While other airlines struggling,AirAsia Bhd and its sister airline AirAsiaX are still expanding and plan to fly to several destinations in India this year. According to AirAsia Group Chief Executive Officer  Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes, people are still travelling and switching from premium travel to low-cost travel.

AirAsia started off with flights to Trichi in Tamil Nadu at the end of last year . The destinations on the India list include Hyderabad (October), New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kochi, Madurai and Calcutta.

AirAsia takes on routes whose durations are four hours and below while AirAsiaX plies routes beyond five hours.

For record, AirAsia and AirAsiaX fly 114 routes covering 64 destinations. The AirAsia chief said even Colombo and Maldives are on the cards this year but he would not reveal the schedule dates for the flights.

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