BREAKING NEWS: New Haneda Service For AirAsia X

AirAsia X announced this morning that it will start thrice-weekly service to Tokyo Haneda from Kuala Lumpur on December 9. This is its 12th destination in a network that covers Australia, India, Taiwan, China, Europe and Korea and will be operated with an A330 aircraft.

"We are pleased our long standing ambition has finally pulled through and as the largest metropolitan city in the world; Tokyo represents an important feeder market into our growing international network," said Azran Osman-Rani, AirAsia X CEO.

He added that tourism traffic from Malaysia to Japan has shown a 40% increase year on year to May 2010 and the new route will stimulate demand even further.

AirAsia X is represented at World Routes by Senthil Balan, head of route planning and regulatory affairs.

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