AirAsia, a leading low-cost carrier in Asia, has announced that it has resumed its international flights from India to Malaysia and Thailand starting from this month.
The airline began as a low-cost carrier with operations in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and India, and has till date flown more than 600 million passengers to over 160 destinations in its network across Asia, Australia, the Middle East and the US.
Announcing its Malaysian schedule, Air Asia said it will operate flights from six Indian cities to Kuala Lumpur starting this month. These are Bengaluru, Chennai and Tiruchirappalli (already underway), Kochi (from April 18), Kolkata (April 23) and Hyderabad (May 1).
On its Thai operations, Air Asia said five new routes are being launched from India including Kochi-Bangkok (Don Mueang) and Jaipur-Bangkok (Don Mueang) from 1st May; Bengaluru-Bangkok (Don Mueang) and Chennai-Bangkok (Don Mueang) on May 4 and Kolkata-Bangkok (Don Mueang) from May 2.
To celebrate the resumption of 30 additional weekly flights to India launching this month and next month, the airline is offering individual customers and travel agents with a 20 per cent discount to all Indian destinations from Malaysia through the airasia Super App until May 1, along with complimentary 20kg check-in baggage allowance for each booking.
Welcoming the resumption of direct commercial flights to Malaysia, C. Sushma, the Chargé d’Affaires of the High Commission of India in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, said: “This is an important step in reconnecting India and Malaysia as people to people connectivity lies at the foundation of this important partnership. AirAsia has been offering low-cost flights to India since 2008, connecting travelers from Kuala Lumpur to multiple destinations in India.”
Manoj Dharmani, AirAsia’s Regional Commercial Head for India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh, said: “AirAsia’s resumption of international flights has been highly anticipated by both the airline and its guests. With Malaysia and Thailand reopening and travel restrictions being lifted, we will be continually re-introducing international services this month.”
AirAsia Group, he stated, had been recently recognised as the only Thai airline among the Top 3 “Most On-Time Low-Cost Carriers” as ranked by leading aviation and travel data analytics firm Cirium for 2021 with an on-time performance average of 97.47 per cent.
With borders being reopened across the region, AirAsia will continue to review and add to its expanding network to cater for the increasing demand for air travel, including 30 total weekly flights from Malaysia to India launching by the end of May.
Furthermore, with a total of 71 weekly flights to be operated by the end of 2022, AirAsia Malaysia will be soon returning to pre-Covid-19 capacity, flying more than 140 weekly services to and from India, he added.
