Indonesia AirAsia X

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Indonesia AirAsia X
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IATA ICAO Callsign
XTIDXRED PHOENIX
FoundedOctober 2014 (2014-10)
Commenced operations19 January 2015 (2015-01-19)
Ceased operations17 October 2020 (2020-10-17)
Operating bases
Parent company AirAsia X
Headquarters Jakarta, Indonesia
Key peopleDendy Kurniawan (CEO)
Website www.airasia.com

PT. Indonesia AirAsia Extra (operated as Indonesia AirAsia X [1] ) was a joint venture of Malaysian long haul low-fare airline AirAsia X and Indonesia AirAsia. The airline ceased all operations on 14 January 2019. [2]

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History

Indonesia AirAsia X is the medium and long-haul operation of the brand Indonesia AirAsia. The franchise keeps costs down by using a common ticketing system, aircraft livery, employee uniforms, and management style. It served two scheduled long haul international flights from Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport to Mumbai and Tokyo until they were both ceased. It also served short haul flights using an Airbus A320-200 from Jakarta, Denpasar and Surabaya, replacing some of Indonesia AirAsia's flights.

Indonesia AirAsia X planned to launch its first destination to Melbourne on 26 December 2014, [3] but had not achieved authorisation from both the Australian or Indonesian governments to fly the route. [4] [5] This led to huge disruption to passengers during the peak holiday season, with many flights delayed or cancelled outright. [6] In January 2015, Taipei was announced as the airline's first route from Bali. The inaugural flight was commenced on 19 January 2015, but ended flights in September 2015. [7]

In late November 2018, the airline announced that it would be ceasing scheduled operations beginning in January 2019. The carrier was still to remain in operation, but would operate as a non-scheduled commercial airline going forward. The airline operated its last scheduled flight to Tokyo on 14 January 2019. [2] Indonesia AirAsia X later ceased all operations on October 17, 2020 and was liquidated as part of the restructuring of AirAsia X along with AirAsia Japan which also ceased the same over similar reason. [8]

Destinations

During its five-year existence, Indonesia AirAsia X flew to the following destinations: [2] [9]

Australia
India
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
Saudi Arabia
Thailand
Taiwan

Fleet

An Indonesia AirAsia X Airbus A330-300 taxiing at Sydney Airport in 2016 Indonesia AirAsia X PK-XRC aircraft at Sydney International Airport.jpg
An Indonesia AirAsia X Airbus A330-300 taxiing at Sydney Airport in 2016

The Indonesia AirAsia X fleet comprised two Airbus A330-300s. In addition, Indonesia AirAsia X had also operated 5 Airbus A320-200s to fulfil the Indonesian government regulation for a new airline to operate at least 10 aircraft within its first year of operation. [10] The aircraft were transferred back to Indonesia AirAsia in October 2018. [11]

As of August 2019 (shortly before closure), Indonesia AirAsia X operated the following aircraft: [12] [13]

Indonesia AirAsia X fleet
AircraftIn
service
OrdersPassengersNotes
PYTotal
Airbus A330-300 212365377
Total2

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