Malaysia’s klia2 welcomes AirAsia’s first flight to land at a week old airport

By Anthony Tan | Virgin Communications

email: anthonykhtan@yahoo.co.uk




Flight AK 539 was given the traditional water cannon
shower on arrival



Flight AK 539 from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to Kuala Lumpur was the first AirAsia’s to land at a week old klia2 marking its official acceptance to move from LCCT Sepang to klia2.


Flight AK 539 arrived at 3.40pm and was received by AirAsia Berhad Executive Chairman Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, AirAsia Berhad CEO Aireen Omar, MAHB Managing Director Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad Abdul Majid and MAHB Senior General Manager Operation Services Dato’ Azmi Murad, who were at the terminal to welcomed the passengers.



From left to right: MAHB Senior General Manager Operation Services Dato’ Azmi Murad, AirAsia Berhad Executive Chairman Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, MAHB Managing Director Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad Abdul Majid and AirAsia Berhad CEO Aireen Omar 

 

 

The first domestic AirAsia flight to touch down at klia2 was AK6311, from Langkawi, at 4.30pm.

 

With effect from 9 May 2014, 3,550 AirAsia operations staff and 70 aircraft (AirAsia Berhad with 54 Airbus A320 and AirAsia X Berhad with 16 Airbus A330) will be based in klia2.

 

A total of 27 flights are scheduled to arrive at klia2 today and another 15 flights in the early hours of 9 May, with the total of 42 flights (21 international and 21 domestic).

 

The airline's first flight to take off from klia2 was flight D70236 to Perth, Australia, after midnight.

 

AirAsia group has been operating out of the LCCT for the past eight years, since 2006. The last AirAsia flights out LCCT were Kolkata-bound AK-63 which left at 10.30pm, and AK 6446 which left for Kota Baru at 9.50pm. The last AirAsia X departure was D7 170, which left for Jeddah at 2.35am.