Competing against AirAsia obviously isn’t easy, but after a difficult period, Malaysia Airlines is gradually getting itself back on track, thanks to new aircraft, capacity and route cuts and lower costs. Air France, Malindo Air and Turkish Airlines are all set to make things even more challenging in the coming months.
In this week’s portion of network planning community news, anna.aero reports from CityJet HQ, where a Route of the Week certificate was spotted. Further news include Transaero, Pakistan International Airlines and Aeroflot.
In this week’s portion of Network Planning Community News, anna.aero reports on the latest happenings from India and Malaysia.
AirAsia launches daily service from Kota Kinabalu to Guangzhou.
AirAsia launches thrice-weekly service from Kuala Lumpur to Nanning.
AirAsia starts operations in the Chinese Kunming with services from Kuala Lumpur.
AirAsia now flies to Lombok in Indonesia from its base at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
The gap between Airbus and Boeing further widened in May to the advantage of the American air framer. But which airline named their aircraft after Louis Gallois, the previous CEO of Airbus? By how much did Boeing increase its widebody deliveries compared with last year? And how many APAC carriers now fly A380s?
Malaysia’s air transport market is facing changes with the partnership between the country’s two main airlines; Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia. How are the country’s regional airports attracting new services compared with Kuala Lumpur? And which are the main network gaps to fill? anna.aero spoke to Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad, Managing Director and CEO of Malaysia Airports Holdings, in Kuala Lumpur.
AirAsia’s latest destinations from its Kuala Lumpur hub are Semarang in Indonesia (daily) and Surat Thani in Thailand (three flights per week).
AirAsia now flies to Da Nang in Vietnam from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. This is the first time an international low-cost airline flies to the Vietnamese airport since 2006.
