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AirAsia Cancels Flight Plans to Europe and USA

AirAsia Cancels Flight Plans to Europe and USA

airasia-cancels-flights-europe-usa AirAsia Cancels Flight Plans to Europe and USA
In aviation news, AirAsia has indicated that it will cancel flight plans to Europe and the USA. This was mentioned in a series of Tweets from its CEO, Tony Fernandes, in June 2017.
The news comes as a shock to many, as earlier in 2017, Asia’s largest budget airline strongly indicated that it would resume AirAsia UK flights and also branch out into the west coast of the USA, namely to the state of California.
AirAsia Europe and USA Flights Cancelled

One of the main reasons cited was that the group wanted to maintain its focus on Asia before making any decision about ultra-long-haul flights.

In February 2017, a news report stated that Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, one of the founders of AirAsia, indicated that they had serious plans to venture into Europe and the west coast of the USA, namely Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and San Francisco.

airasia-no-plans-to-fly-to-europe-usa AirAsia Cancels Flight Plans to Europe and USA
Tweets from Tony Fernandes indicating plans not to fly to the UK or USA
Business Traveller has also run a report on this as well as Skift, as the news is hot in the aviation industry now.
AirAsia X had been flying to Paris and London in 2011, and in 2012, they pulled out of both sectors. It was cited that the routes were not cost-effective for the airline, though the flights were full.It is also said that the airline might consider doing so if the timing was right and with a more appropriate aircraft.

AirAsia continues to fly to most countries around Asia, connecting one another through the AirAsia hubs. AirAsia also flies to Hawaii via Japan with AirAsia Japan. The Osaka-Honolulu flights are probably the cheapest in the world too.
Conclusion
If you have hopes of getting a budget flight to the UK or US, they may be shattered for now, but who knows what the future holds. AirAsia has been known to surprise consumers from time to time. But for now, it has cancelled any intentions to fly to Europe and the USA.

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