Indonesia AirAsia X is getting ready to offer direct Melbourne-Bali flights, but wait, haven’t we heard that before?
Back in October 2014, the airline announced it would kick off $99 flights on Boxing Day, but to ticketholders’ dismay, the flights never left the ground and were canceled with as little as 24 hour’s notice, since it turned out the long-time affiliate of KL-based AirAsia never got clearance from Australia.
Now Indonesia AirAsia X says its Denpasar-Melbourne route has finally been cleared by Australian aviation authorities, so its ready to begin ticket sales again reports to News Corp Australia.
Flights will reportedly start March 18 on a twice-weekly basis, and will increase to five return flights a week on April 1.
But some passengers are still angry who had bought tickets from when AirAsia X sold seats before getting the clearance. They were offered refunds, credit for future flights, or rerouted flights, but some say they haven’t seen a cent from the airline, according to News Corp Australia.
“At the time, we were given three options and we chose a refund by bank transfer,” Glenys Dolphin told News Corp Australia.
“Instead they gave us a credit for new flights that we would have to use by April. I’d never book with AirAsia again.”
While Dolphin won’t be flying with AirAsia again, we still suspect cheap fares and the convenience of direct flights will still mean ticket sales for AirAsia X.
