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AirAsia to fly Indian route in December: CEO
Malaysia-basedAirAsia, the largest budget airline in Asia, will begin flights toIndia from December 1, its chief executive officer Tony Fernandes saidMonday.
He said it will begin flying into the southern city of Thiruchi before spreading to nine other locations
"Ianticipate very high load factor for this flight. (Probably) about 90percent from the first week, which should probably be the strongestroute we have ever done," Fernandes said, according to Malaysia's stateBernama news agency.
He said the carrier expected the hugegrowth in Indian tourist arrivals to contribute to its new route andwill spend up to 7 million ringgit (2 million dollars) for newinfrastructure in Thiruchi.
The carrier aims to offer servicesinto other cities including Madras, Cochin, Madurai and Kovaibutore,within the next one-and-a-half years.
Its long-haul arm, AirAsia X will be looking to fly to New Delhi, Mumbai and Hydrabad, Fernandes said.
Bookingfor the Thiruchi flights will begin on Thursday with an offer price of49 ringgit (13.50 dollars) as part of the launch. The average price fora one-way ticket will be 200 ringgit.
AirAsia will be using 10 of its Airbus A320 single-aisle planes for the Indian flights.
Agence France-Presse - 10/27/2008 9:09 AM
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ni tamil nadu area Sivaji the boss ni..
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bila plak Air Asia X nak ke new zealand |
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AirAsia to fly Indian route in December: CEO
Malaysia-basedAirAsia, the largest budget airline in Asia, will beginflights toIndia from December 1, its chief executive officer TonyFernandes saidMonday.
He said it will begin flying into the southern city of Thiruchirapalli before spreading to nine other locations
"Ianticipate very high load factor for this flight. (Probably) about90percent from the first week, which should probably be thestrongestroute we have ever done," Fernandes said, according toMalaysia's stateBernama news agency.
He said the carrier expected the hugegrowth in Indian tourist arrivalsto contribute to its new route andwill spend up to 7 million ringgit (2million dollars) for newinfrastructure in Thiruchi.
The carrier aims to offer servicesinto other cities including Madras,Cochin, Madurai and Kovaibutore,within the next one-and-a-half years.
Its long-haul arm, AirAsia X will be looking to fly to New Delhi, Mumbai and Hydrabad, Fernandes said.
Bookingfor the Thiruchi flights will begin on Thursday with an offer price of 49 ringgit (13.50 dollars) as part of the launch. The average price fora one-way ticket will be 200 ringgit.
AirAsia will be using 10 of its Airbus A320 single-aisle planes for the Indian flights.
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bilanya AA nak start route ke Manchester/London tu ye? |
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Malaysia's AirAsia X upbeat on future despite economic turmoil
AirAsia X currently operates with just one A330-300, which carriesout four return flights a week between Kuala Lumpur and Australia'sGold Coast, as well as to China's Hangzhou.
The airline plansto offer six return flights per week between Perth and Kuala Lumpurstarting November 2 and to service Melbourne from November 12.
AirAsia X is also expected to fly to Britain in the first quarter of 2009.
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Agence France-Presse - 10/30/2008 9:08 AM GMT |
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Reply #1006 TipinTakTipu's post
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wahhh Tipin! thank u for the info! Amin!!!! |
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AA nk fly ke britain celah mana tu?
harap2 manchester la..lepas tu leh la AA wat pakej tgk EPL kt old trafford...
kasik lawan itu MAS...hehehe... |
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pleasure..
Tingin sgt nak gi India.. camner plak la AA ni dapat kat Trichy. Chennai ke Delhi ke Mumbai ke best la sket.. takpe at least jejak gak memula nih.
Ntah celah mana plak la kat Britain. |
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Tipin - airport Trichy dpt kowtim tax murah sket kot.
yg kat UK sure airport yg kurang glamer jugak kot, nak yg bleh kowtim tax murah gak. tak kisah la tuh dah namanya low cost carrier. jgn tak buat lansung dah  |
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Originally posted by TipinTakTipu at 31-10-2008 10:13 PM 
pleasure..
Tingin sgt nak gi India.. camner plak la AA ni dapat kat Trichy. Chennai ke Delhi ke Mumbai ke best la sket.. takpe at least jejak gak memula nih.
Ntah celah mana plak la kat Britain.
destinasi to india tu later on dia akan pegi tpt lain gak kan?
rasanya dlm press release ada sebut akan pegi a few other places kat india gak nanti....
mcm ke australia dulu lah...
first detination gold coast jah...
skang dah ada ke melbourne and perth. |
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katanya AirAsia X sekarang pegi gold coast jek. and untuk bulan depan, AirAsia X akan ke melbourne plak.
cecco dah beli tiket untuk ke melbourne tahun depan (for Air Asia), adakah cecco akan dapat AirAsia X punye ?
just wondering  |
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how much aa from kl to melbourne??
dulu ambik MAS to melben orite gak |
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Reply #997 rimbun's post
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yg aku prasan staff aa kat lcct kl mmg hampeh maybe sebab org ramai sgt tapi staff dia kat tempat2 lain ok. |
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AA baru msg aku tadi bgtau esk leh tempah tiket ke AAX..
RM 0 je utk pengguna AA citibank CC.. |
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hari ni je tiket free utk pemegang CC citibank airasia..
GCoast, hangzou melbourne n perth..
sempena setahun AAX terbang..
esok baru start utk public..tak tau bapa byk yg tinggal utk publc ni |
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Post time 27-10-2008 10:20 PM
