AirAsia X carried fewer than 2,300 passengers in second quarter

Long-haul low-cost carrier AirAsia X carried only 2,291 passengers during the three months ended 30 June. By comparison, the Malaysian carrier had flown nearly 1.46m passengers in the same period of 2019. The average load factor on AirAsia X flights in this year’s Q2 was just 38%, down from 80% a year. Capacity, as measured in available seat-kilometres, was shrunk some 99.6%, and traffic in revenue passenger-kilometres was down 99.8%. “The company had announced the temporary hibernation of its fleet towards the end of the first quarter of 2020,” says AirAsia X. “To date, the hibernation remains in place as international borders at our destinations remain closed.” It adds: “During 2Q20, the company maintained only minimal operations in supporting repatriation of travellers as well as freight and cargo services. The total number of sectors flown on charter and cargo basis totalled up to 146 during the period."<br/>