AirAsia Berhad (MYX: 5099) is a low-cost Malaysian airline headquartered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the largest airline in Malaysia with fleet size and destination. AirAsia Group operates scheduled domestic and international flights to over 165 destinations reaching 25 countries. Its main hub is klia2, the low-cost terminal at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. The airline, Thai AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia, Philippine AirAsia and AirAsia India have hubs at Don Mueang International Airport, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Ninoy Aquino International Airport and Kempegowda International Airport, while its AirAsia X carrier focuses on long haul routes. AirAsia's registered office is at Petaling Jaya, Selangor while its head office is at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
AirAsia operates at the lowest unit cost in the world of US $ 0.023 per available seat (ASK) and a 52% passenger break-even factor. It has covered 100% of the fuel requirement for the next three years, achieving a 25-minute turnaround time, has a better crew productivity level than Malaysia Airlines and has an average aircraft utilization rate of 13 hours a day. In 2007, The New York Times described the airline as a "pioneer" of cheap travel in Asia. AirAsia is a sponsor of Malaysia's national football team, Singapore's national football team and Queens Park Rangers. AirAsia is also a former sponsor of Manchester United and Asia Red Tour.
AirAsia has been consistently named the best low-cost airline in the world for nine consecutive years in international travel and airline awards, including the latest award for 2017.
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Histori
AirAsia was founded in 1993 and started operations on November 18, 1996. The company was founded by a government-owned conglomerate, DRB-HICOM. On December 2, 2001, the heavily indebted airline was bought by former Time Warner company Tony Fernandes, Tune Air Sdn Bhd for a token amount of one ringgit (about US $ 0.26 at the time) for US $ 11 million (MYR 40 million) of debt. Fernandes changed the company, made a profit in 2002 and launched a new route from a hub in Kuala Lumpur, underestimating former Malaysian monopoly operator operator at a promotional price as low as MYR1 (US $ 0.27). In 2003, AirAsia opened its second hub at Senai International Airport in Johor Bahru near Singapore and launched its first international flight to Bangkok.
AirAsia then started Thai AirAsia affiliates, and embarked on flights to Singapore and Indonesia. Flights to Macau began in June 2004, and flights to mainland China (Xiamen) and Philippines (Manila) in April 2005. Flights to Vietnam and Cambodia followed in 2005 and to Brunei and Myanmar in 2006, most recently by Thai AirAsia. In August 2006, AirAsia took over the route of Malaysia Airlines Rural Air Services in Sabah and Sarawak, operating under the FlyAsianXpress brand. The route was returned to MASWings a year later, for commercial reasons.
In late 2006, Fernandes launched a five-year plan to further enhance AirAsia's presence in Asia. Under the plan, AirAsia proposes to improve its route network by linking all existing destinations across the region and extending further into Vietnam, Indonesia, Southern China (Kunming, Xiamen, Shenzhen) and India. Through its companies, Thai AirAsia and Indonesia AirAsia, the plan calls for a focus on developing hubs in Bangkok and Jakarta. With increasing frequency and the addition of new routes, AirAsia increased passenger volume to 13.9 million in fiscal year 2007.
During 2007, passengers from the "Accessible Environment and Accessible Transportation Group" protested against airlines for their refusal to fly passengers completely immobilized. They claim that people with disabilities are discriminated against when booking tickets online; The airline's chief executive said it did not deny passengers in wheelchairs.
On September 27, 2008, the company announced 106 new routes to be added to the list of 60. The number of terminated routes that have been discontinued has not been disclosed.
In August 2011, AirAsia agreed to form an alliance with Malaysia Airlines through a stock exchange. The alliance was destroyed by the Malaysian government, which essentially canceled the deals of both airlines.
In early 2013, AirAsia's profit increased 168% on a year-on-year basis compared to the same period in 2012. For the quarter ended December 31, 2012, the airline's net profit totaled 350.65 million ringgit (114.08 million US). Despite a 1% rise in average fuel prices, the airline posted a net profit of 1.88 billion ringgit for the full fiscal year 2012.
In February 2013, AirAsia submitted an application to the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of India, through its investment arm, AirAsia Investment Limited, to seek approval to begin operations in India. AirAsia was asked to take a 49% stake in the Indian airline, which is the maximum allowed by the Indian government at that time. AirAsia is committed to investing up to US $ 50 million in this new airline. The operation will begin in Chennai, expanding its network throughout South India, where AirAsia already operates flights from Malaysia and Thailand.
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Company affairs
The headquarters is Red Quarters (RedQ) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Selangor. The registered office is at 13 Tower Tower B in Petaling Jaya.
