Nearly half of AirAsia Japan's passengers are elderly: AirAsia

AirAsia Group head of customer experience and technology Zaman Ahmad, speaking at CAPA's LCCs & New Age Airlines in North Asia conference in Macau, stated (05-Sep-2012) AirAsia Japan has seen higher than expected demand from the retired segment of the Japanese population since the carrier launched services on 01-Aug-2012. 45% of the passengers who have so far booked AirAsia Japan services are aged 65 years or older, he noted.