Air Asia drops SYD-KUL

[markis10]

From Australian Aviation

AirAsia X will axe its Sydney-Kuala Lumpur route to redeploy capacity elsewhere in Australia.
The low-cost carrier has cited “increased cost pressures, softer demand and the need to strategically align the airline’s network and fleet” in its decision to suspend the A330 flights between Sydney and the Malaysian capital, with Melbourne and Perth to see increased services instead

From December 2026, Perth-Denpasar services will increase to 35 flights per week, while the strong performance of Melbourne-Kuala Lumpur will see the route return to daily services. Perth-Kuala Lumpur has also experienced significant growth, with frequencies set to steadily increase to 14 flights per week.

 

[kpc]

That is a shame!

Wonder if we will see Kul-Wsi vv when it returns. Presumably landing costs at Syd have gone up a lot!

 

[moa999]

Wow. Very surprising - and a big boost to OD (Batik Malaysia) and MH.

Recently booked a daytime KUL-SYD flight back after the hastily arranged Malaysia by Bahrain F1 and it wasn't particularly cheap.

 

[Saab34]

They seem to be after more finance also. The fact they are offloading NEOs to other operators also highlights they have a cash issue. The Indo and Phil offshoots have been scaled back considerably.

Crazy to think they have 400 A321s and 150 A220s on order.

In 2018 they ordered 100 A330Neos. 2 got delivered, then got re leased elsewhere. That order got cancelled. Seems like they ordered the A350 also in 2009, that plan got cancelled a decade later.

 

[LionKing]

AirAsia drops Sydney-Kuala Lumpur flights

The low-cost carrier has cited “increased cost pressures, softer demand and the need to strategically align the airline’s network and fleet” in its decision to suspend the A330 flights between Sydney and the Malaysian capital, with Melbourne and Perth to see increased services instead.

australianaviation.com.au

It is sad that AirAsia is dropping SYD, which means Malaysians are losing a great option to go home.

I am concerned this would have a negative impact to reward availability on MH moving forward.