AirAsia aims for 60-70 million passengers a year, from current 36 million

Affordable travel: Artist impression of an Airbus A320 in AirAsia colours. AirAsia has placed a new order with Airbus for 100 more A320 Family aircraft. Fernandes (inset) wants to make air travel affordable and to bring people to Asia. – EPA

BROUGHTON: AirAsia Group, which is buying 100 more Airbus aircraft valued at US$9.4bil as it transforms into an Asian airline, sees the potential to achieve the target of between 60 million and 70 million passengers.

AirAsia group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said the low-cost carrier was in a fantastic part of the world, especially in South-East Asia.