AirAsia X (AAX) has resumed flights between
Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne, Australia.
Following the recent
return to Sydney and with the resumption of services to
Melbourne and Perth this week, AAX will operate a total of 24
flights weekly to the three key destinations in Australia.
Pre-pandemic, the airline operated up to 92
flights weekly to four destinations in Australia, approximately
45% of the market share for flights between the two countries.
AAX plans to recover over 50% of its
pre-pandemic flight frequency to Australia by the Q3 2023.
Lorie Argus, CEO of Melbourne Airport, said, “We
are thrilled to welcome AirAsia X back to the Melbourne Airport
family today. Malaysia is an important market for Victoria for
business, leisure and education travel. We know that our customers
are happy to have the airline back here, offering even more
choices for getting to Asia and beyond and driving competition.”
AAX has also resumed serviced from Kuala Lumpur to
Auckland, New Zealand via Sydney.
“Australia was our very first destination to fly
to, back in November 2007 when we commenced operations. It has
always been one of our core destinations with strong demand for
two way travel which is historically proven,” said Benyamin
Ismail, CEO of AAX. “Our recently resumed Sydney services are
already proving very popular and we are thrilled to now return to
Melbourne as one of our top priority markets to return to first
post-Covid alongside two more services down under commencing this
week to Auckland and Perth, thanks to popular demand. Until March
2020, we have carried 12.7 million guests between Malaysia and
Australia with almost four million guests arriving in Melbourne
alone.”
