KUALA LUMPUR (May 6): AirAsia Group Bhd said all of its entities performed better in March, in terms of total number of passengers carried, compared with February.

AirAsia Malaysia recorded an increase of 84% in passengers carried month-on-month, while AirAsia Philippines and AirAsia Indonesia reported a growth of 57% and 29% respectively.

AirAsia Thailand, meanwhile, managed to more than double its number of passengers carried in March, compared with February.

"AirAsia expects to see solid domestic demand in its key Asean markets in the next few quarters, as the majority of the population receives their vaccinations, and due to strong pent up demand," the group said in a statement today.

For the first quarter of the year, however, the group recorded a 90%  across-the-board decline in total passengers carried to 976,968, from 9.85 million in January-March, 2020.

The decline for AirAsia Malaysia was 92%, while for AirAsia Indonesia, AirAsia Philippines and AirAsia Thailand, it was 82%, 91% and 78% respectively.