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Quoting behramjee (Reply 2): |
Quoting mercure1 (Reply 4): There likely as result be a good seat gap which AAX can likely exploit. Also remember AAX is simply not about KUL, but offers wide variety of connection markets on sister companies and assume by 2018 these companies will be even bigger with more destinations feed opportunity. |
Quoting behramjee (Reply 5): The primary target of AAX is point to point traffic bound to Malaysia and not overly reliant on transfer flow. |
Quoting Directorguy (Reply 6): Didn't Air Asia X operate to London, albeit briefly, via DXB during the 2000s? |
Quoting LAXintl (Reply 7): Quoting behramjee (Reply 5): The primary target of AAX is point to point traffic bound to Malaysia and not overly reliant on transfer flow. You realize that as of 2015Q3, 56% of passengers on Air Asia X flights are connections right? They operate very much along the lines of tradition carrier in that regard. Anyhow, come 2018 with growth of consumerism in Asia, the local market should grow also. There should be growing demand to access the UK from Malaysia and other nearby markets hopefully. Back to the point, I think it would be great to see them in Europe again, and further disrupt the market a bit more for MAS and others. |
Quoting behramjee (Reply 10): The 56pct transit number you are mentioning herewith is it via KUL to Asia ie international to international or does it include transit via KUL to Malaysia domestic too? Because the stat that I had when they operated Paris and London in the past on the ex AC A343s was that Malaysia being the final destination constituted 76% of the flight load. |
Quoting LAXintl (Reply 11): It would have ability to sell London from across its network and draw people far and wide. It has much more than simply reliant or battling it out on KUL-LON. |
Quoting PatrickZ80 (Reply 12): It's just not the right destination for them. |
Quoting LondonCity (Reply 13): |
Quoting BestWestern (Reply 1): BA is extensively and professionally advertising their 787-9 service in KUL and on the airport express from the airport these days, and showing their first cabin (not mentioning its first though), so they must be somewhat struggling in the market. They are up against a double daily A380 with great MH service too. |
Quoting LondonCity (Reply 13): But as the Gulf carriers expand in SE Asia/Australasia they too can offer UK passengers one-stop flights, often at keen fares which include extras (catering/drinks/checked bags/IFE) for which D7 charges extra, to points throughout that region. D7 started flyingex-STN with return fares from £198. But in its final days of operation that price had increased subststantially. The point is that not all UK travellers live in the London area. A good number come from the N of England and Scotland from where the Gulf carriers are active. So if I live in Edinburgh and I want to fly D7 then it's going to cost me roughly £100 extra (return) to join a D7 flight ex-LGW to KUL or elsewhere on the network. |
Quoting spud757 (Reply 14): In Europe, and especially at LGW, it would be good if D7 could work out a connection deal with U2. Yes, I appreciate U2 do not offer connections but this could present a unique opportunity for two carriers with a common business model to link their LON and KUL hubs. An alternative LCC to work with out of LGW would be DY. |
Quoting mercure1 (Reply 15): As a Malaysian carrier it is. Like MAS CEO Mueller said just last week in interview about Europe routes. "London has never been questioned as a destination in our network. London is basically so big, so important to Malaysia, for a variety of reasons, that we would never have contemplated touching that route" |
Quoting BestWestern (Reply 1): BA is extensively and professionally advertising their 787-9 service in KUL and on the airport express from the airport these days, and showing their first cabin (not mentioning its first though), so they must be somewhat struggling in the market. They are up against a double daily A380 with great MH service too. |
Quoting col (Reply 18): So anyone flying LHR to KUL, use MH, better plane, better crews and they don't rip you off. |
Quoting BlueShamu330s (Reply 20): and February is hardly high season. |
Quoting gabrielchew (Reply 3): I heard the AMS loads were still pretty good when MH dropped it. |
Quoting BlueShamu330s (Reply 20): and February is hardly high season |
Quoting IndianicWorld (Reply 19): Anecdotally, I've done the return 3 times in the last 5 weeks. every sector has been overbooked, one had J overbooked by 8, and February is hardly high season. Ticket prices were £1190 for a W class return, £2700 for a J return and £3800 for an F/J combo. Every flight went out full. |
Quoting PatrickZ80 (Reply 23): Then it's time to look for other options, perhaps make a transfer somewhere instead of a direct flight. EK mostly has some good deals. DY might also be an option, despite the fact that you need feeder flights at both end of the line. Mostly you can get a far better deal if you consider options like these. |
Quoting BestWestern (Reply 21): If everything is so rosy and all flights are full, why is the airport express and arrivals hall plastered with adverts? |
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Quoting PatrickZ80 (Reply 23): Quoting IndianicWorld (Reply 19): Anecdotally, I've done the return 3 times in the last 5 weeks. every sector has been overbooked, one had J overbooked by 8, and February is hardly high season. Ticket prices were £1190 for a W class return, £2700 for a J return and £3800 for an F/J combo. Every flight went out full. Then it's time to look for other options, |
Quoting BlueShamu330s (Reply 24): but it doesn't stop them from slapping adverts all over T5 at LHR... |
Quoting BestWestern (Reply 26): One of the big issues in Malaysia at the moment is that local yields are depressed due to the collapse in the MYR. |
Quoting BlueShamu330s (Reply 24): Why? What I get from the BAEC via status turns into value in the ticket price I pay. I dislike EK, its brassy brashness and the fact I can't get a decent sleep if the journey is broken up into two mid-haul 6 hour sectors. I loathe bottom feeder DY and its trading ethics. When you make >12 hour trips son a regular basis, other factors become more important than simple cost; convenience, speed of transit and loyalty rewards factor more for me, so BA and One World beat the two you mention every time; plus, with MH being a fellow OneWorld carrier, I can through check my baggage to my local Malaysian destination at point of origin, even if my MH domestics are on a separate PNR. |
Quoting LJ (Reply 25): Why? GBP 2,700 for a return LHR-KUL-LHR in J is very cheap. |
Quoting LondonCity (Reply 27): More European airlines than today used to fly to KUL many years ago. But during the last Asian economic downturn some years ago, they withdrew their flights because of the plunging value of the Malaysian dollar. Indeed at one time, BA used to route some its kangaroo route flights via KUL in addition to BKK/SIN. |
Quoting PatrickZ80 (Reply 29): Maybe, but not everyone wants to fly J-class. Most people are satisfied with Y-class and just want the best price. |
Quoting LJ (Reply 30): Yet the discussion was about how succesfull BA is on LHR-KUL. |
Quoting readytotaxi (Reply 28): Air AsiaX J product on the A330, is that the old lay flat on a slant type seat? |