The Malaysian Flying Academy (MFA) is the Malaysian pioneer in professional flight training that was established in 1982 and has been in continuous operation since 1987. MFA envisions its primary role in the education and training of professional pilots for major world airlines and other regular public air transport operators. MFA aims to fully prepare its cadet pilots for a flying career in the commercial aviation industry. A commercial pilot course graduate from MFA will be a professional pilot equipped with the level of aviation knowledge and accompanying aeronautical skill and ratings ready to be inducted into major world airlines' narrow body fleet. 

Programmes MFA has successfully trained and continues to train cadet pilots for major world airlines for the past two decades such as Malaysian Airlines, AirAsia, Singapore Airlines, Silk Air, Jetstar Airways and Air Mauritius as well as air regiments from Polis DiRaja Malaysia. MFA cadet pilot alumni have come from as far afield as Australia, Portugal, France, Hungary, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Iraq, Iran, Libya, United Arab Emirates, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Finland, Japan, Oman, Yemen, Singapore and of course Malaysia.