AirAsia increases KL-Taipei flights

KUCHING: Low-cost airliner AirAsia Bhd (AirAsia) has announced that it will increase its direct Kuala Lumpur-Taiwan frequency to nine flights weekly, which will commence on April 15.

INCREASED FREQUENCY: Photo shows tourists from Taipei arriving at Kota Kinabalu International Airport from AirAsia’s inaugural Taipei-Kota Kinabalu flight. The low-cost carrier plans to add more flights to-and-from the Chinese republic beginning this April 15. — Bernama photo

In a press release yesterday, the carrier said the introduction of the new frequency has been slated towards meeting rising demands and higher load-factors from the Asean region and beyond.

Following its successful launch of Kuala Lumpur-Taipei route last year, AirAsia has continued to boost its international connectivity to Taipei by launching more new destinations from its hubs in the region, namely Kota Kinabalu and Bangkok. These have brought the airline’s total number of weekly flights to-and-from Taipei to 23.

Its regional head of commercial Kathleen Tan commented, “The response has been extremely good for this route and we are running at an average of 80 per cent load-factor since its launch on July 1 last year. The demand for the existing routes made it very clear for the need to introduce additional flights. The mounting of frequency is a testament to AirAsia’s commitment  of  making  travel accessible and affordable to all.

“It will also provide both business and leisure travelers with more flexibility and greater choice to connect onto AirAsia and AirAsia X’s extensive route network across Asean countries.”

Recently, the low-cost carrier bagged the  award for outstanding contributions to Taiwan’s tourism industry over the year by actively publicising various attractions, launching of travel promotions and aggressive marketing campaigns that had driven high travel demands and growth to the Chinese republic.

“Taiwan has always been a popular destination for holidaymakers due to its shopping and gastronomic paradise. Many Taiwanese are also interested to visit Malaysia and other cities in the region with low fares. Furthermore, with the great timing for our additional flights from Taipei and our vast network across South East Asia, Taiwanese can now conveniently connect to other long haul destinations by AirAsia X such as Australia, the UK and India, via Kuala Lumpur as the gateway,” added Tan.

In conjunction with these additional flights, AirAsia will also be introducing its ‘All-in-Fares’ from as low as RM99 (Taiwan dollar 990) for one-way travel on the route. Booking starts now until March 5 for the travel period between April 15 and October 30 this year.  Promotional seats are limited and will only be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Further, bookings should be made exclusively online.