Teleport to Use Belly Space of AirAsia X's Airbus A330-300s

(15 Feb 2022)  Teleport, the logistics venture of Capital A (formerly AirAsia Group), has secured full belly space utilisation for one third of AirAsia X's Airbus A330-300 fleet.

The deal is valid for an initial period of one year.

Adrian Loretz, COO of Teleport, said, “We are happy to work closer with AAX on their A330 fleet as an integral cargo carrier. In addition to our dedicated 737-800 freighter, the added A330 aircraft from AAX allows us to provide more capacity access for our customers to serve the demand in the region while operating from our main hubs in Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok.

Teleport has signed a deal to use the belly space of AirAsia X's A330-300s

“In 2022, we are looking at strengthening our fleet and adding more prime destinations into our scheduled network with extensive coverage in Southeast Asia and beyond - coupled with the wide coverage and high frequency from our existing AirAsia passenger flights' capacity. This is especially important as we are focusing a large portion of our resources on playing a key part in the supply chain as we expect this segment will continue to significantly grow over the coming years.”

AirAsia X also recently signed a strategic partnership with GEODIS to mount several weekly dedicated cargo flights throughout Asia Pacific for an extended period.

Benyamin Ismail, CEO of AirAsia X, said, “We are also in discussions with several other major global clients that have air cargo requirements, particularly to where we have established bases and flying rights. It’s just two months post our restructuring and the appetite for expansion of our cargo operations is significant. This dovetails neatly into one of the core pillars of our combination carrier strategy. For the foreseeable future, cargo revenue will underpin our route strategy and passenger revenue for the first time, will be ancillary.”

AirAsia X plans to return one plane per month to full service and is hoping to have its full fleet operational by the end of Q3 2022.