I have little idea how difficult it is to get to and from a country like Malaysia and/or whether a new airlines there is needed, but here’s some new news for folks who are interested. According to this piece over at Yahoo, Malaysian aviation tycoon Tony Fernandes launched a new long-haul budget airline named AirAsia X, which will start flying to destinations in China and Britain in July.
The new airline is expected to carry some 500,000 passengers in first year of operations, and will ultimately cover China, India, Europe, Australia, Asia and the Middle East. Funny that North America was left our of the equation, but perhaps we have enough budget airlines covering these routes from the US as it is.