KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 (Bernama) — AirAsia, the world’s leading low-cost airline, has announced that its plan to fully reactivate its 204 aircraft, supported by a refreshed agreement with its long-term partner and engine provider, CFM International. CFM’s focus on improving fleet stability on site and 24/7 virtual monitoring of AirAsia’s LEAP-1A engine operation provides a crucial catalyst for AirAsia to reinstate its full fleet across the Group.
CEO of Capital A Tony Fernandes said, “After over two years of Covid, we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. We have made enormous strides in bringing back our planes and restarting our operations, balancing a mismatch of cost of 204 planes and revenue of flying 143 planes on average this year. Today, we have brought back 175 planes. CFM’s fleet stability support brings a vital catalyst for us to return to full activation. I am proud of Asia Digital Engineering (ADE), our own engineering facility, and want to thank each and every one of our engineers for not only doing the day-to-day work but also focusing on the Group’s aircraft reactivation work. We look forward to fourth quarter results when we’re going to see the real performance of AirAsia with the full fleet.”