flee 5 Report post Posted May 1 Tony Fernandes: AirAsia to introduce sustainability fee in airfare 'soon' https://www.nst.com.my/business/corporate/2024/05/1044947/tony-fernandes-airasia-introduce-sustainability-fee-airfare-soon The EU is suing EU airlines for greenwashing soon. Lets hope MAVCOM and CAAM are watching this move closely. TF may just be paying lip service to sustainability while boosting his company's bottom line. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jahur 0 Report post Posted May 1 6 minutes ago, flee said: The EU is suing EU airlines for greenwashing soon. Lets hope MAVCOM and CAAM are watching this move closely. TF may just be paying lip service to sustainability while boosting his company's bottom line. The problem the finance and corporate sector in most of Asean have been pushing this gimmick for improved ratings. Not only tied to the aviation industry its also in the private sector, IT and engineering industry and even our government. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted May 9 AirAsia Cambodia completes certification, launches By Andrew Curran - 06 MAY 2024 https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/139900-airasia-cambodia-completes-certification-launches AirAsia Cambodia (CAM, Phnom Penh) has commenced operations after securing its air operator's certificate from Cambodia's State Secretariat of Civil Aviation. The LCC's first day of operation was May 2, 2024, operating eight sectors on the day. “We are honoured to jointly celebrate the birth of our seventh AirAsia-branded airline with our guests," said AirAsia Aviation Group CEO Bo Lingam. "Leveraging our strong foothold in ASEAN, AirAsia Cambodia is set to provide connectivity to over 130 destinations across Asia and beyond." According to ADS-B flight data, AirAsia Cambodia's single A320-200, XU-819 (msn 5109) - which it ferried in two weeks ago - flew Phnom Penh-Siem Reap New Angkor International-Sihanoukville-Siem Reap-Phnom Penh in the morning before repeating the same rotation later in the day. The flight time is around 30 minutes on the Phnom Penh-Siem Reap city pair and 40 minutes between Sihanoukville and Siem Reap. AirAsia Aviation Group carriers already fly into Phnom Penh, with AirAsia (AK, Kuala Lumpur International) operating scheduled services from Kuala Lumpur and Thai AirAsia (FD, Bangkok Don Mueang) coming in from Bangkok. The two airlines offer a combined 63 services a week into Cambodia. AirAsia Cambodia is a joint venture entity formed between AirAsia Aviation Group, part of Capital A, with Sivilai Asia. IATA code: KT, formerly used by Kampuchea Airlines Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted May 14 Quote Teleport plans to buy seven more freighters to deliver two million parcels daily by 2025 https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/711369 By Izzul Ikram / theedgemalaysia.com 13 May 2024, 07:50 pm KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): Teleport, Capital A Bhd’s (KL:CAPITALA) majority owned logistics arm, is planning to boost its network with seven more air freighters, as it targets to increase the volume of parcels it delivers daily to two million by end-2025, from 130,000 parcels a day at end-2023. This operational scale-up will make the company on a par with global express players, said Teleport chief executive officer Pete Chareonwongsak. Teleport's current network comprises three narrow-belly air freighters, the belly capacity from AirAsia’s enlarged aviation umbrella, and over 30 other global airline partners. The company's daily parcel volume rose to 170,000 by the end of the first quarter of this year..