Chennai: Low-cost carrier AirAsia, which currently operates flights to Malaysia and Thailand from 14 Indian cities, plans to add five more locations from the country to its network by the end of 2024, a senior company official said on Tuesday.
The airline is also pushing the Indian and Malaysian governments to conclude new bilateral agreements to enable direct flights from cities like Madurai, Coimbatore, and Pune and extend the existing pacts to increase the number of flights on existing routes.
“We are currently flying from 14 locations, and we will launch flights from Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam to Kuala Lumpur in the next 90 days. The services from Patna, Aurangabad, and Kozhikode will begin by the end of this year. We will reach 19 cities by the end of 2024,” Kesavan Sivanandam, AirAsia’s Chief Airport & Customer Experience Officer, said.
