Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Thai AirAsia adds 10 more jets

SINGAPORE : Thai AirAsia (TAA) aims to enlarge its fleet with 10 additional jetliners to its current 40 in order to penetrate the vast burgeoning markets of India and China.

Tony Fernandes, group chief executive of AirAsia, said the Thai unit of AirAsia needs more planes to capitalise on the "massive" market potential in the world's two most populous countries.

"We can use these additional planes to fly to India where we just scratched the surface, and China too," said Mr Fernandes.

"With one billion in population, India is a huge travel market, and Indians love to come to Thailand. Look at TAA's daily flights from Bangkok to Mumbai and Delhi - they are full every day. We can potentially do......

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