I-AirAsia X, i-subsidiary ehlala ixesha elide ye-AirAsia yeendleko eziphantsi, ibhengeze ngokuthandwa kakhulu eLondon ukusungulwa kwenkonzo yeveki ezintlanu phakathi kweKuala Lumpur kunye nesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseLondon Stansted. Iinqwelomoya ziyakuqala nge-11 kaMatshi ngeemali zokukhwela ezinikezelwa ukusuka ezantsi njenge-£99 (US$149) indlela enye.
I-CEO ye-AirAsia u-Dato Tony Fernandes uye wabonakala echukumisekile xa wayethetha ngenqwelomoya entsha: “Ndandisoloko ndiphupha ukuba ngenye imini ndikwazi ukubonelela ngenqwelomoya ezifikelelekayo eziya eLondon, emva koko ndithabatheke nguFreddie Laker kunye neSkybus yayo. Into ebesijongene nayo ngaphambili njenge-SARS, inkcaso evela kwiinqwelomoya ezizimeleyo okanye ukunyuka kwamaxabiso epetroli bekuyifanele intlungu njengoko ekugqibeleni siphumelele ukwenza eli phupha libe yinyaniso: ukubhabha ukuya eYurophu, ngakumbi eLondon, ”utshilo.
I-Airbus A340 iya kunika abakhweli abangama-286 umthamo kunye nezihlalo ze-premium ezingama-30.
Ukujonga kwikamva, i-CEO ye-AirAsia ihlala inomdla. Uxela kwangaphambili ukuba indlela entsha inokuba yinkonzo yezothutho “ngenqwelomoya ehamba rhoqo kwiiyure ezine ukuya kwezintlanu. Iya kusinceda ke ukuba siyihlise ngakumbi intlawulo yohambo. Kutheni kungenjalo nge-£ 49 (US $ 72) indlela enye, "wongezelela.
UTony Fernandes uzibophelele ekwenzeni i-AirAsia ibe luphawu lwehlabathi. Ii-Airbus A330 ezingamashumi amabini anesithathu zikwi-odolo kwaye ukuya kuthi ga kwi-Airbus A340 eyongezelelweyo eyongeziweyo nayo inokongezwa.
Ukhetho lweLondon Stansted lwalucacile kuFernandes. “Sikhethe iStansted kungekuphela nje ngenxa yokuba sineemeko ezilungileyo zezimali ezizayo kodwa nangenxa yonxibelelwano olubalaseleyo njengoko idityaniswe nezixeko ezili-160 kulo lonke elaseYurophu,” utshilo. Ngendawo yayo yaseKuala Lumpur enikezela ngenqwelomoya ukuya kwiindawo ezingama-86 eAsia, kunye neIndiya kungekudala iza kubandakanyiwe, iKuala Lumpur inokuba yindawo elengayo yokuya eStansted njengesango elibiza ixabiso eliphantsi.
Ebuzwa ukuba i-AirAsia ayithintelwa kukungaphumeleli kwe-Oasis Hong Kong, uFernandes uphendule wathi: "I-Oasis ayizange inikeze naluphi na uxhumano ngaphaya kweHong Kong kwaye ayinalo inethiwekhi enkulu yokudibanisa ukugcina ukusebenza kwayo. I-Oasis yayiswele isibheno sehlabathi jikelele esonwatyelwa yi-AirAsia namhlanje njengophawu lwehlabathi.
Ukubhukisha indlela yaseLondon kuqalwe kwinyanga ephelileyo.
