AirAsia X, iyo inotsigira kureba inodhura yakaderera AirAsia, yakazivisa nemufaro muLondon kutangwa kwesevhisi yenguva shanu pasvondo pakati peKuala Lumpur neLondon Stansted airport. Ndege dzichatanga munaKurume 11 nemari dzinopihwa kubva pasi pe £99 (US$149) nzira imwe chete.
Mukuru weAirAsia, Dato Tony Fernandes akabatwa neshungu zvakanyanya paaitaura nezverwendo rutsva urwu: “Ndaigara ndichishuvira kuti rimwe zuva ndikwanise kupa ndege dzinodhura kuenda kuLondon, ndichinakidzwa naFreddie Laker neSkybus yayo. Zvatakatarisana nazvo munguva yakapfuura seSARS, kushorwa kubva kundege dzemonopoly kana kukwira kwemitengo yemafuta zvakakodzera kurwadziwa sezvo isu pakupedzisira takabudirira kuita kuti kurota uku kuzadzike: kubhururuka kuenda kuEurope, uye kunyanya kuLondon, "akadaro.
Iyo Airbus A340 ichapa mazana maviri nemakumi masere nevatanhatu huwandu hunosanganisira makumi matatu ezvigaro zvepamusoro.
Tichitarisa mune ramangwana, AirAsia CEO anoramba akashinga. Anofanotaura kuti nzira itsva inogona kuva yekufambisa nendege "inosimuka maawa mana kusvika mashanu oga oga. Zvinobva zvatibatsira kuti tiwedzere kudzikisa mari. Wadii pa£49 (US$72) neimwe nzira,” akawedzera.
Tony Fernandes akazvipira kuita kuti AirAsia ive mhando yepasi rose. Makumi maviri nematatu Airbus A330s ari kuodha uye anosvika maviri ekuwedzera Airbus A340 anogona zvakare kuwedzerwa.
Sarudzo yeLondon Stansted yaive pachena kuna Fernandes. "Takasarudza Stansted kwete chete nekuti isu tine mamiriro akanaka emari ari kuuya asiwo nekuda kwekubatana kwayo kwakanaka sezvo yakabatana nemaguta zana nemakumi matanhatu muEurope yese," akadaro. Iine Kuala Lumpur hub yayo inopa ndege kuenda kunzvimbo makumi masere nematanhatu muAsia, neIndia ichaverengerwa munguva pfupi, Kuala Lumpur inogona kuve iyo pendant kuStansted segedhi rinodhura.
Achibvunzwa kana AirAsia haina kudziviswa nekutadza kweOasis Hong Kong, Fernandes akapindura kuti: "Oasis haina kupa chero chinongedzo kunze kweHong Kong uye yanga iine network yakakura iyi yekubatanidza kuti irambe ichishanda. Oasis yakashayawo kukwezva kwepasirese iyo AirAsia inonakidzwa nhasi semhando yepasi rose. "
Kuchengetera nzira yeLondon kwakatangwa mwedzi wapfuura.
