Langkawi will become AirAsia’s next international hub as the airline sets its sights on generating at least a million passengers through the island.
Over the next four months, the budget airline will be sending its pilots and crew members to be based there before launching it as a its international hub. The airline has five other international hubs — Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Johor Bahru, Penang and Kota Kinabalu.
“We plan to put five planes in Langkawi and generate approximately a million to 1.5million passengers through Langkawi very quickly,” AirAsia group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said in a statement.
“We will obviously focus on Asean destinations and gradually expand the connectivity to China and India, which are both very strong routes. It is exciting news for the state of Kedah and exciting news for job creation as we will base pilots and cabin crew in Langkawi,” he said.
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