The airline moved its headquarters to 613,383 square feet (56,985.1 m 2 ), a RM140mil facility built in klia2 on November 7, 2016. Until the new headquarters is opened, the airline's headquarters remains at LCCT. The new klia2 headquarters are scheduled to open by the end of 2015. It is scheduled to accommodate about 2,000 AirAsia and AirAsia X employees. Aireen Omar, CEO of AirAsia Country Malaysia, stated that the headquarters needs to be redesigned because in klia2 the planned control tower location has been changed. Construction of the facility is scheduled to begin in July 2014. Malaysia Airports Holdings leases the land to be occupied by headquarters. An AirAsia X flight attendant named "RedQuarters" or "RedQ", and the groundbreaking ceremony was held in November 2014.
Affiliated airline
AirAsia China
China Everbright Group, Henan Working Group and AirAsia Berhad have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to establish low-cost airlines in China as a joint venture. AirAsia China will be headquartered in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, where the new low-cost carrier also plans to build special low-cost transport terminals, flight training academies and MRO facilities. AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes said, "We chose Zhengzhou as our base because of its strategic and important location as a logistics center.As China's gateway to Europe, Zhengzhou is at the center of a large rail, road and air network that forms linchpin from China's development plan for its central and western regions With President Xi Jinping's vision for One Belt, One Road, Zhengzhou will be more important, at least as the heart of the low-cost air travel in North Asia. "China Everbright Group is a conglomerate focused on financial services and is controlled by the State Assets Supervisory Board and the State Administration Commission. Henan Working Group represents the state government of Henan. AirAsia already operates joint ventures in India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand and will relaunch its activities in Japan. It also recently announced plans for a JV in Vietnam. The AirAsia Group has served 15 destinations in China, but has not yet operated from/to Zhengzhou, where China Southern Airlines is the dominant operator currently controlling about 23% of its weekly capacity in accordance with the flight capacity module.
AirAsia Vietnam
Southeast Asia LCC AirAsia plans to establish a new budget airline in Vietnam in a joint venture with Vietnamese partners, AirAsia announced in a statement to the Malaysian Stock Exchange on March 31, 2017. The new Vietnam LCC is expected to begin operations in early 2018 The company said that the joint venture has just been signed by a wholly owned subsidiary, AirAsia Investment Limited (AAIL) with Gumin Company Limited (Gumin) of Vietnam, an entrepreneur Tran Kien Kong and Hai Au Aviation Joint Stock Company (JV Co) on March 30, 2017. Gumin will have about 69 , 99% of the new LCC, AirAsia will have 30% and Tran will have the rest. According to AirAsia, the new venture will require VND 1 trillion ($ 44 million) investment, and the Kuala Lumpur-based company will contribute 30% of it after increasing internal funding. AirAsia said that the geographic location of Vietnam provides the foundation and support for the joint venture plans to operate underserved domestic and international routes that focus primarily on providing domestic connectivity to major cities in Vietnam as well as internationally to ASEAN, China, Korea and Japan from 3 Main hubs are Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi, and Da Nang. Vietnam is also the fifth largest aviation market in Southeast Asia after Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. This is the fastest growing airline market both in the world and in Southeast Asia in 2015 and 2016. In terms of passenger trains (domestic and international), Vietnam's airplane passenger train by 2016 is 52 million, with its growth dwarfing ASEAN peers , 'mapping approximately 28% year-on-year growth in 2016 vis-ÃÆ'-vis the average growth of its ASEAN players by about 10%. Vietnam's domestic and international markets have also doubled since 2013 and 2011 respectively. The growth of domestic passengers in 2016 is about 25% while international growth is more than 30%. Under the plan, AirAsia will enter the aviation industry competition market in Vietnam and challenge current LCC players - VietJet and Jetstar Pacific.
AirAsia India
In October 2012, Air Asia management said that they would like to have more presence in India if the aviation environment and a conducive and friendly tax structure for low-cost flight operations. With the new Indian Government allowing foreign direct investment up 49% in the aviation sector, airline CEO Tony Fernandes tweeted "Fantastic news that India has opened investment for foreign airlines." He said that it is now easier for him to set up an airline in India. Tony Fernandes calls a joint venture with Tata Sons a wedding made in heaven . He said that Tatas knew India very well and had a good reputation. Bonding with the company will help AirAsia operate efficiently. Fernandes says that he will concentrate mainly on the one million South Indians who travel by train. AirAsia announces India's cheap affiliate carrier on February 19, 2013. The airline will be operated as a joint venture, with AirAsia holding 49% of the airlines. Arun Bhatia took 21% and Tata Sons 30% of the remaining shares in the airline. The joint venture will also mark the return of Tata Sons to the airline industry after 60 years. AirAsia is the first foreign airline to establish an affiliated carrier in India. The airline is headquartered in Chennai and plans to make Chennai International Airport its center. Later, the airline's main hub was diverted to Kempegowda International Airport, Bangalore. The company's initial AirAsia flight in India with the Bangalore-Goa route begins on June 12, 2014. The airline announces that Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi will be the hub for North India operations.
