We have identified a circle of high-potential routes which no longer fall within the definition of a short-haul flight of less than three hours. AirAsia X will take over this segment and offer a complementary product to our regional networks in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.<\/p>\n
We haven't made a decision yet, but we will certainly lease two second-hand aircraft before acquiring our own in 2008. As for the network, we're mainly planning to connect South-East Asia to China and Australia. There will also be flights to Europe, probably starting with the UK. But we are also interested in destinations such as Berlin and Beauvais...<\/p>\n
We will continue to follow the low-cost model: single class, high seat density, paying in-flight services. From an operational point of view, we will continue to serve only secondary airports in major cities, and to limit the number of flights.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AirAsia has just announced its intention to fly low-cost on long-haul routes. Why this decision? We have identified a circle of high-potential routes that no longer fall within the definition of a short-haul flight of less than three hours. AirAsia X will take over this segment and offer [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"type-darticle":[],"n_magazine":[],"class_list":["post-4227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classe","vapo-free"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n