AirAsia X

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AirAsia X cargo service to London’s Stansted

LONG-HAUL budget carrier AirAsia X will begin offering five-days-a-week cargo service between Kuala Lumpur and London Stansted Airport, as it makes its maiden flight on March 11.

It will operate an A340-300, which has 8,000kg of cargo capacity.

In a statement, AirAsia X said it has appointed IAM, Network Cargo Services, FlyUs, Global Cargo Management and ACT as its cargo sales agents in Western Europe, while cargo handling at London Stansted will be undertaken by Aviance.

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How has this airline been performing since its start up at STN? Does it just offer cargo flights, passenger or combi to Kuala Lumpa?

 

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This is the first press release that I have come accross for a while.

AirAsia plan extra Stansted – KL flight from next summer

[textarea]New flying slots at Stansted Airport have been agreed for AirAsia, who will commence an additional service on the popular Kuala Lumpur flights in 2010.

BAA told a local newspaper this week that an additional daily flight from Stansted to Kuala Lumpur will be available from June 30 next year. Leaving at 21:00, the flight will be in addition to the current service which leaves at 01:25 (soon to be moved to 23:00).

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It appears the service is doing OK especially having just about got through what was arguably one of the worst economic periods in history.