AirAsia X Berhad saw its 2Q23 seat capacity surge by over 26 times higher year-on-year (“YoY”) at 818,422 seats flown as the group was supported by the additional aircraft brought to service.
The airline has also demonstrated significant operational improvement across all other key metrics, achieving a Passenger Load Factor of 76%, up by 47 percentage points YoY as compared to 29% for the corresponding quarter ended 30 June 2022. Over the past 12 months, the Company’s operations have normalised, reporting remarkable growth of 25 times higher YoY in Available Seat Kilometres capacity to achieve 3,509 million.
Additionally, the number of passengers carried totaled 621,984 in 2Q23, indicating a surge to 70 times higher YoY. On a quarterly basis, the number of passengers carried increased by 23% against the preceding quarter, slightly surpassing the 21% increase in ASK capacity for the same period.
In terms of our associate, AirAsia X Thailand carried a total of 311,337 passengers, an increase of over 28 times YoY, while ASK capacity grew by 44 times YoY to 1,805 million in 2Q23. In April 2023, AirAsia X Thailand launched flights to Shanghai, and increased flight frequency for Tokyo to 14x weekly as medium haul low cost travel demand continues to grow.
AirAsia X’s total fleet size stood at 17 A330s as of the end of June 2023, with 11 aircraft now activated and operational, while AirAsia X Thailand’s total fleet size remained at eight A330s, with five aircraft activated and operational.
The PN17 company seeks to remove itself from the status as its regularisation plan will be ready and presented in coming days.
