AirAsia Bhd chief executive officer Aireen Omar said being the first airline in the world to operate the Airbus A320 with sharklet wing tips would help drive costs further down and enable the airline to optimise revenues thus maintaining its low cost leadership.
The sharklet wing tips would be fitted on previously ordered, newly built Airbus A320's for the low cost carrier. The sharklets would cut fuel bills by about 4% and could either increase range by about 100 nautical miles (185km) or allow a payload increase of up to 450kg.
"Cost is always a key focus for AirAsia Group which has seen other key initiatives throughout the year such as our recent relocation of operations in Thailand to a dedicated low cost terminal," she said after taking delivery of the first Airbus A320 with sharklets at the Airbus Delivery Centre here on Friday.
-thestar online.
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