The low-cost long-haul arm of AirAsia will begin budget flight services between Tokyo and
Kuala Lumpur from December, becoming the first foreign low-cost carrier to use Tokyo's downtown Haneda airport.Air Asia X is targeting young Japanese who want to visit but haven't been able to because of the current high fares, AirAsia X Chief Executive Azran Osman Rani said at a press conference in Tokyo.Earlier this month, All Nippon Airways Co. (9202) said it will launch a low-cost carrier next year with other partners, including
Hong Kong-based private equity fund First Eastern Investment Group. The new carrier will have short-haul routes out of Kansai International Airport in Osaka, western Japan.
