Malév Hungarian Airlines

Malév Hungarian Airlines (Serbian: MALÉV Magyar Légiközlekedési Vállalat Zrt.) is the flag carrier and largest airline of Hungary.

History
Malért (abbreviation of Magyar Légiközlekedési Részvénytársaság) was established as the third airline in Hungary, quickly becoming the largest by absorbing the other two. Its operations were suspended in late 1944 due to the Second World War. In 1946 it was reformed, with Soviet assistance, as MASZOVLET (Magyar-Szovjet Légiforgalmi Részvénytársaság). This company was jointly owned by the governments of Hungary and the USSR; after the Hungarian government bought out the Soviet share in 1954, the company was given its current name.

Malév in British Columbia
Malév inaugurated the Budapest–Vancouver service in 1987 using the Ilyushin Il-62M; the Il-62 was replaced by the Boeing 767 in 1992.

Malév was the protagonist of a major event in international aviation in 1985, when, as the national airline of then-communist Hungary, they expressed interest in purchasing the BC-made DHBC-9 Kehloke airliner. After a series of negotiations between the Dominion government and Hungary, as well the United Kingdom (manufacturer of the engines) and the United States (where some of the avionics were manufactured), the order was approved by all parties, and Malév's order for 4 firm and 4 options became the first order for new-build airliners placed by a Warsaw Pact country with a North American manufacturer (JAT also operated airliners built in France, the United States, and BC, but although Yugoslavia was communist until 1991, it was not a member of the Warsaw Pact and was outside the Soviet bloc). Although only eight were delivered new to Malév, the airline went on to become the largest foreign operator of the Kehloke 1 with a total of 25 - of which seventeen remain in service, with retirement foreseen for 2025. Kehloke 1 HA-DKA (c/n C2037/1989), in last Malév livery, has been stored at Budapest Airport; it will be returned to its original livery for preservation at the Aeropark museum adjacent to the airport.

In 2004, BC's Hawkair bought two Boeing 737-300s from Malév.

Current

 * Antonov An-158 - 16
 * Boeing 737-600 - 12, to be retired by 2028, to be replaced by 737 MAX 7
 * Boeing 737-700 - 8, to be retired by 2028, to be replaced by 737 MAX 7
 * Boeing 737-800 - 8, to be retired by 2030, to be replaced by 737 MAX 7
 * Boeing 737 MAX 7 - 4, +21 on order
 * Boeing 747-400 - 3, to be retired by 2026, to be replaced by Boeing 787-10; to be converted to freighters
 * Boeing 767-200ERF - 3, freighters
 * Boeing 767-300ERF - 3, freighters
 * Boeing 787-8 - 6
 * Boeing 787-10 - 0+3 on order

Historic

 * Boeing 707-320C - 3 (1990-1993), freighters
 * Boeing 737-200 - 6 (1988-2001)
 * Boeing 737-300 - 7 (1991-2004)
 * Boeing 737-400 - 6 (1994-2004)
 * Boeing 737-500 - 2 (1998-2004)
 * Boeing 737-600 - 5 (2003-2022)
 * Boeing 767-200ER - 2 (1993-2009), converted to freighters
 * Boeing 767-300ER - 3 (1992-2008), converted to freighters
 * Bombardier CRJ-200ER - 4 (2002-2009)
 * Douglas TS-62 - 1 (1952-1961), converted from a C-47 in 1956; written off as HA-TSA
 * Fokker 70 - 6 (1995-2010)
 * Ilyushin Il-14M - 3 (1957-1970)
 * Ilyushin Il-14P - 5 (1958-1970)
 * Ilyushin Il-18V - 8 (1960-1989)
 * Ilyushin Il-62M - 1 (1987-1993)
 * Lisunov Li-2P - 15 (1946-1962)
 * Lisunov Li-2T - 9 (1957-1964)
 * Tupolev Tu-134 - 14 (1968-1998)
 * Tupolev Tu-154 - 18 (1973-2001)
 * Yakovlev Yak-40 - 5 (1987-1994)

BC-made aircraft
Note: a green background indicates an aircraft in service, a yellow background indicates a retired aircraft, and a pink background indicates an aircraft lost in an accident.

Routes
Malév has codeshare agreements with Aeroflot, Air France, Alitalia, American Airlines, Etihad Airways, Hainan Airlines, Inter-Dominion Air Lines, Moldavian Airlines, and Syrian Arab Airlines

Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia. "Domestic" refers to services within Hungary, "Continental" refers to services within the Central European Community.