Japanese AirAsia
AirAsia Airlines and Japan All Nippon Airways network announced their joint venture at a press conference in Tokyo on July 21, 2011. Once established in August 2011, AirAsia Japan flew its first flight in August 2012. AirAsia Japan is the first low-cost airline based in Narita International Airport. Its formation was announced just months after ANA announced the creation of Peach, a low-cost carrier based at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, and simultaneously with a joint effort by Japan Airlines to establish low-cost affiliates. ANA was selected to partner with existing low-cost carriers for efficiency and strategic advantage. This is the fifth fifth carrier for AirAsia and the ninth for ANA. It is headquartered next to ANA in Tokyo, with its main operating base in Narita, and serves domestic purposes, using AirAsia brand and service model. Future international destinations planned in the future include the Philippines, South Korea, and Taiwan.
AirAsia Japan suspended operations on October 27, 2013 after announcing the dissolution of its joint venture in June 2013.
In a press release on July 1, 2014, AirAsia announced the relaunch of AirAsia Japan brand. The first flight is scheduled to depart in summer 2015, but is delayed. AirAsia Japan was finally relaunched on October 29, 2017, with 2 daily flights from Nagoya to Sapporo.
AirAsia X
AirAsia X is AirAsia's long-distance operation. Franchising is able to reduce costs by using a common ticket that takes into account pieces of shiysystem, aircraft livery, employee uniforms, and management styles. AirAsia X is also affiliated with Virgin Group and Air Canada. On May 17, 2007, Tony Fernandes announced plans to start a flight from Malaysia to Australia. Fernandes said he would avoid Sydney Airport because of the high cost. Instead, airlines will concentrate on cheaper alternatives such as Melbourne's Avalon Airport, Williamtown Airport in Newcastle, and Adelaide Airport. The ongoing tariff is estimated at around MYR 800 (A $ 285) for the return fare, plus taxes. Interest is also disclosed in using the Gold Coast Airport as another Australian destination. On May 14, 2007, AirAsia confirmed that they have ordered 15 Airbus A330-300, 5 more than previously announced. The aircraft is scheduled for delivery from the fourth quarter of 2008. On March 27, 2008, AirAsia signed a contract for 10 other Airbus A330-300s so the airline's total order became 25. AirAsia X received its first A330 on October 31, 2008 in Toulouse, France. As of February 14, 2008, 48% of AirAsia X is owned by Aero Ventures; businesses of Tony Fernandes, other prominent Malaysians, and Robert Milton of Air Canada. Virgin Group owns 16% and another 16% is owned by AirAsia. Bahrain-based Manara Consortium, and Japan-based Orix Corp. have taken a 20% stake in AirAsia X for RM250 million.
In April 2018, AirAsia X canceled the 10 A350-900 orders they ordered in 2009 due to higher prices on the plane, the airline has declared interest in ordering the Boeing 787-10 and the decision will be made in 2018 later.
As of June 2018, the fleet consists of 22 Airbus A330-300 aircraft, the airline has 3 Airbus A330-300 and 66 Airbus A330-900 in order.
Indonesia AirAsia & amp; Indonesia AirAsia X
Indonesia AirAsia operates scheduled domestic flights, international services and is the Indonesian airline of Malaysia's low-cost airline AirAsia. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta. As of July 2010, Indonesia Air Asia, along with many Indonesian airlines, was banned from flying to the EU due to security concerns. However, the ban was lifted in July 2010. The airline was established as Awair in 1999 by Abdurrahman Wahid, former chairman of the Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama. He owns a 40% stake in the airline he released after being elected president of Indonesia in October 1999. On December 1, 2005, Awair changed its name to Indonesia AirAsia in line with other AirAsia branded airlines in the region. AirAsia Berhad owns 49% stake in the airline with Fersindo Nusaperkasa owning 51%. Indonesian law prohibits majority foreign ownership of domestic civil aviation operations.
Indonesia AirAsia X is a joint venture of AirAsia X. The airline serves international long-distance international flights scheduled internationally from Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport. Indonesia AirAsia X launches its first flight to Taipei on January 29, 2015.
Indonesia's low-cost airline AirAsia is likely to cease its operations as an independent operator, and joins AirAsia subsidiary, Indonesia AirAsia X.
