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  • Asian expansion contributes to loss for Mulberry

    Asian expansion contributes to loss for Mulberry

    Expansion into Asia has weighed on British luxury bag label Mulberry’s bottom line, but the company is confident the foray will bear fruit.

    Mulberry reported a pre-tax loss of £5 million in the year to March 30, a sharp contrast to a £6.9 million pre-tax profit the previous year.

    The other major contributor to the loss was the collapse of British department store House of Fraser which cost it £2.1 million and worsening the impact of a “challenging” UK domestic market. Sales fell 2 per cent to £166.3 million.

    During the year, Mulberry opened new business subsidiaries in Japan and South Korea along with new stores in New York and Dubai as it focuses on international markets for sustained future growth. Revenue from overseas rose 7 per cent for the year, compensating in part for a 6 per cent drop in domestic sales. Online sales rose 27 per cent

    “The group has delivered results in line with expectations and is making good progress in advancing its international strategy and direct to customer model whilst managing a challenging UK market,” said CEO Thierry Andretta.

    “Looking ahead, we anticipate that international and digital sales will continue to grow whilst UK retail trading conditions are expected to remain uncertain. The group plans to invest further in its new Asian entities during this development phase, enhance its global digital platform and optimise the UK network,” he said.

    Sales in the 11 weeks to June 15 were up 13 per cent.

    Chloe Collins, senior retail analyst at GlobalData, said Mulberry needs to seek new and inspiring ways to attract new customers via increased social media and marketing campaigns.’

    She said Mulberry’s expansion of its lifestyle-product offer – it launched its first eyewear range last year – and its plans to increase the depth in its range of trainers are a wise move to capitalise on the trend for athleisure and competing with the likes of Isabel Marant and Golden Goose.

    “However, it must be careful that this does not distract design focus from its core handbags offer, where developments and upgrades are still necessary to maintain shopper appeal.”

    She said teaming up with fast-growing technology platform Farfetch for a new digital concession in April, will help Mulberry increase its reach and bolster sales, both in the UK and internationally.

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  • Helloworld expands New Zealand Activities

    Helloworld expands New Zealand Activities

    Travel retailer Helloworld Travel has announced a number of new businesses have joined, or will join, its New Zealand retail network, broadening operations in the region.

    Agencies Gilpin Travel, Barlow Travel, and Atlas Corporation have joined the network with a combined total transaction value of $130 million.

    Additionally, the NZ Travel Brokers – which command a $125 million total transaction value – along with other “significant agencies” have committed to join from June 2019.

    “The New Zealand acquisitions and network expansion has given our NZ business the size and resulting economies of scale to assist the Group to achieve our targeted EBITDA to revenue of 25 per cent in FY20,” Helloworld Travel chief executive Andrew Burnes said.

    “The team in New Zealand has done an outstanding job of building a strong value proposition which in turn has attracted these new agencies to our networks.”

    The total annualised TTV added to the business is approximately $300 million, bringing the networks total size to 580 agency members in New Zealand – including 280 travel brokers.

    The travel business is continuing discussions with several other former members of First Travel Group.

    Helloworld also acquired sports travel retailer the Williment Travel Group recently, further broadening its offering.

    “The Williment team and their breadth of product and experience across a wide range of sporting codes and in event management adds a new dimension to our New Zealand business, and will allow us to open up the amazing offerings Williment has to the market via our Helloworld network members,” Burnes said.

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  • Nok Air launched direct flights to Hiroshima, Japan

    Nok Air launched direct flights to Hiroshima, Japan

    The first phase is charter flights which have begun on 1st and 5th May 2019. This route is one of the many of the Nok Air’s turnaround plan by looking for the potential routes. Now, Nok Air is available and intend to create an impressive experience for the passengers.

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  • Expedia, Booking.com warn AirAsia of turbulence in online travel plan

    Expedia, Booking.com warn AirAsia of turbulence in online travel plan

    Online travel giants Expedia and Booking.com are warning that budget airline pioneer, AirAsia Group, risks being destabilized by ambitious plans to become the “Amazon of travel”.

    AirAsia, which already offers limited travel plans on its website, plans to expand the online service to include booking flights with rival airlines and ecommerce. As profits tumble in the face of rising fuel costs and intensifying competition, CEO Tony Fernandes is seeking alternative sources of revenue and earlier this year told the Nikkei Asian Review he intended to invest 100 million Malaysian ringgit ($24.6 million) a year to become a technology-led company.

