Airasia Resumes Flights To Langkawi With Full Load

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AirAsia has arranged 90 weekly flights to Langkawi from various destinations in the country with a fully vaccinated crew.KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia’s inaugural service from Kuala Lumpur to Langkawi this morning under the travel bubble recorded a 100% flight load, signifying a strong rebound for domestic air travel.
The low-cost carrier said the maiden flight — the first of nine scheduled daily flights from Kuala Lumpur — left Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) at 9.50am, utilising an Airbus A321neo aircraft.
“Aside from Kuala Lumpur (63 flights weekly), AirAsia also has flights to Langkawi departing from Penang (14 times weekly), Johor Bahru (seven times weekly), Ipoh (three times weekly) and Kota Bharu (three times weekly), making up a total of 90 weekly flights,” it said in a statement.
AirAsia Malaysia chief executive officer Riad Asmat said more than 200,000 seats to Langkawi were sold in less than a week.
“To facilitate this movement, we have prepared extensively and implemented robust and comprehensive health and safety protocols to ensure all our guests can travel safely, with our 100% vaccinated crew and frontliners.
“After months of preparation, we are thrilled to get the country flying again and are ready to scale up our operations to meet overwhelming demand.
“We hope more travel bubbles will be established across the country soon in line with the accelerated vaccine rollout, and eventually across the region when it is safe to do so,” he added.
AirAsia also launched its ride-hailing service in Langkawi today with a 100% fully-vaccinated driver fleet. - FMT

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