AirAsia X reopens route to Iran
AirAsia X will begin direct flights to Iran from Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur from late June. The LCC will offer 3X-weekly Airbus A330-300 schedules from both Bangkok’s Don Mueang International and Kuala Lumpur’s KLIA2 airports to Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International. AirAsia X CE Benyamin Ismail said the move will open up a new link “connecting Asia and Australasia with the Middle East.” AirAsia X cancelled its 4X-weekly KLIA-Tehran service in 2012, because of pressure resulting from sanctions and “challenging economic and business conditions,” but was granted a new AOC from Iran earlier this year. Ismail said the revival of direct flights to Tehran from Kuala Lumpur would help improve bilateral relations. The carrier has intimated that plans to expand to a daily service are also under consideration. <br/>
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AirAsia X reopens route to Iran
AirAsia X will begin direct flights to Iran from Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur from late June. The LCC will offer 3X-weekly Airbus A330-300 schedules from both Bangkok’s Don Mueang International and Kuala Lumpur’s KLIA2 airports to Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International. AirAsia X CE Benyamin Ismail said the move will open up a new link “connecting Asia and Australasia with the Middle East.” AirAsia X cancelled its 4X-weekly KLIA-Tehran service in 2012, because of pressure resulting from sanctions and “challenging economic and business conditions,” but was granted a new AOC from Iran earlier this year. Ismail said the revival of direct flights to Tehran from Kuala Lumpur would help improve bilateral relations. The carrier has intimated that plans to expand to a daily service are also under consideration. <br/>
