KUALA LUMPUR, 15 May 2023 – The Malaysian multinational low-cost airline AirAsia has announced the addition of three new routes from Kuala Lumpur to the southern Chinese cities – Quanzhou, Guilin, and Chengdu (Tianfu).
In a statement today, AirAsia said new services to Quanzhou and Guilin will be operated by AirAsia Malaysia (AK) while AirAsia X Malaysia will operate the route to Chengdu (Tianfu).
Flights to/from Quanzhou will recommence twice weekly and to/from Guilin thrice weekly, on 18 July 2023. Meanwhile, flights to/from Chengdu (Tianfu) will start twice weekly on 1 July 2023 and increase to thrice weekly from 4 July 2023.
AirAsia said the new routes would be part of the extensive network of 15 routes with over 129 flights weekly between China and Malaysia.
“Following the recent opening of China to the world and strong pent up demand, our rapid expansion into China continues and we are proud to connect millions of guests not only to major destinations but also to underserved second-tier cities and launch unique routes such as Quanzhou and Guilin.
China remains a key market for our future growth and we will continue to review a number of other potential Chinese routes that we hope to be in a position to announce soon,” AirAsia Malaysia CEO, Riad Asmat said.
AirAsia X Malaysia CEO, Benyamin Ismail said China has always historically been one of the company’s core destinations for medium haul air travel and its newest route to Chengdu (Tianfu) serves as the foundation for more AirAsia X flights to China in the near future, which will significantly boost our North Asia network.
“As China is rapidly bouncing back, we expect to launch even more flights to/from the country as well as increasing frequency on the most popular and profitable routes within our network in the short to medium term,” he said.
In celebration of the new routes launch, AirAsia is offering 20 per cent off all seats on all flights across its 130 destinations including all flights to/from China. Great deals are available for flights to/from Malaysia, China, Australia, Indochina, India, South Korea, Japan and more.
AirAsia said the promotion is available for booking starting today until 21 May 2023 for the travel period between 1 June and 14 December 2023.
— Akses Malaysia