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Malaysian Airlines will become an "entirely new company" its new boss has said, the BBC reports.

"We will leave the old Malaysian airlines behind," Christoph Mueller told the BBC.

He insisted that the transition would be "an orderly process."

Mr Mueller, who took the helm in May, said earlier this month that the airline was "technically bankrupt," and announced a restructuring plan involving 6,000 job cuts.

He said the airline expected no further bad news "particularly for our new employees."

Instead, Mr Mueller said improving its technology, renegotiating contracts with its suppliers and generally becoming more efficient would help the airline to cut costs further.

He said frequent flyer miles as well as any tickets sold by the old Malaysian Airlines would be honoured by the new company.