Malindo Air
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Malindo Air is a Malaysian hybrid full-service and low-cost airline that became the first operator of the Boeing 737 MAX 8.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malindo Air canonical | 4 |
| Batik Air Malaysia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5848593 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Malindo Air Context triple: [Boeing 737 MAX 8, launchCustomer, Malindo Air]
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A.
Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines is the flag carrier of Malaysia, operating international and domestic flights across Asia, Europe, and other regions from its main hub in Kuala Lumpur.
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B.
Malaysia Aviation Group
Malaysia Aviation Group is a Malaysian state-owned aviation holding company that oversees Malaysia Airlines and several related aviation and travel businesses.
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C.
Mandala Airlines
Mandala Airlines was an Indonesian airline that operated domestic and regional flights before ceasing operations in the early 2010s.
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D.
EVA Air
EVA Air is a major Taiwanese international airline known for its extensive global route network, high service standards, and innovative themed flights such as its Hello Kitty jets.
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E.
Akasa Air
Akasa Air is an Indian low-cost airline that began operations in 2022, offering domestic flights with a focus on affordable fares and a modern fleet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Malindo Air Target entity description: Malindo Air is a Malaysian hybrid full-service and low-cost airline that became the first operator of the Boeing 737 MAX 8.
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A.
Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines is the flag carrier of Malaysia, operating international and domestic flights across Asia, Europe, and other regions from its main hub in Kuala Lumpur.
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B.
Malaysia Aviation Group
Malaysia Aviation Group is a Malaysian state-owned aviation holding company that oversees Malaysia Airlines and several related aviation and travel businesses.
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C.
Mandala Airlines
Mandala Airlines was an Indonesian airline that operated domestic and regional flights before ceasing operations in the early 2010s.
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D.
EVA Air
EVA Air is a major Taiwanese international airline known for its extensive global route network, high service standards, and innovative themed flights such as its Hello Kitty jets.
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E.
Akasa Air
Akasa Air is an Indian low-cost airline that began operations in 2022, offering domestic flights with a focus on affordable fares and a modern fleet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | airline ⓘ |
| airlineBusinessModel | hybrid full-service and low-cost model ⓘ |
| airlineType |
full-service carrier
ⓘ
hybrid airline ⓘ low-cost carrier ⓘ |
| airOperatorCertificateCountry | Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alliance | value alliance ⓘ |
| brandNameChange | Batik Air Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsign | MALINDO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commencedOperations | 2013 ⓘ |
| country | Malaysia ⓘ |
| firstToOperate | Boeing 737 MAX 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fleetIncludes |
ATR 72-600
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boeing 737 MAX 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Boeing 737-800 NERFINISHED ⓘ Boeing 737-900ER NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusCity |
Kota Kinabalu International Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Penang International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| hasFrequentFlyerProgram | Malindo Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Malaysia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Petaling Jaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Selangor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hub |
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IATACode | OD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ICAOCode | MXD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
air transportation
ⓘ
aviation ⓘ |
| offers |
complimentary baggage allowance
ⓘ
in-flight entertainment ⓘ in-flight meals ⓘ |
| operates |
domestic flights in Malaysia
ⓘ
international flights in Asia ⓘ international flights to the Middle East ⓘ |
| operatingLicenseCountry | Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Lion Air Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
East Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| safetyRegulator | Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceClass |
business class
ⓘ
economy class ⓘ |
| website | https://www.malindoair.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Malindo Air Description of subject: Malindo Air is a Malaysian hybrid full-service and low-cost airline that became the first operator of the Boeing 737 MAX 8.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Batik Air Malaysia