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted May 17 On 4/22/2024 at 6:08 PM, JuliusWong said: The next four factory fresh A321neos are now assigned: MSN 11939 - https://aviation.flights/aib/A320/11939 assigned to AirAsia Malaysia MSN 11971 - assigned to AirAsia Malaysia MSN 12089 - https://aviation.flights/aib/A320/12089 assigned to Thai AirAsia HS-EAC MSN 12132 - https://aviation.flights/aib/A320/12132 assigned to AirAsia Malaysia Finally, we get to see new AirAsia aircraft off the production line! AirAsia A321neo D-AVYC 9M-? MSN 11939 10.5.24 XFW by spottingatxfw, on Flickr Hamburg Finkenwerder: AirAsia (AK / AXM) | Airbus A321-251NX A21N | D-AVXM | HS-EAC | MSN 12089 by Kevin Hackert, on Flickr A321-251NX MSN 12132. Copyright: Tim Donell https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/11332050 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Lawrence 0 Report post Posted June 2 AirAsia Plans Kota Kinabalu – Manado Sep 2024 Launch AirAsia from September 2024 plans to launch new international service at Kota Kinabalu, as the airline filed operational schedule for Kota Kinabalu – Manado route. The airline intends to operate 3 weekly flights with Airbus A320 aircraft, effective 01SEP24. AK1797 BKI0850 – 1100MDC 32A 157 AK1798 MDC1130 – 1335BKI 32A 157 AirAsia X Plans Taipei – Osaka Service Resumptions From August 2024 AirAsia X from August 2024 intends to resume Taipei Taoyuan – Osaka Kansai sector, as the airline files 1 daily service from 01AUG24, on board Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Reservations for this service will be available soon. D7378 TPE1550 – 1930KIX 333 D D7379 KIX2225 – 0010+1TPE 333 D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom/PER 0 Report post Posted June 18 I noticed when we flew out last Friday off 14R that -XXD in the UFC livery was parked outside the hangars all unwrapped and seemingly being prepared for service re-entry. -XXC was also parked adjacent to the hangars with both engines removed. On my last visit in April, both A333’s were parked near the Q gates. I’m still gobsmacked that AK has so many A320’s stored. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted June 18 21 minutes ago, Tom/PER said: I noticed when we flew out last Friday off 14R that -XXD in the UFC livery was parked outside the hangars all unwrapped and seemingly being prepared for service re-entry. -XXC was also parked adjacent to the hangars with both engines removed. On my last visit in April, both A333’s were parked near the Q gates. I’m still gobsmacked that AK has so many A320’s stored. One is returning to active operation in July 2024, the other in November 2024. By then, the whole fleet is back in active services. 18 A330-300 in total. AirAsia X is now sending their A330-300 to MAB Engineering for MRO activities, their usual vendors ST Engineering and LHTeknik at Manila are all booked. The many A320 that you saw, some of them may not returned to service as they are too costly to fix. Some are parked at SZB, JHB and mostly at KUL itself. Now pending valuator to assess it's value and lessors to make decision to fly then out to fix or otherwise. Most likely no. Last count there are abt 50+ A320ceo in storage for the whole AirAsia Group across Thailand, Indonesia, The Philippines, and Malaysia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom/PER 0 Report post Posted June 19 20 hours ago, JuliusWong said: One is returning to active operation in July 2024, the other in November 2024. By then, the whole fleet is back in active services. 18 A330-300 in total. AirAsia X is now sending their A330-300 to MAB Engineering for MRO activities, their usual vendors ST Engineering and LHTeknik at Manila are all booked. The many A320 that you saw, some of them may not returned to service as they are too costly to fix. Some are parked at SZB, JHB and mostly at KUL itself. Now pending valuator to assess it's value and lessors to make decision to fly then out to fix or otherwise. Most likely no. Last count there are abt 50+ A320ceo in storage for the whole AirAsia Group across Thailand, Indonesia, The Philippines, and Malaysia. Thanks JW always appreciate your posts and insights, think it’s safe to save that it’ll be -XXD that returns next month. Still looks odd to me seeing AirAsia planes parked outside the MAB hangars! Also are there any known delivery dates for the upcoming batch of A321NEO’s? