AirAsia X posts 27% increase in passenger load


Flying high: A fle picture shows AirAsia X cabin crew Ami Yamamoto (right) and Tasya Diana having a closer look at prices after the listing of the airline in 2013. The airline says operating performance in the second quarter exceeded expectations due to demand across all regions.

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) carried 1.03 million passengers in the second quarter of 2016, an increase of 27% from 810,944 passengers in the same corresponding quarter last year.

In a statement, the airline said despite historically being the leanest quarter, operating performance in the second quarter exceeded expectations due to demand across all regions, following the ongoing turnaround plan initiated last year.

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