AirAsia Malaysia to expand China flights with direct routes to Shantou and Beijing in June and July | News
Malaysia’s AirAsia (AK) continues its expansion in China, resuming non-stop flights from Kuala Lumpur to Shantou starting June 16, and launching a new flight from Kota Kinabalu to Beijing (Daxing) on July 1 this year. direct flight.
AirAsia will reconnect Kuala Lumpur and Shantou with two flights per week starting in June, and increase to four flights per week in July. The airline will fly from Kota Kinabalu to Beijing (Daxing) for the first time with 7 flights per week.
Following the recent resumption of flights to and from Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Nanning, Wuhan, Kunming, Macau and Hong Kong, the new route enables AirAsia to solidify its position as China’s largest foreign low-cost carrier with a 45% market share AirAsia Malaysia (AK ).
The rapid short-haul expansion is part of the airline’s strategy to realign its international network, complementing AirAsia X Malaysia’s (D7) medium-haul connections to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Beijing (Daxing).
AirAsia Malaysia Chief Executive Officer Riad Asmat said: “We are delighted to re-launch our Shantou route, which we first launched in 2016. Shantou is one of our most popular destinations, with approximately 340,000 passengers flying to and from this coastal city until the end of the year. 2019. In addition, we are also pleased to announce the opening of a new route from Kota Kinabalu to Beijing (Daxing), and we will become the only airline that flies directly between the capital of Sabah and the capital of China.
“China has always been one of our most important key markets. These two routes will add approximately 10% capacity to our China network and we remain committed to further expanding our connection to Malaysia, a popular destination for Chinese tourists .
“Our expansion strategy is good news for the Malaysian tourism industry. Bringing most of the Chinese routes back into our network will help the tourism industry, which is a vital asset to the country’s economy. We hope our vast network will Contribute to the Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture’s target of 16.1 million international visitors this year.”
To celebrate the resumption of routes and the launch of new routes, AirAsia is offering a promotional one-way full fare from Kuala Lumpur to Shantou from RM369 and from Kota Kinabalu to Beijing (Daxing) from RM459. From now until April 16, 2023, and the travel period is from April 17 to October 28, 2023, promotional fares can be booked on airasia Super App and airasia.com.
As a group, AirAsia currently flies to 35 routes in China, with a total of 287 weekly flights from Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines in May, and plans to increase the number of weekly flights to 317 by adding Kuala Lumpur to Shantou, From June to July, Kota Kinabalu to Beijing (Daxing), Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Xi’an and Cebu to Shenzhen.
Malaysia AirAsia (AK) currently has 11 routes, from Kuala Lumpur to Guangzhou, Kunming, Shenzhen, Nanning, Macau and Hong Kong; Kota Kinabalu to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Hong Kong; from Johor Bahru to Guangzhou. AirAsia X Malaysia (D7) has 3 routes from Kuala Lumpur to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Beijing (Daxing).
Thai AirAsia (FD) currently operates 16 routes, from Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Chongqing, Chengdu, Changsha, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Kunming, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Nanjing, Macau and Hong Kong; Chiang Mai to Beijing (Daxing), Changsha , Hangzhou, Hong Kong; from Phuket to Hong Kong. AirAsia X Thailand (XJ) has a route from Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi) to Shanghai. Philippine AirAsia (Z2) has 4 routes from Manila to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Macau and Hong Kong.
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