Philippines AirAsia
Philippines AirAsia is a joint venture between Philippine and AirAsia investors. The Philippine group includes Antonio Cojuangco, Jr., former owner of the Associated Broadcasting Company with TV5 flagship TV station Micheal Romero, real estate developer and port operator, and Marianne Hontiveros. The joint venture was approved on December 7, 2010 by the Investment Board, an institution in the Philippines responsible for big ticket investment. AirAsia Zest Airways, Inc., operating as AirAsia Zest (formerly Asia Spirit, and Zest Air), is a joint venture between AirAsia & amp; AMY Holdings Inc., a company with a Zest-O company in the Philippines. The airline operates scheduled domestic and international tourist services, primarily a feeder service that connects Manila and Cebu with 24 domestic destinations to support trunk route operations from other airlines. In 2013, the airline becomes a twin airline AirAsia Philippines operates their brand separately. Its main base is located at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, and with a hub at Mactan-Cebu International Airport, Cebu. It was founded as Asian Spirit, the first airline in the Philippines to run as a cooperative. It was renamed Zest Air in March 2008. On 16 August 2013, the Philippine Civil Aviation Authority (CAAP), the governing body of the Philippine Government for civil aviation, suspended Zest Air flights until further notice of security issues. Less than a year after AirAsia and Zest Air's strategic alliance, the two companies rebranding as AirAsia Zest on September 18, 2013.
On August 15, 2011, Philippines AirAsia received delivery of its first new aircraft, the Airbus A320 arriving at Clark International Airport in Clark, Angeles City, Pampanga. On November 8, 2011, Philippines AirAsia received both A320 shipments. On February 7, 2012, the airline received an Air Operator Certificate from the Philippine Civil Aviation Authority granting permission to airlines to fly in the Philippine airspace.
Thai AirAsia & amp; Thai AirAsia X
Thai AirAsia is a joint venture between AirAsia and Asia Aviation in Thailand. Thai AirAsia launched its domestic operations in February 2004. It operates regularly scheduled domestic and international flights of AirAsia from Bangkok and other cities in Thailand. Thai AirAsia is the only low-cost carrier that operates domestic and international flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport. The airline transfers all operations from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Don Mueang International Airport from 1 October 2012. Thai AirAsia is 55% owned by Asia Aviation, 45% owned by AirAsia International, 39% owned by King Power The airline sponsors Thailand's Buriram United football team, SCG Muangthong United, Chonburi, Osotspa Saraburi, BEC Tero Sasana, Chiangrai UTD, Esan United, Chainat, Samut Prakan CUTD, Bangkok United, FC Phuket, Krabi, United Air Force, Nakhon Phanom, Loei City, Trang and Football Association referee Thailand.
Thai AirAsia X is the first cheap long distance carrier in Thailand. It is scheduled to start operating in June 2014. After delaying the planned launch for the first quarter, Thai AirAsia X will launch its inaugural service from Bangkok to Incheon, South Korea on June 17 and then embark on regular flights to Japan. Narita Airport in Tokyo and Osaka around July.
Destination
Fleet
The total fleet of AirAsia (excluding subsidiaries) consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2018):
Fleet renewal
Previously operating Boeing 737-300, AirAsia is now fully converted to Airbus A320-200.
In June 2011 AirAsia ordered 200 Airbus A320neos at the Paris Air Show. The planes will initially be available by 2015, and the deal is one of the largest ever for commercial aircraft in one order. The deal is worth US $ 18 billion in list price, although AirAsia will get a big discount from that price. The deal makes one of AirAsia Airbus's biggest customers. On December 13, 2012, AirAsia ordered more than 100 Airbus A320 jets, dividing it between 64 A320neo and 36 A320ceo. At Farnborough International Air Show in 2016, Air Asia ordered 100 A321neos at an estimated cost of US $ 12.6 Billion dollars at list price. Air Asia plans to fly this larger aircraft to airports that have infrastructure constraints. AirAsia received its first A320neo in September 2016.
With this, the total number of orders AirAsia has placed for the Airbus A320 family rose to 575, reaffirming its position as the largest airline customer for Airbus single aisle line product line.
Services
On board
AirAsia offers "Snack Attack," an on-board purchase program that offers food and drinks to purchase. Air Asia is accredited by the Syariah KL Index, and in accordance with Sharia law it does not serve alcohol or pork. However, this applies only to regional AirAsia group flights, and not to AirAsia X flights, which sell wine and beer on the plane.
Frequent flyer program
AirAsia took the first step to start its own frequent flyer program. The airline has signed an agreement to start a joint venture with Tune Money financial services company to launch a program called "BIG". Under this program, loyalty points will be given to AirAsia's customers and third party merchants. Points can then be used to redeem AirAsia flights.
Controversy
AirAsia maintains a policy of no refund on most of its commercial routes. In 2014, the Company initiated a partial refund policy restricted to flights departing from South Korea after receiving hundreds of tariff disputes claims that led to the South Korean government recommending a change in its policies.
Awards and acknowledgments
The World Airline 2012 award at Farnborough Airshow ranked airlines as the best low-cost airline in the world.
AirAsia has been designated as the best low-cost airline in the world for nine consecutive years including the latest award for 2017.
See also
- List of Malaysian airlines
- List of airports in Malaysia
- Transport in Malaysia
References
External links
- Official website
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