AirAsia X begins daily direct services to Kochi

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s long-haul budget airline AirAsia X, which had started operations to Tiruchi last year, on Thursday began daily direct flights to Kochi, while two more Indian destinations will be added next week.
“We expect strong demand from customers, especially business travellers,’’ the CEO of AirAsia X, Mr Azran Osman-Rani, told reporters here on Thursday on the sidelines of the Third Kuala Lumpur International Trade Forum.
The carrier, an affiliate of AirAsia, will start flying to Thiruvananthapuram and Kolkata from next week, he said.
AirAsia’s offer of a million free seats to more than 70 destinations has received excellent response with its website registering more than 300 million hits, officials said.
The airlines will also fly to Abu Dhabi from November 23.
12/11/09 PTI/Business Line

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