AirAsia X Bhd., the long-haul arm of Malaysia’s AirAsia Bhd., will resume flights to India and start service to the U.S. this year as it looks to new routes for growth, reported The Wall Street Journal.
Benyamin Ismail, chief executive of AirAsia X, said Wednesday that low fuel prices and increasing market potential have given the company confidence to resume service to India. The budget carrier will operate four flights a week between New Delhi and Kuala Lumpur.
AirAsia X abandoned flights to New Delhi in 2012.
“It’s about the right time to come back” to India, Ismail in an interview, to the Journal. “India is a massive market.”
Next month, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will likely approve the airline’s request to operate four flights a week from the Malaysian capital to Honolulu, said Ismail. Air Asia X had earlier said flights to Honolulu would start in November.
13/01/16 American Bazaar Online
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
Benyamin Ismail, chief executive of AirAsia X, said Wednesday that low fuel prices and increasing market potential have given the company confidence to resume service to India. The budget carrier will operate four flights a week between New Delhi and Kuala Lumpur.
AirAsia X abandoned flights to New Delhi in 2012.
“It’s about the right time to come back” to India, Ismail in an interview, to the Journal. “India is a massive market.”
Next month, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will likely approve the airline’s request to operate four flights a week from the Malaysian capital to Honolulu, said Ismail. Air Asia X had earlier said flights to Honolulu would start in November.
13/01/16 American Bazaar Online
