I would have expected better from The Australian. Stating that the new Air Asia X service will be Adelaide's only direct flights to KL. Unless of course they are replacing MH's daily service which I doubt, particularly as
The Advertiser quotes the SA Premier as saying these new flights now exceed a 2020 target for weekly international airline seats into Adelaide.
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AirAsia X flies into Adelaide market
BY:STEVE CREEDY From: The Australian July 29, 2013 3:31PM
MALAYSIAN-based carrier AirAsia X will establish its fifth Australian beachhead with low-cost flights from Adelaide to Kuala Lumpur starting October 30.
The low-cost, long-haul airline already serves Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast and has been looking at Adelaide for more than year.
It flies Airbus A330 aircraft with sleeper beds in its premium cabin and competes with Jetstar International and Singapore Airlines-owned Scoot for Aussie leisure travellers.
The four-times weekly Adelaide service, the city's only direct flight to Kuala Lumpur, is part of an increased focus on Australian routes by the carrier.
It is moving to daily flights to the Gold Coast from Kuala Lumpur from November 24, up from five a week now, after earlier this month increasing its Sydney flights from seven a week to 10 and adding an extra Melbourne flight.
The airline is launching the new service with economy sale fares from $99 one-way and premium sale fares from $599 one-way.
Air Asia X chief executive Azran Osman-Rani said the new services would provide South Australians with access to more than 80 destinations across 20 countries.
"Australia is one of our core markets where AirAsia X will see its wings expand and the Adelaide route has been a priority," Mr Osman-Rani said. "Our goal since launching our first Australian service on the Gold Coast in 2007 was to operate in the five major states, and we are proud to have accomplished this within six years."
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