AirAsia India: Start daily flights to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur by end of year 2018

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To make the flying easy, AirAsia India is ready to start daily flights to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur by the end of year 2018. It is already known that government has eased the rules for airlines to fly abroad. With the daily flights to Bangkok and Kuala, international travels will be promoted.

The daily services will begin from Bengaluru and Kolkata to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. The other routes for which permission demanded are Bengaluru-Kuala Lumpur, Kolkata-Dhaka, and Hyderabad-Kuala Lumpur.

As per an interview to reputed newspapers, Amar Abrol, the CEO of AirAsia India, “We are looking at end of 2018 or definitely by early 2019. Our group airlines have a meaningful presence in those two cities (Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok), all we need to do is to go and land there.”

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Relaxation by Government by Aviation sector
In year 2016, the government had relaxed the 5/20 rule. As per previous rule 5/20, for flying overseas it was important for carriers to have a fleet of minimum 20 aircraft and five years of operational experience. But now this rule has been relaxed. Although the 20 aircraft rule is still mandatory, there is waiver in the requirement of five years of domestic operations.

AirAsia India
AirAsia India is a joint venture of Tata Sons and Malaysia-based AirAsia Berhad. It is an Indian low cost carrier with headquarters in Bengaluru, India.

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