Malaysia's low cost carrier AirAsia bid good-bye to Boeing aircraft in Malaysia as its remaining Boeing 737 made its last flight on Tuesday.
The aircraft carrying passengers from Kota Kinabalu, capital of Malaysia's eastern state of Sabah, to the Low Cost Carrier Terminal, some 70 kilometers south of here, was greeted by AirAsia Group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes.
AirAsia said that the retirement of the B737 marked "the dawn of a new millennium" for the company as it now fully operated on an all Airbus 320 fleet for its Malaysian operation.
AirAsia started its services since December in 2001 with mere two B737s. As of December 2007, AirAsia became the largest airline customer of Airbus 320 with a total order placement of 225 A320s.
The company said that the A320 was reputed for its high reliability and low operating costs and it had gradually phased out its original fleet of Boeing 737s recently to make the way for the new and more fuel efficient A320s.
AirAsia currently operates a total of 50 Airbus A320 aircraft. Its existing eight B737s in Thailand and another ten in Indonesia are also being replaced gradually by A320s, the company said.
Source:Xinhua
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