The announcement came as a shock to a lot of people, including me. What is really happening?
*AirAsia* <http://www.facebook.com/AirAsia> We�re suspending our services to Abu Dhabi after 21 February. We will resume it later once we are able to have a more economical aircraft to service this route. We remain optimistic about the potential of Abu Dhabi, and we believe with the right aircraft, the economic upside can be very promising, especially if we can pair up Abu Dhabi with another onroute destination. For affected guests, you will be notified by email on your options. You can also opt to write to airas...@airasia. com<http://us.mc585.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=airas...@airasia.com> Summary When AirAsia X was first dreamt up, the vision of a long haul low cost travel was cheered � so why has the dream now evaporated? Analysis AirAsia X had initially identified using Dubai International Airport as the regional �hub-of-choice� to deploy its *ridiculously over-crowded* Airbus A330-300s on flights to Europe and beyond. Quickly realising that Emirates would *absolutely annihilate* this fanciful child-like fantasy, AirAsia X switched attention to the neighbouring emirate of Abu Dhabi � again, hoping it�d be able to set up a hub to poach business into Europe and Africa. And now, AirAsia X has �ruled out� setting up a hub there. * HERE<http://1426.blogspot.com/2010/01/airasia-x-performs-u-turn-on-abu-dhabi.html> *