    The carrier’s future competitors in the wider online travel sector dismissed the threat posed by the company which brought low cost flight to Asia.

    Booking.com’s head of China, Marsha Ma, suggested the online travel giants would rally their vast networks of flights, hotels and services in the fight against any attempts by AirAsia to take market share. “The online travel agency business, especially accommodation, is a pretty heavy business model in terms of its supply chain management,” said Ma. “It takes years… We have offices at 190 locations and [they] have built up our supply chain capability, with width and depth.”

    “We will keep fighting on that,” the Booking.com executive said, speaking at an event held in Singapore last week by Skift, an U.S.-based travel industry information provider.

    Expedia, once a partner of AirAsia’s existing travel platform, indicated the carrier might not have the necessary skills to succeed. “What makes you great to run an airline” is not the same as being a great online travel agency, said Greg Schulze, head of commercial strategy & services at Expedia. Worse, the carrier risked being distracted from selling its own flights, which could exacerbate its current troubles, he suggested. “I am happy to see [AirAsia] negotiating with other airlines.”

    However, Aireen Omar, AirAsia’s deputy CEO for technology, was confident AirAsia could manage the risks. It was “ambitious, but I think it’s very doable,” Omar said.

    The aviation business model was changing, Omar said. “The key essence for us is no longer the aircraft but data.” AirAsia transported close to 100 million passengers this year alone in Southeast Asia, and was seeing six to eight million visitors come to its website every month. “A lot of new business opportunity is around there,” she said. This included enhancing its digital travel platform with itinerary suggestions, hotels or shopping, using technologies such as artificial intelligence to improve the offering.

    When asked if becoming the Amazon of travel is overly ambitious, Aireen Omar, AirAsia’s deputy CEO for technology and digital, said it’s “ambitious, but I think it’s very doable.” (Photo by Eri Sugiura)

    “I think online travel agencies are very cautious,” Omar said. She insisted that the company already has a “big platform” for AirAsia.com, the carrier’s BigPay, a mobile wallet which was launched in Malaysia last year tracking consumers’ credit and debit card payments, and combining this with its own loyalty program. “It is an opportunity for [other airlines] to have an access of the network and the data we have,” she added.

    AirAsia entered the flight and hotel package business in 2015 through a joint venture with Expedia. However last August it announced it would sell its 25% stake to Expedia for $60 million. This freed the carrier to build its own accommodation and other inventories. The airline in 2017 acquired 50% in travel tours and attractions provider startup Vidi, in a deal worth $2.6 million.

    Omar said the company’s data would be uploaded in the cloud by the end of the year, in preparation for the launch of its new service.

    AirAsia’s rush to build an enriched travel platform can be explained by headwinds the company faces in its core business. The carrier’s net income slipped to 96.1 million ringgit, a 92%-drop in the three months through March from a year earlier, as it was hit by high fuel costs and lower average fares.

    While the company remains profitable in Malaysia, where it is based, its operations in Indonesia, Thailand and elsewhere are either losing money or earning less.

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  • AirAsia among top 5 most downloaded airline apps

    AirAsia among top 5 most downloaded airline apps

    Budget airline AirAsia was among the top five most downloaded airline apps worldwide in the first quarter of 2019, according to a new report from mobile app intelligence firm Sensor Tower.

    The most downloaded airline app worldwide for Q1 2019 was Irish low-cost airline Ryanair with more than 2.4 million installs, which represented a 10 percent increase from Q1 2018, said the report.

    American Airlines was the second most installed airline app worldwide last year with more than 1.8 million installs, which represented a 30 percent increase from Q1 2018.

    United Airlines, Southwest and AirAsia rounded out the top five most installed airline apps worldwide for the quarter, Julia Chan, Mobile Insights Analyst, Sensor Tower, wrote in a blog on Monday.

    When it came to downloads from Google Play Store, AirAsia came second after Ryanair.

    At the ninth position, Indigo also featured among the top 10 most downloaded apps from Google Play Store in the first quarter of this year.

