MALAYSIA: AirAsia X New Delhi-Kuala Lumpur Flights

AirAsia X, long-haul, budget airline based in Malaysia; and a sister company of AirAsia, resumed flights to New Delhi 4 years after discontinuing the route along with Mumbai, citing high airports costs.

AirAsia X rolled out an all inclusive one-way fare for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, starting from as low as Rs 6,790, a day after the airline re-launched its flight services in India.

The inaugural flight, AirAsia X flight D7183, an Airbus A330-300 aircraft, flew with over 90% of the seats occupied.

AirAsia X CEO Benyamin Ismail said the airline now has a stronger foundation to be in India, in complementing the existing route network of its affiliates AirAsia Bhd, Thai AirAsia and AirAsia India.

“In 2015, our affiliates AirAsia and Thai AirAsia carried over one million guests in and out of India.”

“With AirAsia X’s entry into this market, we can provide even more connectivity for our Indian guests to the rest of Asia and Australia,” AirAsia X CEO added.

“We now have stronger foundation to be in this market, complementing the existing route network of our affiliates AirAsia Berhad, Thai AirAsia and AirAsia India, in addition to the growing demand for connectivity between New Delhi and Kuala Lumpur. Moving forward, we plan to provide even greater connectivity to Australia and North Asia via Kuala Lumpur from this capital city,” said Benyamin Ismail.