AirAsia X

By Ella Nethersole
Abu Dhabi-based Sanad has signed an MRO services agreement with Malaysian low-cost widebody operator AirAsia X.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
Currently an all-Airbus A330 operator, AirAsia X plans to add A321neos and A321LRs to its fleet next year that will enable it to go into new markets.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
AirAsia X is set to return to Europe in November after more than a decade, marking a key step in the group’s ambitious strategy to position itself as a global LCC.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
AirAsia parent Capital A has identified Saudi Arabia as a “top priority market” for expansion, beginning with new routes from Kuala Lumpur to Riyadh and Dammam.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Asian airlines are eager to leverage the capabilities and route possibilities of long-range narrowbodies.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Malaysian LCC group Capital A plans on cost rationalization and fleet reactivation in 2025, following profitable aviation and non-aviation businesses in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
AirAsia X is close to reactivating all of its aircraft fleet, supported by its continued quarterly profitability.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey, Aaron Karp
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Routes being launched by Turkish Airlines, Singapore Airlines and AirAsia X are among the more eye-catching services starting in November.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Capital A shareholders approved the disposal of AirAsia to AirAsia X; AAX shareholders will now vote on the acquisition.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The potential merger of AirAsia and AirAsia X into a single aviation unit is likely to start in 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
AirAsia founder and CEO of Capital A Tony Fernandes has committed to transforming the airline group into a multi-hub network carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The proposed merger would bring the AirAsia Group more in line with other major Asia-Pacific LCCs that operate widebodies and narrowbodies in a single airline
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Long-haul carrier AirAsia X would acquire all of AirAsia’s short-haul airlines from Capital A and combine them into a single entity.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
With China reopened, travel demand across Asia normalizes.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp, David Casey
AirAsia is adding service China and India after Malaysia’s decision to introduce visa-free entry, while AirAsia X is opening a Central Asia route.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
The slow rebound in travel from mainland China has prompted some carriers to focus elsewhere.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Amritsar, the Indian city home to the most famous Sikh temple in the world, will become a new point in Malaysia Airlines’ network from November.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
AirAsia X has asked Malaysian stock market regulators to remove it from a list of companies that are classified as in fragile financial condition.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
AirAsia X says it expects to raise up to $11 million in new capital by placing shares with two institutional investors.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
LCC group AirAsia announced the launch of three new routes from Malaysia to China, flying from Kuala Lumpur to Quanzhou, Guilin and Chengdu, starting in June.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey, Aaron Karp
The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Plans for the resumption of long-haul services have been parked.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
The long-haul LCC’s board and management are proposing a restructuring plan that would ‘secure the airline’s continued ability to fly again.’
Airports & Networks