AirAsia to get CFM support

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia is to fully reactivate its 204 aircraft, supported by a refreshed agreement with its long-term partner and engine provider CFM International.

The low-cost airline said CFM’s focus on improving fleet stability on-site and around-the-clock virtual monitoring of AirAsia’s LEAP-1A engine operation provided a crucial catalyst for AirAsia to reinstate its full fleet across the group.

Capital A chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said in a statement the company has made enormous strides in bringing back its planes and restarting operations, balancing a mismatch of the cost of 204 planes and the revenue from flying an average of 143 planes this year.