"AirAsiaX" Australian Announcment

[Lukas M]

Ok, AirAsiaX is less than 2 days off Announcing their Next Australian Destination, so its time to dedicate a thread to this one, any comments so far?

[Lukas M]

Does Newcastle have the facilites to go International by August, can the runway at NTL fit an A330. I have been told by Air Asia Employeeses Friends that they like AVV, but the "building of facilities" out there is a issue, but there building something out there at the moment

Anyway Lindsay Fox is quite powerful,and he wants them there, and I dont blame him, so my guess is:

1.AVV
2.MEL
3.NTL
4.ADL
5.PER

[Stephen Brown]

can the runway at NTL fit an A330

What sort of a backwater do you think Newcastle is???

B747-400, C17, C5, C141, An-124, B767, KC-10, KC-135

I've seen them all depart Williamtown....

[David M]

Originally Posted by Lukas Mahoney

Does Newcastle have the facilites to go International by August, can the runway at NTL fit an A330. I have been told by Air Asia Employeeses Friends that they like AVV, but the "building of facilities" out there is a issue, but there building something out there at the moment

It's much biggerer than you may think.

[Adam P.]

Gold, Dave. Pure gold.

I've seen FA-18s depart Williamtown....

[Shameel Kumar]

"Azran Osman Rani, chief executive officer of AirAsia X, told AFP that a signing ceremony to confirm the purchase of the 10 additional A330s would be held on Thursday."

Link to Article

Looks like new Australian route/s won't be the only thing AirAsia X will be making public tomorrow.

[Malcolm Parker]

Originally Posted by Stephen Brown

What sort of a backwater do you think Newcastle is???

B747-400, C17, C5, C141, An-124, B767, KC-10, KC-135

I've seen them all depart Williamtown....

I think it's not so much the runway but the civil aircraft apron, however construction on this is already at full pace. When would the construction be finished on the tarmac? It was supposed to be end of this month, but recent bad weather has delayed this.

[Adrian B]

Rwy 12/30 is 2438 x 45 with PAPI HIRL and HIAL-CAT 1.

http://www.airservices.gov.au/public...LMAD01-107.pdf

[Lukas M]

"Travel Weekly" tells us that the annoucement has been pushed back, because "another airport in another state" has given AirAsia a bright option for them to use, with "facilities all ready to use"

Would have be either Adelaide or Newcastle

[Kurt A]

Here's the article from Travel today

Bidding war for LCC escalates

AirAsia X has delayed an announcement on its second Australian hub after it was revealed a third Australian airport is now vying for the carrier’s services.

Avalon and Melbourne airports had been lobbying the airline, but the carrier’s chief executive Azran Osman- Rani told Travel Today the announcement has been pushed back a couple of months, with flights not expected until the fourth quarter.

“We had a good idea where we wanted to fly but we received a very attractive proposition from another Australian airport in another state,” Osman-Rani said.

He said the airport has the infrastructure in place to receive the Airbus A330 immediately. Sydney has been considered in the past but the presence of Jetstar makes it an unlikely choice.

One source suggested AirAsia X was trying to drive up the price on Avalon and Melbourne. Osman-Rani also dismissed media speculation that passengers will be able to fly from Gold Coast to London for just $1000 later this year.

“That might be the intent, but it has been blown out o proportion and really it is no more than a pipedream. We don’t even have the long range aircraft to do KL to London Stansted,” he added.

AirAsia X will today announce options for 10 Airbus A330 aircraft, taking its fleet to 25 aircraft.