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AirAsia Group Shuts Down Its Japanese Low-Cost Carrier

Matthew Parsons

Photo Credit: AirAsia Japan had been operating domestic and international flights from its base in Chubu Centrair International Airport since July 2014. AirAsia

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The airline said there was no visibility and certainty of a post-pandemic recovery path. Alarmingly, that could sum up most travel companies' predicaments today.

AirAsia Japan has ceased operations, citing flight reductions, cancellations and grounding of aircraft — factors that have "weighed heavily" on the low-cost subsidiary, it announced on Monday. The airline, part of Malaysia’s low-cost carrier AirAsia Group, had been operating domestic and international flights from its base in Chubu Centrair International Airport, in the Aichi Pref

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