AirAsia X restarts Delhi-KL
AirAsia X has re-launched flights on the Delhi-Kuala Lumpur (KL) route from February, making it the airline’s seventh destination in India.
destinations like Bangkok, Kathmandu, Colombo and other destinations connected through Delhi.
Restarting operations on the Delhi-Kuala Lumpur route after three years, Air Asia X’s move comes in time to fill the gap created by Malaysian Airlines. Speaking at the launch of the flight, Benyamin Ismail, Chief Executive Officer, Air Asia X Berhad, said, “The new flight not only would offer better connectivity to Kuala Lumpur, but also to other countries like Japan, Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam through our extensive network.”
We fly to almost every South Indian destination from KL. The missing link was Northern India, which we have started now. Delhi is our 7th destination
Revealing why the route was restarted, he said, “Earlier the foundation was not made, and when we came in, the distribution channel was not set up. I think it was the right time to pull out. But I think in the last three years we have done a lot of work in India with Air Asia India and have learnt a lot. We work together as a brand. There is a huge sales team as well as a commercial team in India, and they know the right people and help us. We fly to almost every South Indian destination from KL. I think the only missing link was Northern
In terms of expansion, however, Ismail said that they currently want to start operating only in two cities where they had stopped operations— Delhi and Mumbai. “After Mumbai we want to look at Amritsar, Ahmedabad and other smaller cities, which don’t have any bilateral issues and are open markets. But currently we only want to focus on Delhi,” he said.