AirAsia has expanded its operations in Malaysia to the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (Subang Airport) with two domestic destinations namely Kuching, Sarawak and Kota Kinabalu, Sabah starting from Aug 30, 2024.
It marks a significant milestone in the airline's history after AirAsia started operations 23 years ago at Subang Airport.
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00:00AirAsia has expanded its operations in Malaysia to the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport with
00:09two domestic destinations namely Kuching, Sarawak and Kota Kinabalu, Sabah starting
00:15from August 30, 2024. It marks a significant milestone in the airline's history after
00:22AirAsia started operations 23 years ago at Subang Airport. AirAsia Malaysia Managing
00:29Director Datuk Captain Fareh Masputra said the expansion complements its operations at
00:36its main hub at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 2, solidifying its position
00:43as the nation's biggest airline in terms of connectivity and capacity.
00:47Make sure that we are always in the lead, we are always a trendsetter, we are ahead
00:52of the curve and creating a new, you know, always new product that will exist and assist
00:59passengers in their travel comfort. We are connecting over 948 weekly flights across
01:08Malaysia, right? And this is not the end, this is only the beginning. The beginning
01:14of a more interesting journey looking at the next five years. We are extremely optimistic
01:20in the future and Subang will be a goldmine, it will be a hub that we want to be in to grow
01:29the nation's aviation industry. Kota Kinabalu and Kuching have always been our trunk route,
01:39a very important route for the connection between Sabah and Sarawak to Peninsular Malaysia.
01:46So naturally this is the first thing that we want to do to ensure that the connectivity
01:51to Subang has always been with Sabah and Sarawak. Then of course we have a list of airport and
01:59destinations that we want to operate when capacity allows us to do it.
02:04He told reporters after launching AirAsia's operations at the Subang Airport on Tuesday.
02:10Earlier, Capital A Berhad Chief Executive Officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes celebrated
02:17the low-cost airline's return to its humble beginnings at the Subang Airport after two
02:21decades in a simple ceremony.
02:23It's great to be back in this airport 24 years after we left. 24 years ago, but there are
02:32many many people who are still in Red Q actually who were with me 24 years ago when we started
02:37AirAsia in December of 2001. In this airport, the two planes, our kind of major major step
02:50forward was this airport where we went from two planes to three planes. That was the start
02:56AirAsia under DRB Haikon had only had two planes for five years. Boy did we grow. We
03:04went from three planes to 240 planes. We have 400 in order. I've lost count of how many
03:12destinations we have and how many routes we have because it was my dream to return back
03:20to Subang one day.
03:22Fernandes also unveiled the new AirAsia Plus experience, exclusive at the Subang Airport
03:28and catered to business travellers. He said as a city airport, Subang will cater to business
03:33passengers who desire additional services beyond the standard AirAsia offering at KLIA2.
03:40I think people in Subang, it's like a city airport in London etc. People will pay a premium
03:50to come to this airport because it's much closer. In my view, our product shouldn't
03:55be low cost, it should be a premium product. What that exactly is, I don't think people
04:04want to be worried about losing their seat or worrying about buying luggage etc. A lot
04:13of the things that are unique for AirAsia, I'll probably change for Subang. So maybe
04:26food will be provided for. We will have different luggage allowances. You don't have to pay
04:34for luggage. So we will give a different product for Subang.
04:40So it means that the AirAsia Plus is only for Subang Airport?
04:44Yes, at the moment. Let's try it. If it works, we might bring it to other airports. But for
04:50the moment, only for Subang.
04:52When can we expect it to be launched?
04:54On the first day. First flight.
04:56First flight.
04:58That means together with August 30th.
05:00Yes.
05:02Fernandes adds the government's decision to revitalise the airport into a regional aviation hub
05:08aligns perfectly with the mission to continue revolutionising the aviation industry.