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Published: Thursday April 2, 2009 MYT 3:08:00 PM

AirAsia to fly to Chengdu and Xian soon


SEPANG: AirAsia Bhd’s long-haul airline AirAsia X, plans to fly to Chengdu and Xian soon.

The AirAsia X flew on its inaugural flight to Tianjin early Thursday morning.

AirAsia group chief executive officer Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes said the airline, which first started flying Kuala Lumpur- Macau route in 2004, would fly to 10 destinations in China this year.

Currently, AirAsia’s other routes to China include Macau, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Guilin and Haikou.

“China is crucial to AirAsia’s expansion plan towards becoming a mojor player in connecting Malaysia and the greater Asean region to East Asia,” Fernandes said at the launch of AirAsia X’s maiden flight to Tianjin by Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat.

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