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  • AirAsia to Expand E-Commerce Beyond Selling Plane Tickets

    AirAsia to Expand E-Commerce Beyond Selling Plane Tickets

    AirAsia Group, Southeast Asia’s largest budget carrier, wants to sell more than cheap flight tickets. AirAsia is talking to potential partners to build an e-commerce app that it wants to see overtake the size of its airline business, Group Deputy Chief Executive Aireen Omar said in an interview. The carrier, which is seen getting about 1 billion ringgit ($240 million) revenue a year from its AirAsia.com website, expects to earn 20 times more as it expands into an app that will offer lifestyle goods and services.

    “This will be bigger than the airline itself,” Aireen said at her office at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. “There’s a lot you can do in just one app and that’s what we are trying to do with our travel and lifestyle app.”

    The budget airline, which carries 100 million passengers annually, is bolstering its digital capability to tap a regional e-commerce market that’s set to increase threefold to $240 billion by 2025, CEO and Founder Tony Fernandes said last month. Premium carriers Singapore Airlines Ltd. and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. are already turning to onboard duty-free sales to boost revenue, while AirAsia’s app will also offer everything from hotel bookings to beauty products and dinner vouchers.

    AirAsia, which announced a special dividend of 90 sen a share Wednesday, climbed 8% as of 4:14 p.m. in Kuala Lumpur. The shares rose as much as 16% earlier, the steepest gain since 2004.

    The digital business is likely to be spun off in the near future, Aireen said, without giving details.

    Fernandes has slowly but surely prepared the company to focus on this digital drive. AirAsia has sold aircraft parked in leasing companies and disposed a stake in its ground-handling operations. He also restructured the company to have an investment holding group as its publicly listed entity and separated the Malaysian airline business.

    The moves come as the budget carrier grapples with rising risks to its airline business, from the closing of holiday destination Boracay island and natural disasters in Indonesia last year, as well as Malaysia’s clampdown on price surges during high season.

    Meanwhile, Brent has gained almost 30% this year, increasing costs for airlines from Singapore Air to Deutsche Lufthansa AG, which posted lower first-quarter profit partly due to higher oil prices. AirAsia’s net income slipped 92% in the three months through March from a year earlier, it said in a filing on Wednesday.

    The company realized about three years ago that it’s rich with consumer data that a lot of people would want access to, Aireen said. It plans to use the data to market goods and services in a targeted way and provide Internet connection on all its planes to sell products to passengers during the flight.

    The new app will eventually consolidate its current AirAsia BIG Loyalty program, which already partners with vendors from Nike Inc. to Sephora to give special offers and discounts.

  • Cebu Pacific sale offers P299 domestic, P699 international fares

    Cebu Pacific sale offers P299 domestic, P699 international fares

    Cebu Pacific said it was offering domestic and international seats on sale starting Thursday.

    The Philippines’ largest airline said the sale would run until Friday for travel from Nov. 1 to March 31 next year.

    Among the destinations on offer are Boracay, Coron, Puerto Princesa and Siargao at P299 for one-way base fare, Cebu Pacific said.

    Flights to international destinations like Bali, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Beijing, Taipei and Tokyo are also on offer for as low as P699 one-way base fare, the airline said on its website.

    Other destinations like Dubai are also on offer for as low as P1,599; Melbourne for as low as P4,599 all in; and Sydney at P5,599 all in.

    The quoted domestic one-way base fares are inclusive of 7 kg hand carry baggage allowance, but exclusive of web admin fee, 12 percent VAT, terminal fees and fuel surcharge, it said.

    Quoted international one-way fares are inclusive of 7 kg hand-carry baggage allowance, but exclusive of web admin fees for short haul and long haul flights, respectively and P550 international terminal fee and fuel surcharge.

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  • Rimowa opens store in Singapore, Raffles

    Rimowa opens store in Singapore, Raffles

    LVMH’s luggage brand Rimowa Singapore has opened a new store at the newly refurbished Raffles Hotel.

    The 600sqft store features a greenery space with the floral walls which provides an immersive conceptual experience to visitors and shoppers alike.

    Customers can find the latest Rimowa luggage collections there, including the Rimowa Original, Rimowa Classic, Rimowa Essential, Rimowa Essential Lite, Rimowa Essential Sleeve, and Rimowa Hybrid.

    The store also includes a sticker wall featuring classic, new and exclusive luggage stickers from the Rimowa Sticker Collection.

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  • AirAsia Deputy CEO Confident That they Will Become the Amazon of Travel

    AirAsia Deputy CEO Confident That they Will Become the Amazon of Travel

    There was no backtracking from AirAsia in its plan to branch out into selling other airlines on its platform, financial services, and more experiences.

