Langkawi direct flight to Shenzhen by AirAsia delayed to 9 Aug

 
By Anthony Tan
VIRGIN Communications 
email: anthonykhtan@yahoo.co.uk

AirAsia Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Aireen Omar, who earlier announced its third direct international flights from Langkawi to Shenzhen, China would commence operations on 16 July but will now take off on 9 August.

Sky Bridge - One of the icons of Langkawi not to be missed. This is the longest free span and curved bridge in the world completed in 2004. The 125 metre bridge is suspended from a single 82 metre high pylon held 100 metre above ground. The bridge can accommodate to maximum capacity of 250 people at any single time.

Aireen first made the announcement of this thrice weekly flight (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday). at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) 2017 in the presence of Minister of Transport, Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai. 

Aireen shaking hands with Liow. Looking on in white shirt is Langkawi Development Authority CEO Dato’ Azizan Noordin.

She said, “We announced Langkawi as our international hub two years ago during the last LIMA, and are proud to announce another international direct connectivity that will further grow Langkawi’s position as a premier holiday destination in the region.

“AirAsia has always been committed towards expanding the markets that we operate in, and Langkawi is no exception. The number of passengers flown year-on-year into Langkawi has also

The Icon of Langkawi - The Eagle Has Landed

increased by 30% from 2015 to 2016.”

“There is so much potential for Langkawi and we know with the resources we are putting in such as the marketing initiatives, we can expand the market demand for Langkawi from Shenzhen. AirAsia looks forward to working with all parties, especially from the tourism industry on both ends to ensure that we optimise on this new route.”

Langkawi, being AirAsia’s first route to be operated in 2001, currently serves five routes with 106 weekly flights. Two of them are international destinations (Singapore and Guangzhou) while the rest are domestic flights (Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor Bahru). 
 

Shenzhen @ Nightscape

Shenzhen is situated just across the border from Hong Kong and 

it is a beautiful coastal garden city in South China.

With this new initiative, Langkawi is set to attract more tourist arrivals from China as the island offers sun, sea and sand attractions.

Since its inaugural flight in 2007, the airline has flown 4.3 million guests in and out of Shenzhen, bringing in high local and international passenger traffic into the city. 

Celebrating its tenth anniversary flying into Shenzhen, China, AirAsia was now offering 35 weekly flights from Shenzhen to South-East Asia. 
 
The average load factor for this year for the three routes from Shenzhen recorded a performance of over 85%, placing AirAsia as the leading foreign airline, in terms of flight frequency and passengers flown into Shenzhen.

To celebrate the occasion, AirAsia is offering all-in fares as low as RM256 from Kuala Lumpur to Shenzhen and RM257 from Kota Kinabalu to Shenzhen. 

Route	Flight No	ETD	ETA	Flight Frequency
Langkawi – Shenzhen	AK 1712	2210hrs	0220hrs (next day)	Mon, Wed, Fri
Shenzhen – Langkawi	AK 1713	0325hrs	0715hrs	Tue, Thu, Sat

 
Bookings for this new route can be made on AirAsia’s website as well as AirAsia’s mobile app on the iPhone and Android devices.
  

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