The low-cost airline Air Asia X wants to ramp up its route network quickly due to the sharp rise in demand. Although the focus is on medium-haul routes, the company will fly back to London from Kuala Lumpur.

It also begins flights to Dubai and Istanbul, Tokyo-Haneda, Honolulu (via Osaka), Sapporo and Sydney. Routes to Delhi and Seoul are currently operational. The Capital A subsidiary wants to be in the air with 2022 machines by the end of 15. In direct comparison with the fleet size that existed before Corona, this means a decrease of 24 aircraft.

The company announced that it will gradually reinstate pilots and flight attendants placed on unpaid leave during the pandemic. However, it is unclear how many employees the low coster can actually persuade to return.

Air Asia X was already considered to be in deficit before the crisis. With the long-distance flights one flew in high losses. In the course of the pandemic, debt restructuring was carried out. Without this company information after the restart would not have been possible. In the future, they want to concentrate primarily on medium-haul flights from Kuala Lumpur, but also remain active on long-haul routes to a lesser extent. Rapid expansion is not to be expected.