AirAsia X Adds Airbus A330 Routes To China’s Xi’an and Changsha

Summary AAX resumes flights between Kuala Lumpur and Changsha, expanding routes to China. Airline aims to strengthen foothold in China with 6th nonstop route. CEO Benyamin Ismail optimistic about growth in Malaysia-China tourism and trade opportunities. When China fully reopened to travel last year, much of the attention was on the major Chinese carriers to see how they would resume operations and where they would deploy the hundreds of aircraft that had spent so much time on the ground. While domestic travel in China is booming, there is still ground to make on international routes, although the AirAsia airlines are…