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AirAsia India to start low-fare operations on June 12

AirAsia (airasia.com) (India) (Chennai) will commence low-fare operations on June 12 between Bangalore and Goa.

According to the Economic Times, AirAsia India “will charge passengers for check-in luggage. Cancelled tickets will not earn a refund. Passengers cannot eat their own food on board.”

AirAsia India is a joint venture, partnering AirAsia, Tata Sons Limited and Mr. Arun Bathia of Telestra Tradeplace Pvt. Ltd.

The entrance of AirAsia is expected to ignite a new fare war in India.

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Copyright Photo: Eurospot/AirlinersGallery.com. AirAsia Indiaโ€™s fleet will be drawn from the 475 A320 Family aircraft ordered by the AirAsia Group. To date, almost a third of the aircraft on order have already been delivered and are flying on AirAsia Groupโ€™s operations out of Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila and now Chennai. Airbus A320-216 F-WWBV (msn 6015) became VT-AIF on delivery.

Airbus delivers the 8,000 aircraft, an A320 for AirAsia

AirAsia (Indonesia) A320-200 WL PK-AZF (12)(Grd)(Airbus)(LR)

Airbus (Toulouse) has delivered its 8,000th aircraft โ€“ an A320 for AirAsia Indonesia (Jakarta). The aircraft took off from Toulouse, France on Saturday August 3 and arrived earlier today (August 5) at its new base in Jakarta.

 

AirAsia Group is the largest low-cost airline in Asia and now operates an all-Airbus fleet. The airline is the largest customer for the A320 Family, having ordered a total of 475 aircraft, comprising 264 A320neo and 211 A320ceo. Meanwhile, Airbus wide body aircraft are the choice of the groupโ€™s long haul affiliate AirAsiaX, which has ordered a total of 26 A330-300s and ten A350 XWBs. A total of 141 Airbus aircraft are flying today in AirAsiaโ€™s colors out of its 16 bases in the region, which include Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta.
Copyright Photo: Airbus. A320-216 PK-AZF (msn 5706) was officially handed over at Toulouse on August 3.
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AirAsia Indonesia to drop Denpasar-Darwin route on April 30

AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Indonesia) (Jakarta) will drop the Denpasar (Bali)-Darwin route on April 30 per Airline Route.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing.