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Saturday, November 17, 2012

The Airlines Of The Future

By Shannon L Smith


Air Asia airlines are largest low fare airline. This group operates domestic and international flights over 400 hundred destinations. The main base of it is Low Cost Carrier terminal at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It has associated airlines which have hubs in different countries at different airports.

Air Asia airlines were formed in 1993 as well as started working on 18 November 1996. To start with it was the possession of the conglomerate. In 2003 Air Asia started a 2nd hub at Sinai International Airport terminal and introduced its first global flight to Bangkok. At the moment, it has Indonesia, Macau, China, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, India as well as several other places in its listing.

On 27 September 2008, the company had 60 routes in its list and had 106 new routes to be added. On 2nd April 2012 it had first flight from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur. Now it has hedged 100 percent of the fuel requirement for the next three years. The Company has achieved an aircraft turned around time of 25 minutes.

Business began an alteration of its fleet from Boeing 737-300 to the Airbus A320-200. On 25th of March, the first order, for the forty Airbus A320 airplane and also 40 even more, was made in a memorandum of understanding. Six airbus A320s were delivered in December 2005 and also the continuing to be 54 were gotten to be delivered progressively from 2005 to 2009.

The company began a conversion of its fleet from Boeing 737-300 to the Airbus A320-200. On 25th of March, the first order, for forty Airbus A320 aircraft and 40 more, was made in a memorandum of understanding. Six Airbus A320s were delivered in December 2005 and the remaining 54 were ordered to be delivered gradually from 2005 to 2009.

In July 2006, the company exercised the option on 40 Airbus A320-200s which increased total order to hundred aircrafts and another 30 on option. A third firm order of 50 A320-200s with an option of to 50 was made in January 2007 to be delivered by December 2013. Because of infrastructural constraints, in August 2009, Air Asia airlines signed an amendment agreement to defer the delivery dates by four years to 2014. The infrastructural constraints will continue until another Low-Cost Carrier terminal is built.




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