Thursday 28 Mar 2024
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KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): AirAsia Bhd aims to offer wider connectivity across Malaysia and India under both country's proposed new bilateral air services agreement.

News reports indicated the new agreement would enable Malaysia-based airlines to fly more passengers from Malaysia to India. It was reported that the number of seats approved for Malaysia would rise by 1,861 passengers to 22,531.

AirAsia executive chairman Datuk Kamarudin Meranun said in a statement today: "AirAsia as a group operates 109 international flights weekly to 13 destinations in India, which is relatively small as compared to the size of the country. We look forward to working closely with Tourism Malaysia and India to grow tourist arrivals on both ends as we aim to provide wider connectivity between India, Malaysia and ASEAN."

Kamarudin is also AirAsia X Bhd group CEO. AirAsia issued its statement in conjunction with the airline's participation in Malaysia Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's six-day visit to India from March 30 till today (April 4).

At Bursa Malaysia today, AirAsia shares rose two sen or 0.6% at 11:47am to RM3.13 for a market value of RM10.39 billion. The stock saw some four million shares traded.

 

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