Nasce Air Asia X: nuova LCC di lungo raggio!
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La prima rotta a essere aperta dovrebbe essere Londra STN-Kuala Lumpur altre: Tianjin e Hangzhou in China.
I voli dovrebbero essere messi in vendita il mese prossimo
I voli dovrebbero essere messi in vendita il mese prossimo
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Long-haul budget airline unveiled
Malaysian aviation tycoon Tony Fernandes has unveiled a new no-frills long-haul airline, Air Asia X.
The venture - a tie-up between Air Asia and Fly Asian Express (FAX) -will launch in July and fly to destinations in India, China and Europe.
The new airline aims to carry half a million passengers in its first year, Mr Fernandes said.
Air Asia X will also link up with other low-cost carriers to boost its connectivity and flights network.
Earlier this week, media reports had suggested the firm was hoping to form alliances with UK no-frills carrier Easyjet and Richard Branson's airline Virgin. The two companies later denied the reports.
"Air Asia X's network will cover destinations which are more than four hours in flight duration from Kuala Lumpur, offering daily point-to-point frequencies to popular destinations in China, India and Europe," Air Asia and FAX said in a statement.
The two are working to put together a fleet of up to 20 aircraft for Air Asia X.
Cheap flights
Mr Fernandes told the BBC that Air Asia X flights to London would be priced from $80 to $450 (£41 to £231) return.
He is the majority shareholder in FAX and the man behind Air Asia, which he turned into the most profitable low-cost carrier in Malaysia after he bought it as a bankrupt company in 2001.
FAX is a small airline covering remote routes in Malaysia.
Air Asia, which started with two planes, now has a fleet of 50 aircraft and flies to destinations in South East Asia and China.
The airline also plans to significantly increase its own fleet of aircraft.
Air Asia has ordered 100 A320 planes from Airbus and could now double that order, deputy chief executive Kamarudin Meranun said.
The group is expected to finalise its fleet expansion plan by the end of the month.
BBC News
Long-haul budget airline unveiled
Malaysian aviation tycoon Tony Fernandes has unveiled a new no-frills long-haul airline, Air Asia X.
The venture - a tie-up between Air Asia and Fly Asian Express (FAX) -will launch in July and fly to destinations in India, China and Europe.
The new airline aims to carry half a million passengers in its first year, Mr Fernandes said.
Air Asia X will also link up with other low-cost carriers to boost its connectivity and flights network.
Earlier this week, media reports had suggested the firm was hoping to form alliances with UK no-frills carrier Easyjet and Richard Branson's airline Virgin. The two companies later denied the reports.
"Air Asia X's network will cover destinations which are more than four hours in flight duration from Kuala Lumpur, offering daily point-to-point frequencies to popular destinations in China, India and Europe," Air Asia and FAX said in a statement.
The two are working to put together a fleet of up to 20 aircraft for Air Asia X.
Cheap flights
Mr Fernandes told the BBC that Air Asia X flights to London would be priced from $80 to $450 (£41 to £231) return.
He is the majority shareholder in FAX and the man behind Air Asia, which he turned into the most profitable low-cost carrier in Malaysia after he bought it as a bankrupt company in 2001.
FAX is a small airline covering remote routes in Malaysia.
Air Asia, which started with two planes, now has a fleet of 50 aircraft and flies to destinations in South East Asia and China.
The airline also plans to significantly increase its own fleet of aircraft.
Air Asia has ordered 100 A320 planes from Airbus and could now double that order, deputy chief executive Kamarudin Meranun said.
The group is expected to finalise its fleet expansion plan by the end of the month.
BBC News
Londra immancabile... L'Asia si sta ponendo come leader indiscusso del L/C a lungo raggio... caspita 20 aerei non sono pochi per iniziare.
Alcune riflessioni
Partiranno nell'estate 2007 e ancora devono scegliere tra A330 o b777, ma come fanno a trovare subito gli aerei?
e per di più 20 serei? Credo che l'obiettivo sia quello di avere 20 aerei ma non da subito, col tempo (pure CargoItalia doveva avere subito 6 aerei...)
Resto scettico
Partiranno nell'estate 2007 e ancora devono scegliere tra A330 o b777, ma come fanno a trovare subito gli aerei?
e per di più 20 serei? Credo che l'obiettivo sia quello di avere 20 aerei ma non da subito, col tempo (pure CargoItalia doveva avere subito 6 aerei...)
Resto scettico
mi ricordo che una volta c'era la laker, con dei bellissimi dc10, se non sbaglio low cost, cosa operava?
Lunedi ci dovrebbe essere una conferenza stampa di Airbus e AirAsia per l'annuncio dell'ordine dei nuovi aerei, molti A320 per il breve raggio e i 330 per il lungo.