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted June 19 2 hours ago, Tom/PER said: Thanks JW always appreciate your posts and insights, think it’s safe to save that it’ll be -XXD that returns next month. Still looks odd to me seeing AirAsia planes parked outside the MAB hangars! Also are there any known delivery dates for the upcoming batch of A321NEO’s? You are welcome! Yes, frenemies in business AirAsia Group and Malaysia Airlines Group Yea, the Airbus-owned Sepang Aircraft Engineering Sdn Bhd can only do works on A320ceo/neo, not widebody. The new batch of A321neo should be arriving this month. https://newsroom.airasia.com/news/airasia-reveals-plan-to-become-the-worlds-first-low-cost-network-carrier-during-airbus-leadership-visit#gsc.tab=0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted June 20 On 6/18/2024 at 9:46 PM, JuliusWong said: The many A320 that you saw, some of them may not returned to service as they are too costly to fix. Some are parked at SZB, JHB and mostly at KUL itself. Now pending valuator to assess it's value and lessors to make decision to fly then out to fix or otherwise. Most likely no. Last count there are abt 50+ A320ceo in storage for the whole AirAsia Group across Thailand, Indonesia, The Philippines, and Malaysia. It is interesting to see how much AirAsia Group values the A320Ceo - their future plans seem to be centred around the A321s and restoring A320s may not be their top priority. That may change if they need some aircraft for jet operations at SZB - A320Ceos will still be cheaper to get than brand new A220s and E2s. I suspect delivery will also be a lot faster! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KK Lee 5 Report post Posted June 20 5 hours ago, flee said: It is interesting to see how much AirAsia Group values the A320Ceo - their future plans seem to be centred around the A321s and restoring A320s may not be their top priority. That may change if they need some aircraft for jet operations at SZB - A320Ceos will still be cheaper to get than brand new A220s and E2s. I suspect delivery will also be a lot faster! For reasons, CZ are moving or have moved to A320 neo. Capex on A320 ceo could be attractive but not opex. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted June 21 (edited) Capital A Fleet Planning till end of the year, based on Q1, 2024 financial quarter announcement: Current A320ceo/neo Fleet in storage: Total fleet: 211 In Active Fleet: 169 In Storage / Maintenance: 42 All four pax A321neo are currently in active operation. Edited June 21 by JuliusWong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BC Tam 2 Report post Posted June 21 (edited) Any reason why the 8 neos are still 'parked at KUL' ? Would have thought they would have prioritize returning those more efficient machines back to duty over the ceos ? Certainly the sardines can be packed in more tightly ? Just thoughts ? Edited June 21 by BC Tam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted June 21 (edited) AirAsia spreads its wings to Lucknow, India’s famed ‘City of Nawabs’ SEPANG, 19 June 2024 ‒ AirAsia continues on its growing momentum of connecting travelers to more exciting destinations in India, with the announcement of a new route from Kuala Lumpur to Lucknow. This marks the airline's 16th direct route to India, which will take flight on 13 September 2024 with a frequency of three times weekly. In celebration of the new route launch, AirAsia is offering promotional seats from Kuala Lumpur to Lucknow from RM299* all-in one way and INR5999* all-in one way from Lucknow to Kuala Lumpur. The flight is available for booking on AirAsia MOVE (formerly airasia Superapp) and airasia.com from now until 30 June 2024 for the travel period between 13 September 2024 to 29 March 2025. Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, is famed for its historical significance, cultural vibrancy and architectural marvels ‒ making it a must-visit destination for business travelers, tourists and pilgrims alike. The bustling city is also home to a delicious spread of street food that is sure to indulge the taste buds, from flavourful local biryani to its signature chole bhature and so much more. Flight schedule from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Lucknow (LKO): AirAsia Malaysia (AK) Thiruvananthapuram Chennai Tiruchirappalli Kochi Hyderabad Bengaluru Kolkata Jaipur Visakhapatnam Ahmedabad Bubhaneswar Lucknow AirAsia X (D7) New Delhi Amritsar Thai AirAsia (FD) Kolkata Chennai Jaipur Kochi Bangalore