Air Asia drops BOM/DEL/ORY & LGW

[Anthony T]

Air Asia has announced it will ending service to :
Mumbai - Last flight 31/1/2012
New Delhi - Last Flight 22/3/2012
Paris (Orly) - Last Flight 30/3/2012
London (Gatwick) - Last Flight 31/3/2012

[David C]

Anthony.... Where did you source this news ?

Dave C

[Jayden Laing]

This was written on their facebook page:

Dear fans, please be informed that due to soaring taxes and higher jet fuel prices, AirAsia X is re-aligning its network to focus on core markets and will be withdrawing services to India (Mumbai and New Delhi) and Europe (Paris and London) from our Kuala Lumpur hub as follows:

• Mumbai- Four weekly services will be suspended with the last fl...ight on 31 January, 2012
• New Delhi- Daily services will be suspended with the last flight on 22 March, 2012. Flights in March will be reduced to four weekly services.
• London- Six weekly services will be suspended with the last flight on 31 March, 2012
• Paris- Four weekly services will be suspended with the last flight on 30 March, 2012

[David C]

I'm not saying these route changes may not happen , but I would advise a more "official " form of notification rather than a FB posting before any news can be treated with any voracity . I note that there is nothing on the Air Asia website at this stage regarding this .

Dave C

[David C]

Further to my last post , I have found that there are no LGW flights loaded into there booking System from April 2012 .. Very interesting !..Seems like that FB posting may be correct after all ..

Dave C

[matthew mcdonald]

David, all of the above information about the cancellations was posed on Airline Routes.

Air Asia X Cancels India & Europe Service

by JL


Update at 0900GMT 12JAN12

Citing higher airport charges and visa restrictions in India, as well as EU ETS (Emission Trading Scheme / Carbon Tax) and rising airport passenger duty in the UK, Air Asia X announced it is cancelling 4 routes to India, UK and France. (Note AirAsia will continue to offer service to India)


Thanks

[David C]

Matthew ..thanks for confirming the info .. It's just that I am deeply suspicious of any thing like this posted on FB .. Thanks again ..

Dave C

[Ryan N]

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-...113-1pych.html

[Michael Cleary]

Well, SMH quotes AFP as the source.

But nothing at either the AFP or Air Asia web sites. And Airline Routes quotes no source.

Beware believing everything that Farcebook says.

Wait for Air Asia to say something official - just because nothing is loaded for April might also be mixed up with the Northern Summer changes.

Then again, the Carbon Tax that the EU is imposing may have an affect.

[Andrew M]

It's official! Simple, it's on their Facebook page as an official post... What more do you want

AirAsia
Important Announcement: AirAsia X Re-Aligns Network

Dear fans, please be informed that due to soaring taxes and higher jet fuel prices, AirAsia X is re-aligning its network to focus on core markets and will be withdrawing services to India (Mumbai and New Delhi) and Europe (Paris and London) from our Kuala Lumpur hub as follows:

• Mumbai- Four weekly services will be suspended with the last flight on 31 January, 2012
• New Delhi- Daily services will be suspended with the last flight on 22 March, 2012. Flights in March will be reduced to four weekly services.
• London- Six weekly services will be suspended with the last flight on 31 March, 2012
• Paris- Four weekly services will be suspended with the last flight on 30 March, 2012

All Guests who hold bookings after these dates will be offered an alternative travel option at no additional cost to mitigate the inconvenience caused as a result of these route withdrawals. An e-mail stating options that are available will be send, including a full refund, a reroute to another AirAsia X destination (e.g, in Australia and North Asia), or a move to an alternative carrier where available.

AirAsia X will concentrate capacity in our core markets of Australasia, China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. Announcements of our future expansions plans will be made soon.