AirAsia Malaysia Expands Domestic Network with New Routes

(13 Jan 2022)  AirAsia Malaysia, flight code AK, has launched flights between Kuching and Langkawi and will launch three more domestic routes in Malaysia later this month.

The Kuching - Langkawi flights took off on 5 January 2022 and will be operated every Wednesday and Sunday.

The airline will also launch weekly Johor Bahru - Bintulu flights on 28 January 2022, as well as two flights per week between Penang and Sibu on 27 January 2022 and a weekly flight between Kota Kinabalu and Kuala Terengganu (pictured) on 30 January 2022.

Beach in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com

“These new routes further strengthen our tourism footprint in Malaysia, providing more options for international visitors to travel between the states,” said Riad Asmat, CEO AirAsia Malaysia. “We look forward to continuing our work to explore even more new routes across Malaysian airports from other parts of our ASEAN network.”

In the interest of safety and wellbeing of passengers and employees, only fully-vaccinated employees will operate flights and be on-duty at airport terminals and likewise, only fully-vaccinated passengers are allowed to board AirAsia's aircraft.

As part of its robust Covid-19 mitigation plan, AirAsia has also made it mandatory for passengers to check-in via the airasia Super App and launched a facial recognition boarding system that  has been designed to make the entire journey in a digital and contactless way.