AirAsia X resumes flights to Melbourne

AirAsia X (AAX) has resumed its service to Melbourne, as one of its key destinations to return post-pandemic. 

The flight from Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne had strong passenger loads on both flights, signaling a strong rebound in demand for travel and a boost for Malaysian and Australian tourism.

Following the recent return to Sydney and with the resumption of services to Melbourne and Perth this week, AAX will reconnect a total of 24 flights weekly to three key destinations in Australia.

AAX also plans to recover over 50% against its pre-pandemic flight frequency to Australia by the third quarter of 2023. This return to Melbourne will also allow AirAsia X to review adding more services in order to meet this strong growth forecast in passenger demand.

Benyamin Ismail, CEO of AAX said: “Australia was our very first destination to fly to, back in November 2007 when we commenced operations. It has always been one of our core destinations with strong demand for two way travel which is historically proven.

“Our recently resumed Sydney services are already proving very popular and we are thrilled to now return to Melbourne as one of our top priority markets to return to first post-Covid alongside two more services down under commencing this week to Auckland and Perth, thanks to popular demand.”

Lorie Argus, CEO of Melbourne Airport said: “We are thrilled to welcome AirAsia X back to the Melbourne Airport family today.

“Malaysia is an important market for Victoria for business, leisure and education travel. We know that our customers are happy to have the airline back here, offering even more choices for getting to Asia and beyond and driving competition.”