KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysian aviation group, AirAsia X, yesterday reported its seat capacity surged by over 26 times higher, year-on-year, at 818,422 seats flown in the second quarter of 2023.
In a statement, AirAsia X attributed the increase to additional aircraft being brought into service, and network further enhanced, compared to the preceding quarter.
The company has also achieved a passenger load factor of 76 percent, up by 47 percentage points, year on year, as compared to 29 percent a year ago.
Over the past 12 months, the company’s operations have normalised, reporting remarkable growth of 25 times higher, year on year, in available seat kilometre (ASK) capacity, to achieve 3.509 billion.
The group’s number of passengers carried, totalled 621,984 in the second quarter, indicating a surge to 70 times higher, year on year.
On a quarterly basis, the number of passengers carried increased by 23 percent against the preceding quarter.
During the quarter under review, AirAsia X launched flights to Bangkok, Beijing and the Gold Coast, on top of ramping up its frequency to fly daily to Australia’s Sydney, Melbourne and Japan’s Osaka, to meet improved consumer demand.
AirAsia X’s total fleet size stood at 17 A330s aircraft, as of the end of Jun, 2023, with 11 aircraft now activated and operational.– NNN-BERNAMA