.<ref>{{cite news |work=RTE |date=25 May 2015 |title=Troubled Malaysia Airlines to be completely revamped – new CEO |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2015/0525/703685-christoph-mueller/ |access-date=18 March 2017}}</ref>

Four months later, MAB announced that they would add four new [[Airbus A350 XWB|Airbus A350-900]] aircraft to their fleet from the end of 2017 to the middle of 2018. The aircraft were to be leased from [[Air Lease Corporation]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Malaysia Airlines signs lease agreement with Air Lease Corp for four Airbus planes |publisher=Reuters |date=10 September 2015 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/malaysia-mas-air-lse-idUSL4N11G41N20150910|access-date=18 March 2017}}</ref> The airline also expected to add two more A350-900 and two [[Airbus A330-900]] aircraft in the future.<ref>{{cite news |title=Malaysia Airlines inks A350, A330neo lease deal with AL |work=ch-aviation |date=11 September 2015 |url=http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/40122-malaysia-airlines-inks-a350-a330neo-lease-deal-with-alc |access-date=18 March 2017}}</ref> MAB then announced that it was set to undergo a brand overhaul involving a new name, logo and livery for its aircraft, with the changes to be unveiled on an unspecified date.<ref>{{cite news |title=Malaysia Airlines prepares for rebranding, CEO Christoph Mueller says |work=stuff|date=2 October 2015 |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/72625417/Malaysia-Airlines-prepares-for-rebranding-CEO-Christoph-Mueller-says|access-date=18 March 2017}}</ref>

The airline has also started the retirement of the Boeing 777-200 fleet, with the last aircraft leaving in the year 2016. The route renationalisation and trimming of many long haul routes had made the aircraft inefficient to be deployed on the airline's medium haul routes, which were then already served by the Airbus A330-300.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://onemileatatime.com/malaysia-airlines-retiring-cursed-777s/ | title=Malaysia Airlines Retiring Their Cursed 777s| date=23 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.traveldailymedia.com/malaysia-airlines-ditches-boeing-777s-in-fleet-overhaul/| title=Malaysia Airlines ditches Boeing 777s in fleet overhaul| newspaper=Brand Td| date=7 March 2016| last1=Elliott| first1=Mark}}</ref>

In January 2016, the airline introduced a policy of not serving alcohol on flights of less than three hours.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://travellingonpoints.com/article/airlines/dry-airlines-which-major-carriers-do-not-serve-alcohol/|title=Dry Airlines: Which Carriers do Not Serve Alcohol|date=13 October 2020}}</ref> While the move was unpopular with many travellers, the airline stated that its actions were in response to the preference of the majority of customers.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Public backlash shows many unaware of MAS's no-alcohol policy, passenger says |date=18 April 2016 |work=Malay Mail |url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2016/04/18/public-backlash-shows-many-unaware-of-mass-no-alcohol-policy-passenger-says/1102503}}</ref>

In April 2016, CEO Christoph Mueller resigned from his post after less than a year of leading the carrier's reorganisation efforts, citing "changing personal circumstances." Mueller initially planned to continue as CEO until September 2016 and stay on the airline's board as a nonexecutive director to oversee the transition to a new CEO.<ref>{{cite news |title=Malaysia Airlines CEO Christoph Mueller resigns |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 April 2016 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/20/malaysia-airlines-ceo-christoph-mueller-resigns |access-date=24 June 2016}}</ref> It was announced that [[Peter Bellew]] would become the new chief with effect from 1 July 2016,<ref>{{cite news |publisher=Channel NewsAsia |date=7 July 2016 |title=Peter Bellew named CEO of Malaysia Airlines |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/peter-bellew-named-ceo-of/2918804.html |access-date=18 March 2017 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000958/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/peter-bellew-named-ceo-of/2918804.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> effectively shortening Mueller's tenure by a further two months.

In April 2017, Malaysia Airlines announced that the airline's entire fleet would be tracked with the satellite flight-tracking system.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-39637974|title=Malaysia Airlines to track planes with satellites |date=19 April 2017 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=19 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.micnode.com/en/malaysia-airlines-track-planes-satellites-20170419|title=Malaysia Airlines to track planes with satellites to track its fleet from space|date=19 April 2017|work=MicNode News|access-date=19 April 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420144643/https://news.micnode.com/en/malaysia-airlines-track-planes-satellites-20170419|archive-date=20 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In October 2017, an unexpected announcement was made involving Malaysia Airlines CEO Peter Bellew's return to [[Ryanair]] as chief operations officer to help fix pilot problems. Bellew had worked as a flight operations director at Ryanair until 2014. Bellew's decision to leave Malaysia Airlines came just over a year after former chief executive Christoph Mueller left the airline, citing personal circumstances after being hired on a three-year mission to revive the state-controlled firm.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/17/malaysia-airlines-ceo-peter-bellew-quits-to-rejoin-ryanair.html|title=This airline has lost three CEOs in less than three years|date=17 October 2017|publisher=CNBC}}</ref> The appointment of Mueller's replacement, Captain Izham Ismail, who served as the airline's chief operating officer prior to the appointment, was announced a few days later.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/10/20/capt-izham-ismail-new-ceo-malaysia-airlines|title=Capt Izham Ismail is new MAS chief executive officer|date=20 October 2017|website=The Star}}</ref>

November 2017 saw the arrival of the [[Airbus A350]] and [[Airbus A330-200]] which were leased onto the fleet. The brand new Airbus A350s were essentially used to replace the Airbus A380 on the airline's small long haul route network while the second hand Airbus A330-200 were deployed as interim aircraft for certain medium to long haul routes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.malaysiaairlines.com/kr/ko/news-article/2017/welcomes-its-first-A350-XWB.html | title=Malaysia Airlines Welcomes Its First A350 XWB }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://corporatetravelcommunity.com/analysis/a330-200-could-be-a-solution-for-malaysia-airlines-auckland-quandary-582629 | title=A330-200 could be a solution for Malaysia Airlines' Auckland quandary}}</ref> With this the A380s were instead deployed to Narita and Seoul.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/56921-malaysia-airlines-to-deploy-a380s-on-seoul-tokyo-routes| title=Malaysia Airlines to deploy A380s on Seoul, Tokyo routes}}</ref>

In 2019 the airline launched [[Amal (airline)|Project Amal]] (Hope) which was a special [[Hajj|hajj umrah]] charter for Muslim pilgrims utilising the airline's fleet of Airbus A380 aircraft.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/news-article/2019/amal.html|title=Amal takes to the skies Amal to serve hajj and Umrah pilgrims in Southeast Asia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://apex.aero/articles/malaysia-airlines/|title=Malaysia Airlines' dedicated pilgrim flights, previously known as Project Hope, have been operating since October 2018, with three flights per week to Jeddah and Medina using Airbus A380-800s.| website=Apex Aero|date=19 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/transport/388073-airbus-a380-finds-new-life-on-malaysia-airlines-pilgrim-trips|title=Airbus A380 finds new life on Malaysia Airlines' pilgrim trips| website=ArabianBusiness|date=24 January 2018 }}</ref>