air asia start flight to france

Malaysian Low-Cost Airline AirAsia X landed at Orly International airport, with Airbus A340 plane at 15:40, marking its first flight into Paris, France.

Air Asia X has chosen to fly to Paris Orly airport instead of the regular international Charles de Gaulle airport. Again this is in line with its London route where the airline uses Stanstead airport. The strategy has proven successful for two reasons. Firstly, the landing fees are considerably cheaper as these are secondary airports. It also means that connecting passengers can use one of the many low cost budget carriers to make a connecting trip. As Paris Orly airport is the busiest French airport for domestic flights, this will put Air Asia X in a more prominent position to serve the whole of France and not just Paris.

In celebration of the first flight into Paris, AirAsia X is offering promotional low fares across the AirAsia network. The airline is not just offering guests special fares to Kuala Lumpur from as low as €229/RM679 (all in fare) one way from Paris but also unbelievable promotional fares via its new “Fly Thru” services. The new connecting “Fly Thru” services which was recently introduced to facilitate a more convenient transit process for connecting guests across selected destinations on the AirAsia X and AirAsia network via its hub in Kuala Lumpur is also offering promotional connecting fares one way from Paris to Indonesia (Bali, Jakarta, Medan and Surabaya) with fares from as low as €269*, from €319* to China (Chengdu, Tianjin, Hangzhou), from €329* to Taiwan(Taipei), from €249 to Singapore, from €279* to Thailand (Bangkok) and from €439* to New Zealand (Christchurch). Guest who opt for this service no longer have to clear immigration in Kuala Lumpur low cost carrier terminal, nor go through the hassle of checking in their luggage twice in order to connect to their onward destinations or worry about transit visa applications. The fares for the above promotion are available online for the booking period from 14 to 20 February, 2011 for the travel period between 1 September to 10 November, 2011.