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Air Asia X Wants to Long-Haul You From New York and California

March 27, 2009 at 3:51 PM | by juliana | 2 Comments

Update: Just heard from our tipster, the plan is to have the flights be direct to KL from Cali and JFK.

We love airline rumors! It's been a long time since we had something juicy to talk about. So let's get gossiping.

A tipster says that Air Asia X is looking to possibly expand its routes to Kuala Lumpur and they have their eyes set on the United States.

Azran Osman Rani (CEO of AirAsia X) has been talking to JFK and 2 California airports regarding launching long haul service from KL. There's nothing definitive lined up, but the time-frame would be in about a year.

Now, we're working on tracking down when this would be an alliance between Air Asia and another airline, or if Air Asia would man the flight(s) the whole way. But if you've got any more inside scoop, we'd love to hear it. Similarly, would you fly Air Asia X from the states to KL on their no-frills planes? Let us know.

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  1. Keith Jenkins

    Jaunted Reader

    Air Asia's USA plans

    The US plans are indeed ambitious, especially if Air Asia plans to fly the London-New York sector. I wrote an opinion piece on this subject on 27th March. Feel free to check it out on http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=605 Cheers, Keith (velvetescape)
    March 28, 2009 at 6:53 PM
  1. Jim Ratteree

    Jaunted Reader

    AirAsia to the US

    US markets were always in AirAsia's plans.....just when exactly is the question. I sure do hope that 2009 is the year, but maybe 2010...... Long haul planes are hard to come by and the airline has so many long haul objectives. Whenever they do arrive on American shores, it will be fabulous, since they have such a fantastic network in ASEAN.
    March 29, 2009 at 1:58 AM

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