AirAsia X CEO Update

AirAsia X CEO Benjyamin Ismail discusses the long haul low cost airline’s plans for expanding the network and fleet in 2018. AirAsia X Malaysia intends to add two to three second hand A330-300ceos in 2018 and take delivery of its first A330-900neo towards the end of the year. The airline, which recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, plans to expand its network in China and India in 2018 and aims to take over from sister short haul airline AirAsia the Kuala Lumpur-Male route and potentially some Kuala Lumpur-Hong Kong flights. AirAsia X Malaysia is capping a busy year of expansion in 2017 by launching flights to Jeju in South Korea on 12-Dec-2017.