More AirAsia routes to India, China from May

Langkawi: Budget airline AirAsia will fly to India and more destinations in China from May.
It is expected to launch its service to Quangzhou, Hainan, Guilin and Hangzhou in China, and Kochi in southern India.
AirAsia chief executive officer Datuk Tony Fernandez told The Star the daily flights would will be direct from Kuala Lumpur.
“We will increase the frequency, depending on the popularity and demand for the routes,” he said.
Yesterday it signed a contract with Airbus at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (Lima) exhibition to buy another 25 A320 aircraft for its fleet. The AirAsia group, which consists of AirAsia Malaysia, AirAsia Thai and AirAsia Indonesia, has already ordered a total of 175 A320s.
Currently, AirAsia has 31 A320s to ply the domestic and regional routes. The airline has a combined fleet of 64 aircraft. Fernandez said the new order would replace the entire Thai AirAsia and Indonesia AirAsia fleet of Boeing 737s by 2008.
06/12/07 Malaysia Star, Malaysia

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