Female Pilot : Congratulations !!

Assalamualaikum and morning ladies and gentleman. salam satu aviation toooo yaa.

Here wanna share some about one of our female pilot. Air Asia captain. CAPTAIN NORASHIKIN ONN !!! 

AirAsia's Captain Norashikin Onn soars even higher! 

A proud moment for us as our very own AirAsia Allstar, Captain Norashikin Onn, was honored with the Anugerah Kesatria Puteri at the National Young Women's Gathering organized by Puteri Umno and Sekretariat I.D.E.A! Twelve awards were given out to those who have excelled in their fields such as medicine, arts, sports and business. 

Captain Noras

hikin is the first female flight commander in AirAsia and she is also the first female flight commander for wide body aircraft commercial airlines in Malaysia.

Here's our Captain's advice to young women - "Be courageous in pursuing your dreams. Nothing is impossible. Reach for the skies!"

In AirAsia, we believe in self-empowerment and equal opportunities for everyone!

Source: Air Asia facebook page . 

Pray for me ya to be as her too soon .InsyaAllah. Aaaminnn :)

Good day ~

Malaysia's AirAsia X starts Sydney-KL flights April 2

    AirAsia X is will begin daily flights from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur on April 2nd, giving business travellers to Malaysia an alternative to national flag-carrier MAS.

The low-cost airline's daily service from Sydney (D7-223) will depart at 10.55am and arrive into Kuala Lumpur at 5.25pm; the return red-eye (flight D7-222) will leave KL at 11.45pm for wheels down into Sydney at 9.45am the next day.

(The first KL-Sydney flight will depart Kuala Lumpur on April 1st.)

The service will run on an Airbus A330 with a 'Premium' business class cabin of 12 seats which convert into an inclined or sloping flat-bed (as opposed to a 'lie-flat' bed which collapses into a fully horizontal position).

But with 20 inch seat width, 60 inches of pitch (and a 77 inch length when fully reclined), laptop power and all the other usual niceties, matched to the KL-based challenger's keen prices, it could prove a compelling alternative to Malaysia Airlines...

One caveat is that travellers will arrive at Kuala Lumpur's drab Low Cost Carrier Terminal, which is almost a 'second airport' without any integration into KLIA.

Another is that, with AirAsia X dropping flights from KL to London (and Paris) from the end of March, we'll miss out on a cost-effective KL version of the Kangaroo Route

AirAsia X to cut long-haul services

High costs and low demand have pushed AirAsia X, the long-haul, low-cost airline launched by Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, to withdraw from Europe and cut flights to India.


                    Azran Osman-Rani, the airline’s chief executive, said that high fuel prices and costs related to Europe’s emissions trading scheme “compromise our ability to offer the low fares that AirAsia X is known for”, while the weak European economy and “exorbitant” taxes such as the UK’s air passenger duty had depressed demand.


          The cuts underscore the difficulties that airlines face in trying to adapt a low-fare model for longer routes where fuel costs, and passenger expectations, are higher.

   Longer distances limit the impact of traditional cost efficiencies, such as reducing turnround times in order to squeeze in extra flights. “There are no gains to be had sweating the assets,” said Gerald Khoo, an analyst at Espirito Santo. “With seven- to 14-hour flights, even if you cut your turnround times, you’re not going to get in an extra one.”

 AirAsia X, an affiliate of Kuala Lumpur-based AirAsia, will stop flying to London, Paris and New   Delhi at the end of March and to Mumbai by the end of this month. The airline now flies to London Gatwick six times a week, Paris and Mumbai four times weekly, and daily to New Delhi.

       Mr Fernandes said on Twitter that the airline would instead expand elsewhere, including Jeddah, Korea, Japan, Australia and China. “Pioneer AirAsia X is learning. It’s now got the magic formula and will soar. One aircraft type and the right range,” tweeted the entrepreneur known for his trademark red baseball cap.

The move also reflects the budget airline’s new co-operation with Malaysian Airline System, the country’s flag-carrier. AirAsia and MAS agreed to a share swap and partnership last August. The unprofitable MAS is trying to revive itself by focusing on the premium end of the market. The airline has pulled out of some budget routes on which it had competed with AirAsia and will upgrade its own service to London by using a new A380 on the route.

Despite AirAsia X’s troubles with its long routes, other Asian airlines are also trying out low-frills models. Singapore Airlines is in the process of launching a low-cost affiliate, Scoot, which it first announced last May. Its first route will be between Sydney and Singapore and it is expected to begin flying later this year.

                Scoot will compete directly with Jetstar, the highly successful budget subsidiary of Australia’s Qantas. The fast-growing Jetstar is joining up with Japan Airlines and Mitsubishi Corp, the Japanese trading company, to launch Jetstar Japan.