I-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia ethwala ixabiso eliphantsi le-AirAsia inqanaba elilandelayo lophuhliso liya kwintsimi engazange ihoywe kakhulu ngezinye iinqwelomoya kude kube namhlanje: iimarike zesibini. Ngokudodobala koqoqosho kwimibono yokukhula kwiindawo zayo eziphambili, i-AirAsia ithatha ithuba lokoyisa iimarike zedolophu yesibini. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, yiCebu Pacific kuphela eye yafudukela kwiimarike zesibini kwiiPhilippines ezineendawo ezimbini ezintsha eCebu naseDavao. Nangona kunjalo, zombini iimarike azikakhonzwa yi-AirAsia.
Ukujonga abathwali belifa kummandla, i-AirAsia ayinakwenzeka ukuba ijongane naluphi na ukhuphiswano olunzima kwixesha elizayo. E-Thailand, i-Thai Airways iye yawugqiba ingcinga-phantsi koxinzelelo lukarhulumente-yokuba neendawo ezimbini zengingqi (eChiang Mai nasePhuket). Inkampani yeenqwelomoya iye yarhoxa ekugqibeleni kwezi zixeko zibini njengoko ibingakwazi ukwenza inzuzo.
Ibali elifanayo lenzeka kunye neMalaysia Airlines (MAS), eyanqumla inani leenkonzo zayo zamazwe ngamazwe ukusuka eKota Kinabalu naseKuching (Borneo) kunye nasePenang emva kokuhlengahlengiswa kwayo kwi-2006. I-MAS ukususela ngoko iqalise i-subsidiary yexabiso eliphantsi, i-Firefly, enendawo encinci ePenang. Nangona kunjalo, kwiinyanga ezili-18 ezidlulileyo, i-airline ivule kakhulu iifrikhwensi ezintsha ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseKuala Lumpur eSubang.
Kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo, i-AirAsia sele iphuhlise uthungelwano olubanzi lwe-point-to-point ngaphandle kwe-Kuching, i-Kota Kinabalu kunye ne-Johor Bahru e-Malaysia. Ithagethi yayo entsha kukuseka ii-hubs ezine, ngeli xesha ePhuket (Thailand), Penang (Malaysia) kunye naseBandung naseMedan (Indonesia). Ukufika kwe-14 entsha ye-Airbus A320 iya kuya ikakhulu kwii-subsidiaries zayo zase-Thai nase-Indonesia. Ngaphandle kwePhuket, iThai AirAsia ijolise kwiindawo eTshayina naseHong Kong. Sele idibaniswe neBangkok, iJakarta kunye neMedan, iPenang ifumana iindlela ezintsha eziya eMacau kwaye kungekudala ukuya eSingapore.
E-Indonesia, ukususwa kwerhafu yemali kubahlali base-Indonesian ebekwe kwisigidi se-Rupiah ngohambo (i-US $ 95) ngokuqinisekileyo iya kuvuselela imfuno yezothutho zomoya. I-Bandung Inabemi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezibini zabemi, zombini i-Bandung kunye ne-Medan zibonakala ngathi ziimarike ezifanelekileyo zokukhula komthwali weendleko eziphantsi.
I-Medan yeyona nto ifanele izuze kakhulu kwiqhinga le-AirAsia. Isixeko lelona ziko loqoqosho libalulekileyo laseSumatra kwaye kude kube ngoku liqhagamshelwe eKuala Lumpur, ePenang, eSingapore naseHong Kong. Kananjalo ayinazo iinqwelomoya ezingamisiyo ukuya kwezona ndawo zinkulu zase-Indonesia ezifana ne-Bali okanye iSurabaya. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya esitsha siza kuvulwa ekupheleni kwalo nyaka, sinika amandla okulinda ixesha elide kubakhweli abazizigidi ezisi-7 kwisigaba saso sokuqala sophuhliso. Ukukhula kwamandla okuthenga e-Indonesia, inkxaso eqinile evela kuluntu lwezoshishino ePenang kunye nezibikezelo ezilungileyo zekamva lezokhenketho zasePhuket - nangona kunjalo ngaphambi kwe-2010-ziimpawu ezimiselweyo kwisicwangciso se-AirAsia.
Umngcipheko omkhulu othwalwa bubukho be-AirAsia kwiimarike zesibini kukuxhomekeka ngokugqithisileyo kwezikhululo zeenqwelo moya kumthwali weendleko eziphantsi. Kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo, ukufika kwe-AIRAsia sele kuguqulelwe kwisiphelo sobukho babanye abathwali kwiindlela zamazwe ngamazwe.
