Responding to strong passenger demand, AirAsia X is increasing its flight frequency from Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne, Taipei, and Chengdu next year.
With these routes recording load factors in excess of 80% through 2012, AirAsia X’s CEO, Azran Osman-Rani said; “AirAsia X remains focused in strengthening its network of its core markets in Australia, Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan and the increase in flight frequencies would further solidify our position in our key markets. The additional flights will open up new prospects for commercial activities and boost tourism in the ASEAN region, Taiwan and Australia.”
The additional frequencies will see the current daily flights to Melbourne increase to nine flights weekly by 1 May and subsequently to twelve flights weekly by 1 July.
AirAsia X has also added additional flights to its current daily flights to Taipei which will see the airline service ten weekly flights effective 1 May, with double daily flights commencing 1 July.
Finally, flights to Chengdu will increase from its current five flights weekly to six flights weekly by 1 May, before commencing daily services on 1 July.