    Asked in Singapore  if becoming the Amazon of travel is overly ambitious, Aireen Omar, AirAsia’s deputy CEO, technology and digital said it’s “ambitious, but I think it’s very doable.”

    Another AirAsia executive recently made the declaration that the airline could become the “Amazon of travel.”

    Omar argued that AirAsia’s wealth of data from such things as its bookings systems and passenger management equip it to improve revenue management and personalization and to make its operation more efficient.

    The idea is to provide a seamless journey for passengers and to build new business areas for the airline beyond its core flying.

    Omar said AirAsia has been approaching other airlines about selling tickets, and that most are not afraid of doing that because they can take advantage of AirAsia’s network and data.

    Although AirAsia is interested in offering innovative payment systems, Omar said the airline would not use cryptocurrencies because their value fluctuates greatly, and AirAsia is interested in engendering consumer trust.

    Omar made a pitch for the greater inclusion of women in the airline industry. She said around 6 percent of AirAsia’s engineers are women, and so are about 10 percent of its pilots.

    Schools new to open up their curriculum to encourage women to become data scientists, for example, and to work for airlines.

    Omar is responsible for AirAsia’s digital strategy, promoting innovation throughout the group and encouraging collaboration across AirAsia’s businesses and markets. She oversees large, strategic group-wide initiatives to help transform AirAsia into a global, cloud-driven product and platform company.

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  • Homestay startup raises $4.5 million

    Homestay startup raises $4.5 million

    Luxstay has raised $4.5 million from South Korean retailer GS Shop and venture capitalist Bon Angels in its bridge round. A Luxstay representative said Wednesday that receiving funding from reputable international investors in this round is an important stepping stone for the enterprise to expand to other areas in the future.

    GS Shop is a South Korean multimedia retailer as well as a global leader in TV home shopping. It also established a retail chain called GS25 in Vietnam in 2018.

    Bon Angels Venture Partners is a South Korean venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups. It has invested in well known South Korean startups like Woowa Brothers, Daily Hotels, and My Real Trip.

    Luxstay has targeted an annual turnover of over $300 million and 30 percent of Vietnam’s home-rental market share by 2023, the representative said.

    It is also working with financial investors and strategic partners for the next funding round, a Series A round, which is expected to close in 2019, aiming to raise $15-20 million.

    Prior to this investment, Luxstay had raised a total of around $6 million from CyberAgent Ventures (Japan), Genesia Ventures (Japan), ESP Capital (Vietnam), Founders Capital (Vietnam) and Nextrans (South Korea).

    Launched in late 2016, Luxstay has a network of nearly 10,000 properties across the country. This is a short-term rental booking platform for apartments, villas and other homestay accommodations positioned in the mid and high-end segments of Vietnam’s real estate market.

    It also offers property management and maintenance solutions to assist and save time for homeowners who want to participate in the home-sharing market through its system.

    “In developed countries, home-sharing accounts for 10-20 percent of the home-rental market. This shows a huge opportunity for this industry in Vietnam, which is expected to reach $2-4 billion in 2025,” Luxstay said.

  • AirAsia 3.0 to help save cost and enhance revenue

    AirAsia 3.0 to help save cost and enhance revenue

    After two years of working closely with Google and other data companies, AirAsia expects cost savings and revenue enhancement beginning next year. Group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes told a group of analysts during AirAsia 3.0 investor day that he expected about 4% less fuel burnt after crunching numbers and using the right aircraft for specific routes. With hundreds and hundreds of other fuel initiatives including spare parts, he is looking at 10% to 15% cost savings by the end of 2020.

    All these initiatives to save costs and enhance revenue are part of the airline’s move towards digitization, which also allows it to be creative in its delivery and offering as well as personalize and segmentize its product offerings. This is made possible by analyzing all the data that it has.

    “On the revenue side, with all the rich data we have, we are able to serve customers better in terms of personalizing all that. We have never done promos, as we normally send e-mails, but now we will be much more proactive in filling up the planes.

    “We also now have the ability to dynamically adjust fares on the spot and all this will help us maximize revenue and save costs,’’ he added.

    As part of the AirAsia 3.0 initiative, the plan is to make the entire journey nicer and comfortable for the traveler while various new initiatives will be introduced.

