AirAsia X passenger traffic jumps 49 % in 1Q

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) carried 504,476 passengers in the first quarter (1Q23), up 49% from 337,638 passengers in the fourth quarter of 2022, driven by the New Year holidays and spring season travel demand.

The carrier, in a statement, said the impressive performance was on the back of increased seat capacity which grew by 47% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to 630,069 seats while available seat kilometres (ASK) surged by 71% to 2,899 million.