Summary AirAsia Malaysia will begin flying to Port Blair. It will be Port Blair's only international route and the carrier's shortest Indian service. Helped by multiple other Indian destinations added this year, the airline plans record capacity to the country.
AirAsia Malaysia is the pan-Asian low-cost carrier's original and largest unit. Its schedule update over the weekend to OAG disclosed a never-served-before Indian route. Beginning in November, it will fly from Kuala Lumpur to Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Welcome, Port Blair! The 754 nautical mile (1,396 km) route begins on November 16. It will be the carrier's shortest Indian route and will cover half the distance of number two, Kuala Lumpur-Bhubaneswar. For context, Port Blair is so far from the Indian capital, New Delhi, that it is nearly the same distance from Hong Kong.
The route, which will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, is scheduled as follows, with all times local. Flights will be available to book soon. Notice that passengers will 'time travel': due to the block time being less than the time zone change, they'll arrive in India before they take off.
Kuala Lumpur to Port Blair : AK55, 10:40-10:20 Port Blair to Kuala Lumpur : AK54, 10:55-16:15 Find Indian flights here! What is the demand? Booking data shows that the point-to-point market was almost nonexistent in 2023. I wonder what incentives AirAsia Malaysia has received to launch flights. It would be logical to sa.