    An analyst said in a report the AirAsia 3.0 plan would solidify the airline’s business via predictive maintenance, which would result in cost savings by FY20. It will enhance the online user experience by transforming AirAsia.com into all-in-one travel and lifestyle marketplace, facilitated by its mobile payment facility BIGPay.

    The carrier’s cargo arm would cover more networks while eliminating the layers in air cargo fulfillment process, the analyst said.

    Another research house said it “does not expect material earnings contribution in the near term from the implementation of the new business platforms.’’

    A foreign brokerage added that “near-term losses from these new initiatives, which are likely to drag already-thin margins in the core airlines business.’’

    AirAsia, according to Fernandes, has come a long way and was the first to revolutionize the way people travel low cost and used the Internet to sell tickets. But that did not come without skepticism and ridicule.

    Eighteen years on, AirAsia is Asia’s largest low-cost carrier that prides on online options to reach out to travelers. It has flown more than 500 million people and has 260 planes on leaseback arrangements to save cost. Ancillary income accounted for 9% of revenue back in 2008 but now it makes up 21%, or RM2bil, of revenue.

    Fernandes still sets sights on China and is working with a new partner to return to Vietnam. He is also bullish that AirAsia’s Indonesian and Philippine operations will be profitable soon.

    AirAsia group is expected to release its first-quarter 2019 results on May 29. A local research house has forecast core net profit of RM147mil (minus 59% year-on-year).

    “Management has done a good job to retain high load factors in first-quarter 2019. However, yields were exceptionally challenging in Malaysia, India, and Thailand due to softer consumer demand and stiffer competition.

    “We are also concerned on the group’s financial year 2019 growth plan to deploy a net addition of 18 aircraft. There has been no aircraft addition in first-quarter 2019, which implies that all the aircraft will be deployed in the subsequent quarters. We deem this as excessive under the current market conditions,” the research house said.

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  • Glory Days of Samsonite Sales Ending

    Glory Days of Samsonite Sales Ending

    “Economic headwinds” in the latest quarter have brought an end to the stellar run of Samsonite sales growth.

    For the March quarter, the world’s largest luggage retailer has reported a fall in sales of 2.4 per cent and 6.3 per cent when reported in US dollars. Profit attributable to shareholders slumped by 48.2 per cent to US$22.8 million.

    In Asia, overall sales fell 2.1 per cent, but the group continued to achieve net sales gains in both Japan (up 4.1 per cent) and Hong Kong (up 5.5 per cent) during the quarter.

    Last full year, net Samsonite sales were up 8.4 per cent on a constant-currency basis to US$3.797 billion in the year to December 31. Profit attributable to shareholders rose by 23.9 per cent before extraordinary items.

    The company has consistently reported quarter-on-quarter sales growth during the last several years, although this was heavily influenced by the acquisition of Tumi and other businesses over the same period.

    Commenting on the results, CEO Kyle Gendreau said economic headwinds have continued to impact a number of the company’s key markets during the first quarter, particularly the US, South Korea, Chile and the business-to-business market segment in China.

    “Excluding these four markets, our net sales grew by a healthy 3.4 per cent, driven by a 4.4 per cent increase in Asia (excluding South Korea and business-to-business sales in China) and a 2.3 per cent growth in Europe.”

    In China, a sharp decline in business-to-business orders caused net sales to decrease by 8.3 per cent year on year. Excluding business-to-business orders for both periods, net sales in China increased by 5.9 per cent, driven by a 15.1 per cent rise in direct-to-consumer sales, despite weak consumer sentiment amid concerns about trade relations with the US.

    By brand, Tumi sales in Asia soared 17 per cent and in Europe by 22.5 per cent.

    Net sales of the Samsonite brand were down by 4.2 per cent year-on-year to $373 million during the quarter, primarily due to declines in the US, China and South Korea.

  • Eraman and AirAsia’s Ourshop.com announce partnership to transform travel retailing in Malaysia

    Eraman and AirAsia’s Ourshop.com announce partnership to transform travel retailing in Malaysia

    Duty-free operator Eraman Malaysia and AirAsia-controlled online retailer Ourshop have entered into a major new partnership. It allows travelers to collect products pre-booked on Ourshop.com at a dedicated pick-up point, located at the Eraman duty-free outlet in klia2 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

    Owned by airport operator Malaysia Airports, Eraman is Malaysia’s largest airport travel retailer. It operates more than 50 shops and F&B outlets at airports including Kuala Lumpur International, Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, Penang, Langkawi and Labuan.

