Daily flights between KL-Stansted from July

Wednesday April 22, 2009

The Star

PETALING JAYA: From July 1, AirAsia X will have daily flights between London Stansted and Kuala Lumpur.

AirAsia X, which now has such flights five times a week, said the daily service was due to high passenger demand.

In a statement released yesterday, the airline said it was offering a one-way fare from as low as RM499 through online booking beginning yesterday to tomorrow at www.airasia.com.

It is for the travel period beginning July 3 to Jan 31 next year.

The statement said the KL-Stansted flight was quickly turning KL into a regional hub connecting three continents, with Australians flying into the Malaysian capital and connecting on AirAsia X to London.

“From KL, people are choosing from over 122 AirAsia routes,” said AirAsia X chief executive officer Azran Osman-Rani.

“We are offering an affordable and alternative version of the ‘Kangaroo Route’ all the way from London via KL to Melbourne, Perth and the Gold Coast in Australia.”