Air Asia to add six more India-Malaysia flights

Kuala Lumpur: Low-cost carrier Air Asia is planning to add another six flights to India this year from Malaysia to cater to growing traffic.
Flights from Penang to Kolkata would start from April 28, Kuala Lumpur to Mumbai May 6, followed by Kuala Lumpur-Chennai, Kuala Lumpur-New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur-Bangalore, Kuala Lumpur-Hyderabad. “Air Asia is planning Kolkata-Bangkok direct flight, may be in the middle of next year. Probably it will be a daily flight,” Tony Fernandes, group CEO, said.
“We will go everywhere in India in due course. In China, we go everywhere,” he said.
The airline already connects four destinations - Trichy, Trivandrum, Kolkata and Kochi - to Kuala Lumpur.
Recalling how he bought debt-ridden Air Asia with three other people for only a token 26 cents in December 2001, Fernandes said: “We only had two aircraft when we started. Eight years later, now we carry 27 million people and have 92 aircraft.”
The company has bought another 120 aircraft, which are to be delivered within 2015, he confirmed.
13/04/10 IANS/Thaindian.com, Thailand

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Categories: Foreign Apr 2010, Low Cost General Apr 2010