AirAsia X plan Stansted – Malaysia / Australia flights
27.03.08
Stansted airport could gain two new prime long-haul routes - to Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne - as part of plans unveiled by Malaysian low-cost long-haul airline AirAsia X. The airline says it wants to launch a new budget point-to-point service between Stansted and Melbourne - via Kuala Lumpur - for a total price of under £500 by the end of 2008.
AirAsia X, whose shareholders include the Virgin Group and former Air Canada CEO and chairman, Robert Milton, launched its first low-cost long-haul flights in November last year and now operates two routes from Malaysia, to Australia and China. A spokesman for Stansted confirmed that the Essex airport was in ‘close and regular contact with AirAsia X’ and that it was ‘very, very keen’ to close the deal on the new routes.
However, there are still a number of issues that need to be resolved before the plans becomes a reality, aviation website, Peanuts.aero reports. The most pressing is the need for AirAsia X to secure suitable aircraft to service the route. It is understood that the airline's preference for the Stansted route is to lease two Airbus A340s - a tough task within the nine month time frame they have said they are working to.
Add to: del.icio.us | Digg it | Newsvine | NowPublic | Reddit
To book a stansted airport hotels or stansted airport parking at the lowest price, click on these links to two great stansted airport parking and stansted airport hotels price comparison pages.
