AirAsia launches on-board WiFi service

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Bhd, which has launched its onboard wifi services on four aircrafts, plans to expand this service to 19 planes by year-end. 

Chief executive officer Aireen Omar said the low-cost carrier will expand the service to its Malaysian-registered fleet first before extending it to foreign affiliates. 

Declining to reveal the investment cost for the wifi service,  AirAsia group head of engineering Anaz Ahmad Tajuddin said the airline intends to incorporate the wifi service to all 80 of its Malaysian aircrafts by the second quarter of next year. 

"We hope to have all 160 aircraft equipped with the service by next year," he said.