Air Asia X Tempah 25 Buah Pesawat A330-300. Untuk Laluan Eropah.

NIXAR

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AirAsia orders Airbus A330s as it plots return to Europe
December 19, 2013


Parts of three Airbus A320, a A350 and A330 as well as a Beluga are seen under construction on November 29, 2013 in front of the A330 an A320 European aerospace company Airbus assembly plant in the Southwestern French city of Toulouse. The low-cost carrier announced December 19, 2013 its order of 25 twin-engine A330-300 planes. — AFP pic

TOULOUSE, Dec 19 — AirAsia X Bhd, the long-haul unit of Asia’s largest low-cost carrier, said it plans to return to Europe using Airbus SAS wide-body aircraft ordered yesterday to build a discount equivalent of Dubai-based Emirates.

The order for 25 twin-engine A330-300 planes valued at US$6 billion (RM19.55 billion) includes a variant with increased range that will allow flights to Europe, said Tony Fernandes, the chief executive officer of AirAsia X’s parent.

AirAsia X first introduced flights to Europe in 2009, serving London and Paris, only to drop them in the first half of 2012, saying the older planes it was using weren’t efficient enough to make the services profitable. A fresh foray will put pressure on established European carriers including Deutsche Lufthansa AG, which counts Asia among its most profitable markets, as well as discount carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle AS.

An AirAsia X entry into Europe “will be painful for everybody,” said Kenneth Sivertsen, an analyst at Arctic Securities AS in Oslo. “It sounds reasonable if the forecast for traffic streams keep increasing.”

The only European budget carrier serving Asia is Norwegian Air, which began flights to Bangkok from Scandinavia five times a week earlier this year and aims to add a second Asian base within five years. AirAsia said it will pay for the planes with cash flow and debt.

Nobody waits

“It’s time to really take that next step and build the equivalent of an Emirates in the low cost arena, Fernandes told reporters in Paris yesterday. ‘‘The world doesn’t wait.”

Fernandes said his company will build the low-cost equivalent of Emirates, which has become the world’s biggest international carrier by grabbing traffic from older operators with the world’s biggest fleet of Boeing Co 777s and Airbus A380 double-deckers.

Airbus aims to keep its A330 twin-aisle jet in production for another decade as low-cost airlines seek cut-price planes to introduce long-haul services. The A330 series initially benefited from a three-year delay for entry into service of Boeing Co’s 787 Dreamliner, and continues to find demand from carriers that don’t need the full range of the Boeing model or Airbus’s planned A350-900 and want lower capital costs.

Airbus in 2012 announced plans to update the A330 to help compete with Boeing’s 787 and 777 aircraft. The new variant, due to enter service in 2015, will use technologies from the A350 to increase its range and capacity.

Engine variants

AirAsia X, with 16 planes today, will have 57 planes including six leased by 2019, Fernandes said, adding that it will “be back for more.”

The A330 is powered by engines made by Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, the most popular variant lately, Pratt & Whitney and General Electric Co. The airline didn’t say yesterday which turbines it will take for the 25 planes.

AirAsia X, which listed in Kuala Lumpur in July, plans to replicate the business model of parent AirAsia by opening secondary hubs in other Asian cities.

Shares of the airline rose 1 per cent to RM1.01 as of 9.25am in Kuala Lumpur trading.

Budget airlines in Southeast Asia have ordered at least 1,000 new aircraft in the past five years as economic expansion across the region enables more people to start flying in countries such as the Philippines and Vietnam.

AirAsia X’s affiliate won rights to use Bangkok as a base in October and is also seeking to operate out of Jakarta. In its home base, a new budget terminal is scheduled to open outside of Kuala Lumpur in May, allowing the carrier and AirAsia to accelerate growth.

There’s “huge untapped potential” for long-haul, low-cost carriers in Asia, AirAsia X Chief Executive Officer Azran Osman- Rani said in an interview today with Bloomberg Television. The airline risks losing market share if it doesn’t commit to big capacity expansions now, he said.

“In this business scale matters, first-mover advantage matters,” Azran said by phone from Paris. “We want to make sure we’re ahead of the rest of the competition in the long-haul low- cost carrier space.” — Bloomberg

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GhostWalking

Bila depa ni nak buat flight gi side2 canada dgn states huh?

Makcu

Yess........kena pecah lagi tabung ayam aku nampaknya

zafira

abislah duit simpanan laki aku.....

NIXAR

Air Transat A330-300 - SeatPlans

kelana36

Tony ni jenis orang yang walk the talk... decision making pun senang, tak banyak kepala macam MAS, yg talking talking only. Next year, new destination , IST aku datang...

NIXAR

layout porem dah berubah plak dah

kelana36

NIXAR posted on 19-12-2013 08:59 AM
layout porem dah berubah plak dah

better looking..hehe

azharariff

Yessss!!! Wise move AA,  Mas sila gali kuboq dalam lagi ok?

NIXAR

kelana36 posted on 19-12-2013 01:03 PM
better looking..hehe

ya. aku rasa lebih ceria kale ni. x la kosong saje

abgboroi

A330 tapi naper gambar beluga plak tu...AA nak tempah beluga ker...

NIXAR

abgboroi posted on 19-12-2013 01:08 PM
A330 tapi naper gambar beluga plak tu...AA nak tempah beluga ker...

330 tersorok balik Beluga la abe.

abgboroi

kelana36 posted on 19-12-2013 12:55 PM
Tony ni jenis orang yang walk the talk... decision making pun senang, tak banyak kepala macam MAS, y ...

aku biasa naik AA dan MAS pastu aku jadi penumpang setia MAS sebab MAS lebih murah dari AA...tapi baru baru ni aku fikir balik...adakah kesetiaan aku ni berbaloi?  sebabnya seat aku diambil oleh kokesen bodoh yg bergaduh kat airport dengan management MAS...seat aku yg jadi mangsa...dah laa flight delay...aku rasa MAS x profesional...apa guna check in awal kalau seat penumpang boleh diubah disebabkan penumpang lain yg x buat pengesahan awal ?

Knights

bila nak delivery?

2015? 2016?

abgboroi

NIXAR posted on 19-12-2013 01:11 PM
330 tersorok balik Beluga la abe.

aku x tgk bende yg disebalik beluga tu..sebab beluga tu terlalu focal point

NIXAR

abgboroi posted on 19-12-2013 01:14 PM
aku x tgk bende yg disebalik beluga tu..sebab beluga tu terlalu focal point

Beluga tu perlu diet. mohon emel ke Airbus.

abgboroi

NIXAR posted on 19-12-2013 01:16 PM
Beluga tu perlu diet. mohon emel ke Airbus.

bagus gak kalau AA tempah beluga...lagi laa boleh sumbat banyak...jadi cam bas mini...

Vokuro

kelana36 posted on 19-12-2013 12:55 PM
Tony ni jenis orang yang walk the talk... decision making pun senang, tak banyak kepala macam MAS, y ...

next year iya mereka pergi istanbul, hari itu ada nmapak tweet abg tony kata AAX plan nak fly to istanbul soon kata beliau
tak silap akak A330 range sampai istanbul bukan?

Babai

abgboroi posted on 19-12-2013 01:13 PM
aku biasa naik AA dan MAS pastu aku jadi penumpang setia MAS sebab MAS lebih murah dari AA...tapi  ...

Yang ko diam buatpe? Patut ko maki la orang MAS tu cukup2.

MissNigga

Ye..ye..leh ar plan travel pi europe lak lepas ni....