{"id":75128,"date":"2024-11-16T18:11:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T12:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=75128"},"modified":"2024-12-28T11:54:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T06:24:48","slug":"airasia-sri-vijaya-puram-and-nairobi-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/16\/airasia-sri-vijaya-puram-and-nairobi-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"AirAsia Begins New Flights to Sri Vijaya Puram and Nairobi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR-<\/strong> AirAsia (AK)<\/a> has announced the commencement of two international flights from its operating base, Kuala Lumpur (KUL) <\/a>to Sri Vijaya Puram (IXZ) and Nairobi (NBO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malaysia-based AirAsia X operated the Nairobi, Kenya flights with A330 while AirAsia inaugurated Sri Vijaya Puram (previously known as Port Blair) flights with A320s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: AirAsia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

AirAsia Nairobi Flights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, November 15th, the airline announced that its medium and long-haul subsidiary AirAsia X had touched down in Nairobi<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flight D7 101 operated by 9M-XBI departed KLIA at 7:41 pm and landed in Kenya’s capital at 11:00 pm local time, right on schedule, after an 8-hour and 18 minutes journey from KLIA. The 285-seater Airbus A330-300 had a 90-minute turnaround before returning to Malaysian shores in 9 hours and 16 minutes airborne as D7 102.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AirAsia announced that the outbound flight had a 90% load factor and the inbound plane was approximately 70% full. D7 101’s sending off and D7 102’s arrival was done in the company of some of the airline’s senior-most staff members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D7 101 has a block time of 9 hours and departs Kuala Lumpur at 7 pm local time before touching down at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at 11 pm. D7 102 is scheduled to depart Nairobi at 12:30 am EAT and return to its base at 3:10 pm MYT after a block duration of 9 hours 40 minutes. The flight will operate four times per week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nairobi is AirAsia X’s first destination in Africa and it hopes to provide travelers from within Asia with a reliable low-cost option to and from the safari city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: AirAsia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First International Flight of Sri Vijaya Puram<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AirAsia started flights to Sri Vijaya Puram (Port Blair)<\/a> as well. They are the first carrier to operate international flights to and from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The maiden flight operated as AK55 <\/strong>by an Airbus A320-200 (9M-AJT) touched down at Veer Savarkar International Airport at 10:13 am IST on Saturday, November 16, 2024, after a 1-hour 52 minutes hop across the Indian Ocean from Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The return journey commenced after a 35-minute turnaround as AK54 lifted off from Sri Vijaya Puram at 11:19 IST and landed back in the Malaysian capital of KL after 2 hours and 25 minutes in the air. This flight will be operated thrice weekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from Malaysian travelers, other Southeast Asians will also have more convenient accessibility to scenic Indian destinations as previously, travellers needed to connect via Bengaluru or Chennai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sri Vijaya Puram is the 20th Indian destination served presently by the AirAsia group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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