    Ourshop, launched in July last year, is AirAsia’s online marketplace offering a wide selection of products from duty free, high street and local retailers from across the world.

    The partnership has the added benefit of allowing access to passenger trends and travelers’ departing and arrival destinations, enabling more precise marketing and product selection.

    Travelers purchasing products on ourshop.com can earn AirAsia BIG Points, which can be used to redeem free flights on airasia.com. AirAsia said it was thereby creating a “cycle of value”, as the more miles traveled or items bought, the more travelers earn points.

    AirAsia added that passengers can enjoy the peace of mind that they are purchasing from an official retailer or brand directly, thus removing any doubt of product authenticity that it says has plagued e-commerce traditionally.

    Eraman General Manager Zulhikam Ahmad said his company is thrilled to be part of the Trinity collaboration with parent company Malaysia Airports and Ourshop. “This initiative is very timely as we have just undergone a brand refresh exercise,” he said. “We fully understand that e-commerce is fast becoming significant in the travel retail and duty-free market space.

    “Hence, Eraman is embarking on this journey to ensure we too do not miss out on providing the convenience and keeping up with the trends.”

    Malaysia Airports Senior General Manager Mohammad Nazli Abdul Aziz commented: “The partnership between the nation’s key players in the travel retail industry will undoubtedly elevate the shopping experience for all travelers passing through our doors.

    “This is just a taste of the many exciting activities and initiatives that we have lined up as part of Malaysia Airports’ Commercial Reset strategy.

    “We want to bring excitement and joy to our guests when they are at the airport; and in doing so, we hope to change the traditional perceptions of the airport as a mere hub for connectivity, becoming also a place to enjoy the vast retail offerings available – both at our airports and now digitally.”

    Ourshop General Manager Hassan Choudhury said: “What used to be a 20-minute shopping experience as travelers rush to their boarding gates is now 365 days of shopping indulgence.

    “I want to thank Eraman for exploring this unique online shopping experience for travelers with us. We look forward to sharing incredible success together.”

  • Thai Airways celebrates 59 years of operations

    Thai Airways celebrates 59 years of operations

    Thai Airways International has recognized the airlines’ long-serving staff with certificates at a ceremony to mark the 59th anniversary.

    Thai Airways president, Sumeth Damrongchaitham, presided over a ceremony to present certificates and souvenirs to staff who have completed 35 years and 25 years of service with the national airline.

    The certificates were also given to staff who were commended by customers, and staff who made a significant contribution to the airline’s success over the years.

    Thai conducts the ceremony annually to mark the anniversary of its establishment on March 29, 1960.

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  • AirAsia flies to Lanzhou and Quanzhou

    AirAsia flies to Lanzhou and Quanzhou

    AirAsia continues its expansion into China with two new services from Kuala Lumpur to Lanzhou and Quanzhou. These new services take the number of AirAsia destinations in China to 24, firmly cementing the airline’s position as the largest foreign carrier by capacity operating in China with over 400 weekly flights.

    “Malaysia and China are celebrating 45 years of bilateral relations this year. These exclusive direct services from Kuala Lumpur to Lanzhou in the north-west and Quanzhou in the south-east will deliver an additional 280,000 seats per annum to and from China, allowing us to forge even stronger ties between both nations,” said AirAsia X Malaysia CEO Benyamin Ismail.

    AirAsia China CEO Tassapon Bijleveld said: “AirAsia has grown its footprint in China for more than 14 years now, connecting millions of people from Asean to underserved second and third-tier Chinese cities at low fares.

    And China remains a key market for our future growth. Just recently, we launched our new Bangkok-Shenyang service and we continue to review a number of other potential Chinese routes that we hope to be in a position to announce soon.”

    Book all-inclusive AirAsia BIG member fares from as low as RM209 (one-way) to Lanzhou and RM129 (one-way) to Quanzhou on airasia.com or the AirAsia mobile app from now until May 5, 2019, for travel until Sept 30, 2019.

    Enjoy the award-winning premium flatbed to Lanzhou for all-inclusive AirAsia BIG member fares from as low as RM889 (one-way) during the same booking period.

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