Gaya Lucknow Ahmedabad Guwahati Visakhapatnam Tiruchirappalli Edited June 21 by JuliusWong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Lawrence 0 Report post Posted June 23 AirAsia X Plans Nairobi Debut in mid-Nov 2024 AirAsia X from November 2024 plans to launch service to Africa, as the airline filed operational schedule for Kuala Lumpur – Nairobi route. From 15NOV24, the airline plans to offer 4 weekly flights with Airbus A330-300 aircraft. D7101 KUL1900 – 2300NBO 333 x246 D7102 NBO0030 – 1510KUL 333 x357 In April 2024, the airline received traffic rights from MAVCOM to serve this route with up to 7 weekly flights from October 2024. Reservations for this route will be available soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Izanee 0 Report post Posted June 23 11 hours ago, Adam Lawrence said: AirAsia X Plans Nairobi Debut in mid-Nov 2024 AirAsia X from November 2024 plans to launch service to Africa, as the airline filed operational schedule for Kuala Lumpur – Nairobi route. From 15NOV24, the airline plans to offer 4 weekly flights with Airbus A330-300 aircraft. D7101 KUL1900 – 2300NBO 333 x246 D7102 NBO0030 – 1510KUL 333 x357 In April 2024, the airline received traffic rights from MAVCOM to serve this route with up to 7 weekly flights from October 2024. Reservations for this route will be available soon. Woah! Never saw that coming. Excellent news Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted June 24 (edited) 4 hours ago, Izanee said: Woah! Never saw that coming. Excellent news Excellent news indeed! Capital A has been planning this for some time after they relaunched their aviation business during the visit of Airbus CEO for Commercial Aircraft business earlier this year in February to AirAsia's HQ. The strategy is to have multi-hub strategy: Kuala Lumpur to Africa continent: Cairo, Nairobi, Cape Town Bangkok to Europe: London, Paris, Amsterdam, Bratislava, Barcelona, Copenhagen The Philippines to Honolulu Japan to west coast of North America: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vancouver Europe to east coast of North America: New York, Miami, Toronto https://newsroom.airasia.com/news/airasia-reveals-plan-to-become-the-worlds-first-low-cost-network-carrier-during-airbus-leadership-visit#gsc.tab=0 I would thing #1 to #3 are workable if they can get their cards right, #4 and #5 are really far fetched dream......The aviation industry is very much USD dominated, unless RM is as strong as SGD, Capital A can forget about the dream. This route may make a lot of money with all the potential cargo loads on top of any projected passenger loads via daily connections to China, especially Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Edited June 24 by JuliusWong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted June 24 Route / Frequency Company Commencement Date BKI-FOC v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia Jul-24 BKI-KHH-KIX v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia Jul-24 BKI-NGB v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia Jul-24 BKI-NKG v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia Jul-24 BKI-NNG v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia Aug-24 BKI-PVG v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia Jul-24 BKI-WNZ v.v / 4x weekly AirAsia Jul-24 KUL-BKI v.v. / +9x weekly AirAsia May-24 KUL-FOC v.v. / 3x weekly AirAsia Jun-24 KUL-HKT v.v. / +7x weekly AirAsia Jul-24 KUL-JHB v.v. / +7x weekly AirAsia Jun-24 KUL-KCH v.v. / +10x weekly AirAsia May-24 KUL-LGK v.v. / +10x weekly AirAsia Jun-24 KUL-LKO v.v / 3x weekly AirAsia Jun-24 KUL-MLE v.v. / +4x weekly AirAsia Jul-24 KUL-NBO v.v. / 7x weekly AirAsia X Oct-24 KUL-NGB v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia Jul-24 KUL-NKG v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia Jun-24 KUL-PEN v.v. / +5x weekly AirAsia Jun-24 KUL-TGG v.v. / +4x weekly AirAsia Apr-24 KUL-TPE-FUK v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia X Jun-24 KUL-TPE-KIX v.v. / 7x weekly AirAsia X Jun-24 KUL-WNZ v.v. / 3x weekly AirAsia Jun-24 Capital A is doubling down on China route from both KUL and BKI, after invading India with multiple new destinations. FOC – Fuzhou Changle International Airport NBO – Ningbo Lishe International Airport NKG – Nanjing Lukou International Airport WNZ – Wenzhou Longwan International Airport Now competing with Batik Air to make TPE and KHH as scissor hubs: KUL-TPE-FUK v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia X Jun-24 KUL-TPE-KIX v.v. / 7x weekly AirAsia X Jun-24 BKI-KHH-KIX v.v. / 4x weekly AirAsia Jul-24 This marks the return of AirAsia X to Fukuoka, previously served direct from KUL 4x weekly from February 28, 2019 and stopped due to the pandemic. Capital A's Current fifth freedom routes via TPE and KHH: AirAsia X KUL-TPE-NRT / Daily Thai AirAsia: DMK-TPE-OKA (Okinawa) / Daily DMK-KHH-NRT / 4x weekly Batik Air Malaysia currently flies: KUL-TPE-OKA KUL-TPE-KIX KUL-TPE-NGO KUL-KHH-KGO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted June 24 Thai AirAsia X to take two additional A330-300s 1. HS-XTO MSN 1648 ex-Singapore Airlines 9V-SSH, landed in Bangkok two days ago. Source: https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001776640.html 2. HS-XTP MSN 1090 ex-Thai Airways HS-TEU, currently in Malta for ferry preparation VP-CRX LMML 15-05-2024 Air Asia Airbus A330-343 CN 1090 by copyright of Burmarrad (Mark) Camenzuli Thank you, on Flickr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted June 24 AIRASIA X PLANS NAIROBI DEBUT IN MID-NOV 2024 https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240623-d7nw24nbo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted June 25 I did an analysis of AirAsia X's terminated routes: Out of 30 terminated routes: Eight destinations were now flown by AirAsia: CKG, WUH, AMD, JAI, FUK (soon), MLE, CMB, KHH Five destinations were cancelled due to low load: PUS, ADL, AKL, AUH (oil prices too), AKL Four destinations were dropped during pandemic but yet to be revived due to lack of aircraft: NGO, OKA, HNL, CJU Three destinations were now moved to the other international airport in same city: CTU, AVV, NRT Three destinations were dropped due to lack of suitable aircraft and oil price: LGW, ORY, AUH Two destinations saw special charter / operation: SIN, MED One destination was dropped due to local airline pressure: MRU One destination was dropped due to external pressure: IKA One destination was dropped due to natural disaster: CHC One destination never saw any operation and quietly cancelled: LHW Shortest operation: AUH....only operated for three months. Gold Coast apparently has been seasonal route: https://support.airasia.com/s/article/Auckland-Services-Suspended?language=en_GB The flight schedule for the Gold Coast - Kuala Lumpur route in 2024 is listed below: 03 Jan 2024 - 28 Feb 2024 29 Mar 2024 - 21 Apr 2024 21 Jun 2024 - 14 Jul 2024 01 Dec 2024 - 29 Dec 2024 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted June 26 10 hours ago, JuliusWong said: I did an analysis of AirAsia X's terminated routes: Out of 30 terminated routes: Eight destinations were now flown by AirAsia: CKG, WUH, AMD, JAI, FUK (soon), MLE, CMB, KHH FUK is currently available as a 1 stop flight through DMK via FD. If AK commences operations via TPE, that will be a second option. Perhaps they are waiting for their new A321Neo aircraft to arrive before commencing the flights. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted June 26 1 hour ago, flee said: FUK is currently available as a 1 stop flight through DMK via FD. If AK commences operations via TPE, that will be a second option. Perhaps they are waiting for their new A321Neo aircraft to arrive before commencing the flights. Sorry, I did a typo. AirAsia X, not AirAsia, has been granted the traffic rights to resume FUK via TPE, based on the recent MAVCOM's update. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted June 26 7 hours ago, JuliusWong said: Sorry, I did a typo. AirAsia X, not AirAsia, has been granted the traffic rights to resume FUK via TPE, based on the recent MAVCOM's update. OK, that explains it - they had some Japan flights going via TPE prior to the pandemic. However, with the merger there is no difference now. I wonder if they will consolidate everything under one AOC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
