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AirAsia X chief drops London hint
AirAsia Group chief executive Officer Tony Fernandes has again teased the possibility the airline will soon resume long haul flights to London.
In a post on his personal Facebook account Fernandes said long haul division AirAsia X would fly to London again ‘soon.’
However it is not the first time he has dropped a similar hint.
In 2014 and again in 2015 Fernandes said it would resurrect the KL-London route which was discontinued in 2012 due to high operating costs.
“KL-London is the most wanted route for AAX, and we will deliver it. I am quite sure,” Fernandes said back in 2014.
This comes as Airbus is reportedly close to an agreement to build 100 jets for AirAsia Group, likely for A321neo narrow-body aircraft, at a list price of about US$12.5 billion.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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