TOKYO DAILY!!!.
TOKYO DAILY!!!.
AIRASIA X TO FLY SEVEN TIMES A WEEK FROM KUALA LUMPUR TO TOKYO
Long Haul, Low Cost Carrier to offer guests
RM199 one way, all inclusive fares
from Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo (Haneda) to commemorate additional frequency.
Sepang, January 30 2012
– AirAsia X, the Malaysian based long haul, low fare affiliate of
AirAsia will increase its flight frequency to Tokyo (Haneda), Japan from
its current three flights to six flights weekly effective from 23
March, 2012.
From 22 June, 2012, AirAsia X will operate daily flights from the Low Cost Carrier
Terminal in Kuala Lumpur to the Japanese capital.
In addition, AirAsia X currently flies four times weekly to Osaka (Kansai).
The increase in frequency is part of the airline’s realignment plan announced recently
which will focus on increasing services to its core markets in Australasia,
China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea. The increase in flight frequencies to
Tokyo
(Haneda) follows AirAsia X’s recent announcement of its Australian
route to Sydney, which will see AirAsia X commencing services from Kuala
Lumpur from April 1, 2012.
To-date, AirAsia X has flown over 100,000 passengers to Tokyo (Haneda) with an average passenger load factor of 75% .
The airline incurred a drop in
passenger traffic
from March to June 2011 due to the Tohoku tragedy. However, the demand
for the route has rebounded back to normal with healthy two-way traffic
consistently
above 80%.
Commenting on the added frequency, AirAsia X Chief Executive Officer, Azran Osman-Rani
said “The increase in flights to and from Tokyo is in response to the
growing demand for the sector, which continues to see steady increase in
passenger traffic and yields from the time AirAsia X first began flying
into the Japanese city on December 9, 2010.”
“With
our wide network and strong brand affinity in Japan, we remain focused
to grow
our existing core markets and are geared up to capitalise on the
continuous increase in demand for air travel to and from Japan. We will
also leverage on our affiliate airline, AirAsia to provide a feeder
network for intra-ASEAN travel as the world shifts
its focus towards Asia and the emerging markets across ASEAN.”
To commemorate the additional flight frequencies to Japan, AirAsia X is offering guests
a promotional all in fare from as low as RM199 one way on
Economy to Tokyo (Haneda) from Kuala Lumpur. Those looking to fly with
extra comfort to Japan, AirAsia X Premium fly flatbed seats are also on
offer from as low as
RM999 all in one way from Kuala Lumpur to the city.
Guests
from Japan may experience AirAsia X’s fly thru flights which offers
seamless
onward flight connections from Kuala Lumpur to popular South East Asian
destinations such as Singapore, Thailand (Bangkok, Phuket) and
Indonesia (Medan, Jakarta, Bali, Surabaya).
Similarly, AirAsia X’s South East Asian guests may also enjoy our fly thru flights
to Tokyo with our promotional fares from as low as THB4490 all-in, one way from Thailand,
IDR969,000 all-in, one way from Indonesia and SGD139 all-in, one way from Singapore.
All low fare deals for this promotion are
only available for the added flight frequencies to Tokyo and up for grabs exclusively on
www.airasia.com
from
27 January– 13 February 2012 for the travel period from 23 March to 27 October 2012.
For continuous updates on our latest
promotions, contests and cool activities throughout the region, be a fan
of AirAsia’s Facebook page (facebook.com/AirAsia)
and follow AirAsia’s Twitter at twitter.com/AirAsia.
FLIGHT SCHEDULE FOR ADDED FLIGHT FREQUENCIES FOR KUALA LUMPUR - TOKYO
|
Flight No
|
Destination
|
Flight Departure/Arrival
|
Day
|
Remarks
|
|
D7 522
|
Kuala Lumpur - Haneda
|
14:30 /22:30
|
2 4 7
|
Current flights
|
|
D7 523
|
Haneda- Kuala Lumpur
|
23:45/06:10 (+1day)
|
2 4 7
|
|
|
D7 522
|
Kuala Lumpur - Haneda
|
14:45/23:00
|
1 3
|
New Flights
*promotional fares are only applicable to the flights in this section
|
|
D7 523
|
Haneda- Kuala Lumpur
|
23:55/06:20 (+1day)
|
1 3
|
|
|
D7 524
|
Kuala Lumpur - Haneda
|
15:30/23:30
|
6
|
|
|
D7 525
|
Haneda- Kuala Lumpur
|
01:30/07:55
|
7
|
|
|
D7 524
|
Kuala Lumpur - Haneda
|
15:30/23:30
|
5 6
|
|
|
D7 525
|
Haneda- Kuala Lumpur
|
01:30/07:55
|
6 7
|
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About AirAsia and AirAsia X
AirAsia,
the leading and largest low-cost
carrier in Asia, services the most extensive network with over 165
routes covering destinations in Asia, Australia and Europe. Within 10
years of operations, AirAsia has carried over 140 million guests and
grown its fleet from just two aircraft to 108. The
airline today is proud to be a truly Asean (Association of Southeast
Asian Nations) airline with established operations based in Malaysia,
Indonesia and Thailand, servicing a network stretching across all Asean
countries, China, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
and Australia. This is further complemented by AirAsia X, its
low-fare long-haul affiliate carrier that currently flies to
destinations in China, India, Europe, Australia, Taiwan, Iran, Korea,
Japan, and New Zealand. AirAsia is the regional carrier
with the largest destination network and highest flight frequencies.
AirAsia was named the 2011 World’s Best Low Cost Airline in the annual
World Airline Survey by Skytrax for three consecutive years.
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