Fly Asian may fly to Indian cities too

Kuala Lumpur: Airbus won a 15-plane order worth as much as $2.63 billion from a Malaysian long-haul budget carrier and may supply the airline with more aircraft, airline officials said Monday.
Fly Asian Xpress, a rural Malaysian carrier, will need 25 planes within five years and may pick the same model, said Tony Fernandes, who owns 10 percent of Fly Asian. Fly Asian ordered 10 A330-300s and took options for another five, he said.
The A330 will be flying for a "long, long time," Fernandes, who is also chief executive officer of the low-cost carrier AirAsia, said Monday. "We're sticking with it."
Fly Asian, established last year to fly rural air services in Malaysia, won government approval in January to begin international services and flights were initially scheduled to start in July.
The airline may fly to as many as five cities with its leased aircraft, Fernandes said, declining to be specific. The destinations are likely to include China, India, Australia, the Middle East, Europe and Japan, he said.
23/04/07 Angus Whitley and Soraya Permatasari /Bloomberg News/International Herald Tribune, France

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