AirTravelGenius Blog » low-cost http://www.airtravelgenius.com/blog Air Travel Tips & Deals for Frequent Flyers Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:16:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Long-Haul Low-Cost Flights news – Air Asia http://www.airtravelgenius.com/blog/2007/04/25/long-haul-low-cost-flights-news-air-asia/ http://www.airtravelgenius.com/blog/2007/04/25/long-haul-low-cost-flights-news-air-asia/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:52:10 +0000 AirTravelGenius http://www.airtravelgenius.com/blog/2007/04/26/long-haul-low-cost-flights-news-air-asia/ With the announcement by Fly Asian Xpress to purchase 10 Airbus A330s (plus a ‘call’ option for another 5) indicates a new chapter in the budget long-haul sector. Essentially this means Air Asia will start ultra-cheap long haul services out of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Flight destinations are expected to be UK, Australia, India, China and Japan.

For more details see our article Fly Asian Xpress / Air Asia X

With Oasis Hong Kong Airlines operating cut-price flights from Hong Kong to London (soon to add a Hong Kong to Vancouver, Canada service) and even Ryanair stating their intention to set up a low-cost Trans-Atlantic service, the sector is certainly hotting up.

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