AirAsia X celebrates move to Gatwick Airport

London – Get ready for a celebration, as AirAsia X is officially moving its station in London from London Stansted International Airport to Gatwick Airport with its inaugural flight departing from Gatwick Airport at 17:25 this afternoon.

To commemorate this event, AirAsia X the Malaysian based long haul, low fare affiliate of AirAsia is offering guests the opportunity to walk the streets of Kuala Lumpur, explore the variety of shopping malls and markets, and view the whole of the city from the Petronas Towers for only £229 from London to Kuala Lumpur.

Guests who prefer a more luxurious long haul flying experience can grab this opportunity to try our Premium Fly Flat bed seats from London to Kuala Lumpur for ONLY £921. These seats are equipped with standard business class specifications of 20” width, 60” pitch and stretches out to 77” in full recline position. The Premium Fly Flat bed seats also include universal power sockets, adjustable headrests and built-in personal utilities such as tray table, drink holder, reading light and privacy screen.

AirAsia X’s decision to switch from Stansted to Gatwick Airport is to provide guests with a larger variety of connectivity options as travellers arriving into London via Gatwick Airport can conveniently choose to either connect domestically or internationally from its wide range of available flights, trains and buses to get into London City, Europe and beyond. With better connectivity to various countries and cities, AirAsia X hopes to drive in more passengers from its feeder network in South East Asia to visit and explore the vast travel opportunity in London and Europe via Gatwick Airport.

Head of Commercial AirAsia X, Darren Wright said, “From our first flight into London back in March 2009 till today, we are strong supporters of our London – Kuala Lumpur route and are always looking for ways to improve ourselves to increase passenger traffic in and out of London. With that being said, we believe that our move into Gatwick Airport will help this route grow as we are now providing guests with greater choices for connectivity such as better and faster rail and bus connections into London, Europe and beyond via Gatwick Airport.

“Besides that, we will also play our part by continuing to stand by our motto, “Now Everyone Can Fly X-tra Long” providing guests with value for money fares and promotions to entice our South East Asian travellers to experience London and Europe,” concluded Darren.

Travellers to Australia, New Zealand, China and Taiwan can also take advantage of this celebration with our fabulous Fly Thru flight deals with affordable value for money fares from London to Australia (Perth, Melbourne) from £339, New Zealand (Christchurch) from £369, China (Hangzhou) from £319 and Taiwan (Taipei) from £309.

These Fly Thru flights provides guests transiting in Kuala Lumpur with a seamless connection to their onwards flight into London by eliminating the need for immigration clearance or a transit visa when they arrive in Malaysia. Upon arrival in Kuala Lumpur, guests will be given access to the transit hall linking to the departure lounge where guests can rest, eat and shop before their connecting flight arrives.

AirAsia X will commence flights from Gatwick Airport to Kuala Lumpur Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) with 3 flights weekly for the month of November and increasing it up to 5 or 6 flights weekly during winter from December 2011 till March 2012. Grab the exclusive flights deals from 24 – 30 October 2011 with travel period from 10 January – 31 March, 2012.