AirAsia is considering charging more for flights departing from Subang Airport, due to its convenience and proximity

SUBANG, July 23 — Low-cost carrier AirAsia today announced plans to introduce a new service called AirAsia Plus, which will charge a surcharge for flights departing from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang.

Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, CEO of Capital A Berhad, made the decision public. He said that travellers prefer to depart from Subang as it is closer to Kuala Lumpur than Terminal 2 of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

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“This is a city airport and people want more and there will be more business travelers because it is easier to get here.

“So AirAsia Plus will be a different product than (KLIA Terminal 2) and in due course we will announce whether there will be a meal, whether there will be extra baggage, there will be all kinds of new innovations introduced here.”

Fernandes said that if this plan works, AirAsia Plus may be introduced on other routes and airports as well.

“This is now a business city airport and people are probably willing to pay a little bit more because there is time value, so Bo Lingam will announce that in the near future,” he said at the launch of the new flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, citing AirAsia Aviation Group CEO Tharumalingam Kanagalingam.

At today’s event, Fernandes announced that AirAsia will return to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, where the company started 23 years ago.

There will be 14 weekly flights, with the first scheduled for August 30, 2024.

Datuk Fareh Mazputra, managing director of Air Asia Malaysia, said the reason for returning to Subang was an opportunity.

He said the proximity to the capital would see AirAsia’s domestic flights increase from 920 to 948 per week across 40 routes.

“We hope that with this expansion we can continue to grow in the region and beyond, adding new flights from Subang and also offering international flights,” he said.

AirAsia operated from the then Subang Airport between its establishment in 2001 and 2006, using it as its main hub and operating base.