AirAsia X unfazed by aviation crisis
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Long-haul low cost carrier, AirAsia X, has said it will not fall foul of the current crises hitting the aviation industry, and has reported strong sales. ChannelNews Asia has reported the Malaysia-based carrier’s Chief Executive Officer, Azran Osman-Rani, as saying that AirAsia X’s low fares meant it could come through these tough times relatively unscathed.
The announcement comes in the wake of the recent collapse of Anglo-Canadian carrier, Zoom, and the earlier demise of Hong Kong-based Oasis - both similar business models to AirAsia X.
“We are a low-fare carrier. There is a big demand for travel at the prices we offer,” Osman-Rani told AFP in a recent interview. He added that AirAsia X’s modern fleet meant that their fuel efficiency was better than other carriers.
“A lot of carriers used old planes. Some of the planes are 15 to 20 years old. Oasis and Zoom went down because they used old planes. With today’s high fuel costs, it does not work anymore,” he said.
AirAsia X currently operates four return flights a week between Kuala Lumpur and Australia’s Gold Coast, and also to China’s Hangzhou. The carrier also plans to launch services to Melbourne, Perth before year-end, with the long-awaited UK flights pencilled in for Q1 2009.
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