AirAsia X reviews long haul networks

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia X is reviewing all its long haul networks in view of increasing fuel price and airport charges, Chairman Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz says. She said some routes were no longer viable as charges and costs had been raised in all overseas airports it was flying to.

The most effective operations for the company were seven and eight-hour flights in order to keep up the profitability, she said in reply to a question whether AirAsia X will withdraw its Kuala Lumpur-Christchurch-Kuala Lumpur route.

Speaking to reporters at the National Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Malaysia Lecture Series here today, she said: "You can fill up the flights but it is still not making money if the cost keep on increasing like petroleum. "Every airline is facing this problem and AirAsia X is no different," Rafidah said. 

-Bernama.