AirAsia X weighing options for Europe
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Malaysia’s long-haul low-cost carrier, AirAsia X, is weighing its options for Europe following the announcement that its London Stansted-Kuala Lumpur (KL) service will take off on 11 March, 2009, Bernama reported.
“The big question is whether we put all our efforts into London and this becomes the hub for Europe, and from there (London) people can go off to France, Germany or other destinations, or whether we eventually have one place in central Europe, one place in eastern Europe, for example,” said AirAsia Group CEO, Tony Fernandes.
“That’s to be debated. Azran (Osman-Rani – AirAsia X CEO) and his team will look at it,” he was quoted saying at the London-KL route launch.
Fernandes reportedly said he personally had mixed feelings about the matter; “I think sometimes it’s good to have a lot of frequency in one place and then farm it out. But it would be nice to say we’re going to fly to Rome, Prague and so on. What makes financial sense will drive us.”
The airline chief said the next step would be to have daily flights between KL and London, and possibly introducing two flights a day for the sector. AirAsia X is scheduled to fly five times weekly between the two cities using the Airbus A340 from Air Canada.
Meanwhile, Azran was quoted saying he would definitely introduce daily flights to London if he could get a second A340 plane.
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