AIR ASIA - PART 5 [update: SOMETHING BIG, 28/3/12, 00:00 (GMT +8)]

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AirAsia X to stop London, Paris, Delhi, Mumbai services?
December 20, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 — AirAsia X could stop its popular budget flights to London, Paris, Delhi and Mumbai as early as next February due to mounting losses, sources said.

The Malaysian Insider understands that the long-haul budget carrier is losing as much as RM20 million a year on its London route.

“It’s not making money. It’s as simple as that,” a source told The Malaysian Insider.

The Business Times reported today that AirAsia X had written to the Ministry of Transport on its plans to withdraw the services to the four cities.

AirAsia X chief executive officer Azran Osman-Rani neither confirmed nor denied this to the business daily.

“I hereby confirm that AirAsia X has not made any decisions on our routes, whether to add new routes or cancel existing routes. Not least of which there has not been any approvals from Ministry of Transport,” he said via e-mail in response to questions sent to him.

Minister of Transport Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha did not respond to a text message on the matter, the newspaper said.

The newspaper added various reasons were cited for the withdrawal. These include the implementation of Emissions Trading privateScheme (ETS) over Europe come January 1 2012, visa restrictions and additional airport fees in India.

The European Union’s ETS scheme calls for airlines to pay up for carbon emissions it has not already accounted for. Come January 1, AirAsia X will charge a carbon offset surcharge of RM80 (return) for its flights to Europe.

The Indian market has been especially tough for AirAsia X given the visa restrictions for the market, which is believed to have driven passengers to use travel agents for their bookings.

AirAsia X, which started operating to Stansted Airport in March 2009, relocated to Gatwick in October this year. Flights to Paris Orly started this year.

The long-haul carrier has a fleet of 11 aircraft servicing 14 destinations.

These include destinations to Australia, Taiwan, South Korea, China, Iran, New Zealand, India and Japan.

azre

kalau route london dan paris pun merugikan..mcm mana AAX optimis nak kembangkan laluan ke US dan destinasi lain di Europe...

whiteberry

Entahla katanya rumour pasal cancel pergi london paris tu.. huhu.. dkt twitter CEO and tadi kat buletin utama...

Just wait and see... Sgt2 harap diorang jgn wat camtu sbb dah beli tiket to paris...! Arghh stress nya

shinkaihajime

Reply  shinkaihajime


yup, hanya tiket to/from jepun dan korea lagi yg masih boleh dapat tukar  ...
mijot Post at 20-12-2011 17:12

mijot @ kak dee,sori..nak tanya lg nih
td ada wat web check in tp xdpt nak setel kan sbb connection tlalu slow
pastu nak back plak xbleh..sbb dah silap ter'click' kat seat yg AA bg tuh
so soklan saya,bleh ke kalo lps wat web check in nih,saya xpayah print dulu?

divasweet_77

nanti kita tanyakan member yg keja AA

dee556

Reply 302# shinkaihajime

jawapannya ---------> BOLEH.
akak pun baru je buat web check in untuk flight2 akak tahun depan yg akak tertinggal/terlupa nk buat.

shinkaihajime

Reply  shinkaihajime

jawapannya ---------> BOLEH.
akak pun baru je buat web check in untuk flig ...
dee556 Post at 20-12-2011 22:05

TQ kak...(jgn mrh ye hihi)

zul_khaleeda

boleh saja..kelak reprint balik tiket tu..

wiwish

Reply 303# dee556


    wah...kakdee....banyak ke travel taun depan? dengau bunyi cam banyak je......

dee556

Reply 306# wiwish

ada 2 destinasi luar Malaysia dan 2 dalam Malaysia.
cukup untuk memeningkan kepala yg sengaja dicari

farikica

mlm tadi dalam buletin utama kata, berita tu cuma rumor shj..x betol pon..tp x taula.. masakan pokok bergoyang kalu x da angin...

farikica

harap2 citer nih x betol...baru ingat nak repeat Europe 2013 nanti..rasanya kalu nak naik airline lain, memang x mampulah...

whiteberry

Reply 5# farikica


Iyaaa.. harap2 tak betul.. sgt sgt berharappp .. duduk pun tak sng dah ni.. haha..Mcm apa yang berry ckp kat thread london... org2 yang dah beli ticket nak fly let say march or april.. dia dah start beli hotel, transport etc...

If AA cancel mmg kesian laa... 2 months before fly baru nak bgtahu.. time tu semua yg kat sana dh settle tinggal nak pergi je... so now nak kena beli air ticket lain pulak and time tu sah2 la harga dah mencanak2.. huhuh...

one word untuk diri sndiri nak sedapkan hati... BERTABAHH... sobs...

wulan_cinta

hrp2 xbetuiii baru berangan nak pi 2013

amoy257

saya merge kat thread AA

poknen

Ingat lagi tak masa isu saham MAS dulu....bila rumours keluar Pak Tony habis-habisan menafikan berita tu tapi akhirnya khabar angin menjadi kenyataan.....

kalau betul2 dia buat mau nangis loh.......

shinkaihajime

boleh saja..kelak reprint balik tiket tu..
zul_khaleeda Post at 21-12-2011 06:49

TQ zul_khaleeda
smlm saya dah buat web check in tp x complete pun,xsempat nak print
pastu blk umah buat blk tuk tgk seat
rupanya skali kita klik kt seat yg asal tuh,bukan dia proceed tuk beli
so i have to login again baru bleh beli seat tuh...ingatkan dah xdpt nak duduk sama
dah login blk dan manage my booking,baru bleh purchase seat

dee556

Reply 317# shinkaihajime


seat yg bagi free tu bercerai berai ke dr ahli rombongan?

shinkaihajime

Reply  shinkaihajime


seat yg bagi free tu bercerai berai ke dr ahli rombongan?
dee556 Post at 21-12-2011 16:51

beli 1 seat jer..seat pg KL-INC ok,dpt duk sebelah ngan hubby
seat nak blk tuh,separate..sorang duk seberang hehe...
nak klik kat seat yg dia bg tuh ok,tp bila time nak pilih seat baru trus 'hang' jer..
hangin jugak sekejap sbb x dpt nak complete kan...
tp web check in tuh dpt buat setakat tu jelah,trus login blk dan buat manage my booking tuk beli seat
kak dee...adakah dikira saya dah check in cenggitu or tak??

Vokuro

kalau route london dan paris pun merugikan..mcm mana AAX optimis nak kembangkan laluan ke US dan des ...
azre Post at 20-12-2011 20:56

   saya pernah baca ada someone tanya abg tony kat fb tentang any plan utk buat rut to US, tony replied tiada plan untuk rut ke US.