X marks the spot in Hangzhou
KUALA LUMPUR – AirAsia X has launched its Kuala Lumpur – Hangzhou service from the Low-Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
More than 10,000 seats have been snapped up for travel in February and March in the run up to the upcoming Lunar New Year.
AirAsia X CEO, Azran Osman-Rani, joined passengers on the inaugural flight where he was received at Hangzhou Airport by senior city and airport officials..
The five-weekly Hangzhou service is AirAsia X’s second international destination after the Gold Coast, Australia, where 60,000 seats have been sold and flights are frequently at a near-full capacity since the first flight on November 2.
A survey of AirAsia X passengers by the Gold Coast airport indicates that 45 percent are destined for the Gold Coast, 35 percent for Brisbane, and the remaining passengers use the Gold Coast as a transit to final destinations in New South Wales, Melbourne, Adelaide, and New Zealand.
Azran said, “Hangzhou marks the starting point of our extended network of cities in mainland China. As our first northern China destination, this route complements existing AirAsia routes in Southern China.”
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