ʻO AirAsia X, ka lālā lōʻihi o ka mokulele ʻo AirAsia, ua hoʻolaha me ka hauʻoli nui ma Lākana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi lawelawe ʻelima mau pule ma waena o Kuala Lumpur a me London Stansted airport. E hoʻomaka ana nā huakaʻi ma Malaki 11 me nā kumukūʻai i hāʻawi ʻia mai ka haʻahaʻa o ka £99 (US$149) ala hoʻokahi.

Ua ʻike ʻia ka manaʻo o ka Luna Nui o AirAsia ʻo Dato Tony Fernandes i ka wā e kamaʻilio ana e pili ana i ka lele hou: "Ua moe mau wau e hiki i kekahi lā ke hāʻawi i nā mokulele kūpono i Lākana, a laila hoihoi ʻia e Freddie Laker a me kāna Skybus. ʻO nā mea a mākou i kū ai i ka wā ma mua e like me SARS, ke kūʻē ʻana mai nā mokulele monopoly a i ʻole ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumu kūʻai wahie, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻeha ʻoiai ua kūleʻa mākou i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia moeʻuhane: lele i ʻEulopa, a ʻoi aku hoʻi i Lākana, "wahi āna.

Hāʻawi ka Airbus A340 i 286 mau mea kaʻa me 30 mau noho premium.

I ka nānā ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ke kūpaʻa nei ka CEO AirAsia. Ua wānana ʻo ia e hiki ke lilo ke ala hou i lawelawe kaʻa kaʻa me ka "lele e haʻalele ana i kēlā me kēia ʻehā a ʻelima mau hola. A laila e kōkua iā mākou e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka uku. No ke aha ʻaʻole ma £ 49 (US $ 72) hoʻokahi ala, "hoʻohui ʻo ia.

Ua kūpaʻa ʻo Tony Fernandes e hoʻolilo iā AirAsia i hōʻailona honua. He iwakāluakūmākolu Airbus A330 i kauoha ʻia a hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia i ʻelua Airbus A340.

ʻO ke koho o London Stansted i maopopo iā Fernandes. "Ua koho mākou iā Stansted ʻaʻole wale no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kūlana kālā maikaʻi e hiki mai ana akā no kona pilina maikaʻi loa e pili ana i nā kūlanakauhale 160 a puni ʻEulopa," wahi āna. Me kāna hui ʻo Kuala Lumpur e hāʻawi ana i nā huakaʻi i 86 mau wahi ma Asia, me India e hoʻokomo koke ʻia, hiki iā Kuala Lumpur ke lilo i ka pendant iā Stansted ma ke ʻano he ala haʻahaʻa.

Nīnau ʻia inā ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ʻo AirAsia e ka hāʻule ʻana o Oasis Hong Kong, ua pane ʻo Fernandes: “ʻAʻole i hāʻawi ʻo Oasis i kahi pilina ma waho o Hong Kong a ʻaʻole i loaʻa kēia pūnaewele nui o nā pilina e hoʻomau i kāna hana. Ua nele ʻo Oasis i ka hoʻopiʻi honua a AirAsia e hauʻoli nei i kēia lā ma ke ʻano he inoa honua.

Hoʻomaka ʻia ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana no ke ala Ladana i ka mahina i hala.