AirAsia Launches Flight From Kuala Lumpur To Shantou, China

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 (Bernama) -- AirAsia Bhd has launched four times weekly direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to Shantou, China, which is available for booking from Wednesday onwards with a promotional all-in-fare from US$20 (RM88) for one-way travel, inclusive of taxes and fees. (US$1=RM4.21) Commencing operations on March 25, 2016, the airline's 14th exclusive route into China from Malaysia, will be operated by AirAsia on the Airbus A320 with a 180 seat capacity, it said in a statement Wednesday. The promotional all-in-fares is available for online booking at airasia.com, as well as the AirAsia mobile app on iPhone and Android devices from now until Feb 22,. The travel period for this promotional all-in-fare will be from March 25, 2016 until Feb 5, 2017. AirAsia Head of Commercial Spencer Lee said there was demand for the route. The group is positive that it would further add towards the number of tourist arrivals from China especially with the recent announcement to relax visa requirement for them, he added -- BERNAMA