Bhubaneswar: AirAsia has announced its plans to resume services between Bhubaneswar and Kuala Lumpur with thrice-weekly flight starting from May 28.
This is part of the airline’s ongoing efforts to bolster air connectivity between Malaysia and India. “AirAsia remains steadfast in our commitment to explore more unique routes between our countries and further grow our footprint so that more of our guests can travel affordably. Bhubaneswar is a city that beckons tourists from near and far, renowned for the rich history and heritage deeply embedded in its culture and architecture, and we’re thrilled to resume this long awaited route,” Bo Lingam, the group chief executive officer of AirAsia Aviation Group Ltd, said in a statement.
In view of resumption of flights to Bhubaneswar, the airline has put up tickets on the route for sale from now till March 17 with a starting fare of only RM199 (Rs 3,494.03) all-in-one-way. It will charge Rs 4,999 between Bhubaneswar and the capital city of Malaysia between May 28 and June 18.
The promotional fares are available for booking on airasia.com and the AirAsia Move app, which was previously known as ‘airasia Superapp’, it added.
With this, AirAsia will be flying directly from Kuala Lumpur to Trivandrum, Chennai, Tiruchirappalli, Kochi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar (flights to commence on May 28) Jaipur (flights to commence on April 21), Visakhapatnam (flights to commence on April 26) and Ahmedabad (flights to commence on May 1). Medium haul affiliate airline AirAsia X Malaysia (flight code D7) also provides two direct routes from Kuala Lumpur to New Delhi and Amritsar with 8 flights weekly.
