Ke neʻe nei ʻo AirAsia i ka pae hoʻomohala e hiki mai ana ma Asia Hikina Hema i kahi kahua i mālama ʻole ʻia e nā mokulele ʻē aʻe a hiki i kēia lā: nā mākeke lua. Me ka emi ʻana o nā hiʻohiʻona ulu ʻana ma kāna mau kikowaena nui, lawe ʻo AirAsia i ka manawa e lanakila ai i nā mākeke kūlanakauhale lua. I kēia manawa, ʻo Cebu Pacific wale nō i neʻe i nā mākeke lua ma Philippines me ʻelua mau hub hou ma Cebu a me Davao. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole lawelawe ʻia nā mākeke ʻelua e AirAsia.
Ke nānā nei i nā mea lawe hoʻoilina ma ka ʻāina, ʻaʻole paha e alo ʻo AirAsia i kekahi hoʻokūkū koʻikoʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ma Thailand, ua noʻonoʻo ʻo Thai Airways i ka manaʻo - ma lalo o ke kaomi ʻana o ke aupuni - e loaʻa ʻelua mau kikowaena kūloko (ma Chiang Mai a me Phuket). Ua haʻalele ka mokulele mai nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua no ka mea hiki ʻole ke loaʻa ke kālā.
ʻO ka moʻolelo like i loaʻa me Malaysia Airlines (MAS), nāna i hōʻoki i ka helu o kāna mau lawelawe honua mai Kota Kinabalu a me Kuching (Borneo) a me Penang ma hope o kona hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ka makahiki 2006. Mai ia manawa ua hoʻokumu ʻo MAS i kahi lālā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, Firefly. he wahi liʻiliʻi kona ma Penang. Eia nō naʻe, i nā mahina he 18 i hala iho nei, ua wehe ka mokulele i nā alapine hou mai Kuala Lumpur kahiko ma Subang.
I loko o nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala iho nei, ua hoʻomohala ʻo AirAsia i nā pūnaewele kikoʻī ma waho o Kuching, Kota Kinabalu a me Johor Bahru ma Malaysia. ʻO kāna pahuhopu hou, ʻo ia ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ʻehā mau kikowaena hou, i kēia manawa ma Phuket (Thailand), Penang (Malaysia) a me Bandung a me Medan (Indonesia). ʻO ka hiki ʻana mai o nā Airbus A14 hou he 320 e hele nui i kāna mau hui Thai a me Indonesia. Ma waho o Phuket, huli ʻo Thai AirAsia i nā wahi i Kina a me Hong Kong. Hoʻopili ʻia i Bangkok, Jakarta a me Medan, loaʻa ʻo Penang i nā ala hou i Macau a hiki koke i Singapore.
Ma Indonesia, ʻo ka wehe ʻia ʻana o ka ʻauhau kālā no nā kamaʻāina o Indonesia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i hoʻokahi miliona Rupiah i kēlā me kēia huakaʻi (US$ 95) ʻoiaʻiʻo e hoʻoulu i ka makemake o ka halihali ea. ʻO Bandung Me ka heluna kanaka ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua miliona mau kānaka, ʻo Bandung lāua ʻo Medan he mau mākeke kūpono no ka ulu ʻana no ka mea lawe haʻahaʻa.
ʻO Medan paha ka mea e loaʻa ka waiwai nui mai ka hoʻolālā AirAsia. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Sumatra ke kikowaena waiwai nui a hiki i kēia manawa pili wale iā Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Singapore a me Hong Kong. Loaʻa ʻole ia i nā huakaʻi kū ʻole i ka hapa nui o nā wahi nui loa o Indonesia e like me Bali a i Surabaya paha. E wehe ʻia kahi mokulele hou i ka hopena o kēia makahiki, e hāʻawi ana i kahi mana lōʻihi i kali ʻia no 7 miliona mau kaʻa i kāna hana hoʻomohala mua. Ke ulu nei ka mana kūʻai ma Indonesia, kākoʻo ikaika mai ka hui ʻoihana ma Penang a me nā wānana maikaʻi no ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Phuket - akā naʻe ʻaʻole ma mua o 2010- he mau mea hoʻoholo i ka hoʻolālā o AirAsia.
ʻO ka pilikia nui i lawe ʻia e ka noho ʻana o AirAsia ma nā mākeke lua, ʻo ia ka hilinaʻi nui ʻana o nā mokulele i ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa. I nā makahiki ʻelima i hala iho nei, ua unuhi mua ʻia ka hōʻea ʻana o AIrAsia i ka hopena o ka hele ʻana o nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe ma nā ala honua.
