Saeaga Airlines (sometimes referred as Saeaga Air) was a domestic regional airline based in Sabah, Malaysia.
History The airline was established in 1995 when Ekran Air, Hornbill Skyways and Sabah Air had a merger agreement to formed Saeaga Airlines (Acronym: Sarawak-Sabah East ASEAN Growth Area), within 80% owned by Sarawak and Sabah while 20% belongs to Ekran Air itself. The airline started operation by the fourth prime minister of malaysia Mahathir Mohamad to operated services for EAGA (East ASEAN Growth Area).
The airlines had acquired one CRJ 100 and two De Havilland Canada Dash 8, it also planned to ordered 5 Airbus A320 to expand its destination outside EAGA by September 1998.
However, following the financial crisis from 1997 to 1998, Ekran suspended all its flight in 1 March 1998 and declined its order for Airbus A320.
Destinations Saeaga Airlines served the following destinations as of 1997:
Swallow Reef (Layang-Layang Airport)
Kuching (Kuching International Airport) Mulu (Mulu Airport) Sibu (Sibu Airport) Planned destinations
Darwin (Darwin International Airport) Perth (Perth Airport)
Hong Kong (Kai Tak Airport) Macau (Macau International Airport)
Kota Kinabalu (Kota Kinabalu International Airport) Langkawi (Langkawi International Airport) Subang (Kuala Lumpur International Airport)
Seletar (Seletar Airport)
Taipei (Chiang Kai-shek International Airport)
Fleet
Before Saeaga Airlines ceased its operations in 1998, the airline fleet consisted of:
+ Saeaga Airlines fleetAircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredRefAirbus A320519971998Canadair Regional Jet CRJ100119961998De Havilland Canada Dash 8-200119951998De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300119951998
References
Air Transport Intelligence