AirAsia X Expands Network; Teases Plan to Launch London, Dubai and Istanbul Flights

(16 June 2022, 10:26 +07)  AirAsia X (AAX) has confirmed plans to launch four new routes to Japan and Hawaii, with tickets already now on sale.

With the network expansion, AirAsia X is now offering flights from Kuala Lumpur to seven destinations: New Delhi, Sydney, Seoul (Incheon), Tokyo (Haneda), Sapporo (Chitose), Osaka (Kansai) and from Osaka (Kansai) to Honolulu.

Benyamin Ismail, AirAsia X CEO, said, “We are back, better and stronger than ever. We have spent the downtime in flying reviewing every aspect of the operation to deliver even greater value and choice for medium and long haul travel. Now that international borders are reopening across the world, we are able to resume operations to our most popular destinations including Australia, Japan, Hawaii, India, South Korea first.”

Wing tip of an AirAsia X A330. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com

The long-haul, low-cost airline has also announced that it plans to launch flights from Kuala Lumpur to London, Dubai and Istanbul later this year, but as of press time had not unveiled any specific details about the routes, frequencies nor expected dates for take off, etc.

“We have many more destinations in the pipeline which we will announce soon, to meet strong pent up demand. The return to London and first time flights direct to Dubai and Istanbul will be a gamechanger for great value long haul travel and these will be on sale soon for travel later this year,” added Benyamin Ismail. “As our services grow, we will continue to bring our fleet of aircraft out of hibernation and, we can look forward to gradually bringing our valued pilots and cabin crew who were on furlough back. I am confident all of our resumed or new services will prove to be very popular and that we will return to pre-COVID19 capacity on some of our core routes within the next 12 months. Our strategic new model, combining cargo and passengers enables AirAsia X to fly profitably where other airlines may not be able to, which makes operations to longer-haul routes like Dubai, Istanbul and London, commercially viable and more affordable for our guests at the same time.”

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