AirAsia Plans to Add
In 2025, AirAsia plans to add six more routes to its operations.
AirAsia, an airline based in Indonesia, has announced that it will launch six additional local and international flights in 2025. The low-cost airline will add five aircraft to its fleet in order to accommodate this expansion. Increasing the total number of aircraft in service to thirty.
AirAsia plans to add During a ramp check at Terminal 2F of Soekarno-Hatta Airport on Friday. December 27, 2024, Veranita Yosephine Sinaga, President Director of Indonesia AirAsia, said. We intend to add and activate the full fleet. With five additional aircraft now undergoing repair.”
Veranita refrained from revealing which routes will be added in the upcoming year. She did, however, affirm that both domestic and foreign locations will be covered. “As we prioritize a successful end to the current peak travel season. The finalization of these new routes is already ongoing,” she said.
Five new international routes—Jakarta-Kota Kinabalu, Jakarta-Bandar Seri Begawan. Bali-Cairns, Bali-Kota Kinabalu, and Bali-Phuket—as well as one new domestic route that connects. Bandar Lampung and Bali were introduced by Indonesia AirAsia throughout 2024.
During The Third Quarter of 2024.
Indonesia AirAsia operated 32 flight routes. Including 8 domestic and 24 foreign destinations. With a weekly frequency of 399 flights in order to meet the increased passenger demand.
Veranita admitted that a number of issues, such as delays in the acquisition of aircraft spare parts. Prevented some of the 2024 flight plans from being fully implemented.
“The supply of airplane spare parts has been the challenge, since they have been harder to procure than expected since the COVID-19 outbreak,” she said.
As airlines throughout the world struggle to revive their fleets, Veranita pointed out that the post-pandemic aviation business has seen a global shortage of aircraft spare parts. In 2024, AirAsia will have the most foreign flights and the fewest domestic flights among Indonesian airlines, according to data from Airnav Indonesia.
In spite of this, Veranita expressed hope that AirAsia will be able to increase its domestic route network by 2025, which will help the Indonesian economy and tourism industry grow.
