AirAsia X

Posted 31/05/2018 10:25

This week: Lufthansa firms up A320neo options; AirAsia X increases Hawaii focus; the Single African Air Transport Market; Air Baltic to buy up to...

Posted 04/05/2018 00:00

This week: Hainan Airlines launches third European flight from Shenzhen; Cathay Dragon adds Davao City; and AirAsia X ups India focus.

Posted 18/03/2018 05:38

Venggatarao Niadu, head of network and regulatory at AirAsia X, has outlined the importance of stakeholder engagement when developing new markets.

Posted 23/11/2017 12:30

AirAsia X plans to lease more Airbus A330s in 2018 as it seeks to grow its route network by redeploying its existing fleet to new markets.

Posted 09/05/2017 09:32

AirAsia X has spent a decade finding its feet – only to discover a new wave of low-cost rivals stepping into similar markets. Yet CEO Benyamin...

Posted 24/01/2017 11:50

The approval from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) allows AirAsia X to operate services to any destination within the US market and it...

Posted 26/09/2016 18:00

AirAsia X will return to the European market from 2018 when it starts to receive its Airbus A330neos and it is seeking a possible partner to help...

Posted 24/09/2016 17:00

Is mainland China set to become the principal battleground for AirAsia as the low-cost carrier sets its sights on growing its presence across...

Posted 10/08/2016 17:05

Despite making its retreat from the European market back in 2012 due to high fuel costs, airport taxes and weak demand, it has been AirAsia X’s...

Posted 07/07/2016 11:45

The anticipated arrival of the first AirAsia X long-haul, low-cost flights at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport on the island of...

Posted 08/03/2016 01:00

As air service development professionals were debating the impact of ASEAN open skies during Routes Asia and the general potential hailing from the...

Posted 11/01/2016 12:15

AirAsia X is planning to add Auckland, the largest and most populous urban area in New Zealand, as a tag on its existing daily Kuala Lumpur – Gold...

Posted 29/07/2015 03:35

The new link to New Chitose Airport, located to the southeast of Chitose and Tomakomai, and the largest facility on Hokkaido, Japan’s second...

Posted 21/07/2015 14:00

Malaysian low-cost carrier, AirAsia has announced plans to launch direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to the Maldives.

Posted 14/03/2015 05:00

Peter Harbison, executive chairman, CAPA, says growth and turbulence provide excitement – and financial risk – for Asia’s airlines in 2015 in an...

Posted 16/02/2015 10:10

The new four times weekly route was inaugurated on February 13, 2015 and is the only direct flight between the Malaysian capital and Jiangbei...

Posted 26/11/2014 09:05

The news came after the low-cost carrier’s chief executive, Tony Fernandes, revealed the intent to resume the popular route via the social...

Posted 10/07/2014 14:45

Since its debut, AirAsia X has carried over one million passengers to and from its Japan routes and Japan contributes over 12 per cent of the...

Posted 05/07/2014 14:30

The new Air Asia X service to XiÁn’s Xianyang International Airport was launched on July 2, 2014 and represents its fifth link into China after...

Posted 09/03/2014 17:00

Kuala Lumpur-based AirAsia X has been one of the pioneers of the low-cost, long-haul airline model but its chief executive officer, Azran...