 "AirAsia to start Madurai-Kuala Lumpur flights")
AirAsia will start a service this year to connect Madurai in Tamil Nadu to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, the airline’s promoter, Tony Fernandes, has tweeted.
“Having met E M Sudarsan Nachiappan, minister of state, commerce and industry, Government of India, I can confirm AirAsia will start Kuala Lumpur-Madurai this year,” he tweeted.
The airline’s chief had said it would focus more on tier-II cities. Already, the airline connects some of its major destinations from Tiruchirapalli, one of the busy tier-II hubs in Tamil Nadu. After getting approval to launch a low cost airline, Fernandes is touring India. His first stop was at Chennai and Kochi on Saturday. He is planning to visit Mumbai and Delhi.
The new, low-cost airline is a three-way joint venture between AirAsia, Tata Group and Telestra.
“Having met E M Sudarsan Nachiappan, minister of state, commerce and industry, Government of India, I can confirm AirAsia will start Kuala Lumpur-Madurai this year,” he tweeted.
The airline’s chief had said it would focus more on tier-II cities. Already, the airline connects some of its major destinations from Tiruchirapalli, one of the busy tier-II hubs in Tamil Nadu. After getting approval to launch a low cost airline, Fernandes is touring India. His first stop was at Chennai and Kochi on Saturday. He is planning to visit Mumbai and Delhi.
The new, low-cost airline is a three-way joint venture between AirAsia, Tata Group and Telestra.
Fernandes, a football fan, also tweeted, “Got to say Chennai is a great city. Would be a great place for a football club. Chennai Rangers.”
The airline has said one of the modes it would look at while building its brand in India is sports.
The airline has said one of the modes it would look at while building its brand in India is sports.
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