The airline's hub at Kuala Lumpur International Airport offers considerable growth opportunities for its business model, the carrier says in the prospectus. It claims its hub has the largest low-cost-carrier feeder network of any airport in the Asia-Pacific region, in terms of flight frequencies and destinations, but it is under-served for long-haul routes. Seven of the A330s are scheduled to be delivered in 2014. Network expansion will come partly from increasing frequency on existing routes. The airline says that 12 of its 14 destinations are major metropolitan cities where it could profitably boost frequencies to twice daily. Load factors on each of these routes are already above 80%. The carrier plans to increase its Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Taipei flights to double-daily this year.
New routes in existing markets are also being targeted. These include Fukuoka in Japan, and Chongqing and Xian in China. ( 日本福冈,中国重庆,西安!!!)
Also, there are “several potential new markets” in South and Central Asia, North Africa and Eastern Europe “that are within a commercially viable flying radius” for A330-300s from Kuala Lumpur, the carrier notes. The arrival of the A350s will add even more potential destinations.
AirAsia X says it plans to establish new hubs in countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and the Philippines—locations where it can “leverage the existing presence” of the short-haul operations of the AirAsia group for feeder traffic. The first of these is expected to be in Thailand, using AirAsia X's newly established associated company Thai AAX Co. Ltd.
Pengasas bersama dan Pengarahnya, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes (gambar), berkata syarikat penerbangan itu juga meninjau kemungkinan untuk mengadakan penerbangan ke Amerika Syarikat apabila menerima pesawat yang baru ditempah, pesawat A330-300 pada 2015.
AirAsia X says the new order includes the extended-range version of the A330-300, which provides it with “the ability to offer non-stop service to destinations in Europe or one-stop service to the U.S