
With the availability of budget flights — whether on economy (no-frills) or business (all-frills) — that serve the UK, one cannot help but wonder the percentage of UK-residents who don't go the budget airline way.
There are numerous airlines serving the route of Europe. A few business airlines have been flying passengers to 2 major cities in the USA, Washington and New York. UK passengers are also starting to enjoy the possibility of traveling to Asia (particularly, Hong Kong) without having to break their budget.
Soon, a new airline will be serving Asia, just like Oasis Airlines.
Air Asia X, a brain-child of Malaysian aviation entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, is set to compete with Oasis Airlines Hong Kong. Flights from Gatwick to HongKong will be priced at £75, for one-way travel. In the future, flights from Stansted or Manchester to Kuala Lumpur will also available.
Gatwick to Hong Kong in October with one-way prices starting at £75. Fares from Britain to Kuala Lumpur, on the other hand, will be priced at around £100 each way.
"AirAsia X will be a collaboration between AirAsia, the region's biggest low-cost carrier, and Fly Asian Express, or FAX, a small airline serving rural routes in Malaysia."
January 24th, 2007 on 5:11 pm
When will your cheap flights to london from KL begin?
January 25th, 2007 on 10:04 am
Thank you for making air travel to Europe cheap and affordable to the common person. You are doing a wonderful job!
February 6th, 2007 on 2:22 pm
This sounds a wonderful breakthrough in Air Travel to Europe.
I live in Singapore and wish to visit my daughter and her family who live near Manchester. Please let me know as soon as possible when I can book my flights. I want to be first in the queue
February 6th, 2007 on 7:14 pm
my brother lives in penang and flights to kl are over £600 each for myself and my daughter to travel in july. how do i bag a cheap deal with air asia x
February 13th, 2007 on 4:07 pm
Please let me know when and how I can book a no frills flight to the UK.
February 13th, 2007 on 4:09 pm
My husband and I would like to fly from Malaysia to London to visit family this summer. Please let me know when and how I can book a no frills flight to the UK.
February 22nd, 2007 on 1:39 pm
When are we going to be able to book these flights? We have a wedding in KL to go to in July, and at the moment, we can’t afford for all of us to go…. Thanks
March 2nd, 2007 on 12:15 pm
Any further info on when Air Asia X tickets will eb available?
March 14th, 2007 on 2:26 pm
I spoke to someone at AirAsia yesterday and travel dates for July haven’t been confirmed and she didn’t know when the tickets would be for sale(she mumbled may or june, but this seems sooo late)…does anyone know anymore information, we are looking to go in July as well :)
March 22nd, 2007 on 9:42 am
rumored that flights will not commence until August 2008.
http://www.dancewithshadows.com/flights/air-asia-x.asp
December 9th, 2007 on 10:03 pm
AirAsia X has secured approvals to fly to London-Stansted and Manchester. The only thing holding them back now is aircraft availability. They are now looking to secure an A340 to enable a direct flight as opposed to a one-stop in the Middle East. This aircraft is not expected to be available until end-2008
February 5th, 2008 on 5:25 am
Looking to travel to KL in Sept, any idea when flights will start and tickets go on sale?
February 24th, 2008 on 12:53 pm
Planning to travel KL in July for a month.Pls let me know when can I book my ticket as I dont want to wait till last minute and get disappointed. 10Q
February 29th, 2008 on 10:53 am
please notify me when flights from london to kl are available
February 7th, 2009 on 3:38 pm
thank you air asia to make all this happen…
March 3rd, 2010 on 12:46 am
Most recently, my wife and I were stranded in Abu Dhabi when AirAsiaX announced they were canceling service to/from Abu Dhabi in January this year. They didn’t notify us, their stranded passengers, until Feb 10th. Neither did they offer any accommodation nor answer our emails asking for help. We had to get back to Malaysia on our own. They won’t reimburse our additional expenses either.
They said they would refund the Abu Dhabi/Kuala Lumpur portion of our trip, but it will take them 30-50 days to process the refund. Such an attitude!
Watch out for these guys. If you are considering using AirAsiaX, It might be a good idea to develop a plan B… just in case.