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AirAsia X facing multiple safety investigations in Australia

AIRASIA X is facing its sixth investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau in 18-months, after another incident in southeast Queensland.

Last Saturday, October 8, an AirAsia X A330 was diverted from the Gold Coast to Brisbane when its wing flaps failed to fully deploy.

As wing flaps work to slow down an aircraft on landing, it was feared the aircraft would overshoot the runway at Coolangatta and plough into traffic.

Instead flight D7-200 was diverted to Brisbane where fire trucks were placed on standby and other aircraft cleared from the runway ahead of the landing.

AirAsia X confirmed the diversion “due to a minor technical issue”.
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AirAsia X’s Australian expansion could include Brisbane, Canberra, Nth Queensland

Malaysia’s AirAsia X is considering the launch of services to several new gateways in Australia. Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Canberra and Townsville are all under consideration as the medium/long haul low cost group resumes expansion.

AirAsia X is also considering launching nonstop flights from Kuala Lumpur to Auckland. The airline launched services to Auckland via the Gold Coast in Mar-2016 and the route has so far exceeded its expectations, prompting it to consider a nonstop product for Auckland and one-stop services to secondary destinations in New Zealand.

This is the second in a series of analysis reports on AirAsia X. The first report looked at the resumption of capacity expansion in the Australia-Malaysia market in 2016 with additional flights to existing markets. This report focuses on possible new destinations in Australia for 2017, and potential growth in New Zealand.

AirAsia slammed by travellers over lack of refund for cancelled Bali flights

Hundreds of disgruntled AirAsia customers have slammed the airline on social media for failing to refund them after cancelling a Melbourne to Bali route in early June.

Some have taken to the airline’s Facebook page to threaten legal action after waiting for more than two months for a response.

Melbourne couple Patrice Lade and Joshua Williams had booked 14 return AirAsia flights for their wedding in Bali in September.

They said they were informed on June 2 the route had been cancelled and they should apply for a refund online.

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AirAsia and Jetstar flights narrowly avoid collision at Gold Coast Airport

An investigation is underway into how an AirAsia plane and a Jetstar plane came dangerously close to colliding at Gold Coast Airport on July 21.

The AirAsia plane was taking off from the airport about 11.42am, and the Jetstar plane was descending, when the two aircraft reportedly came within about 150 metres of each other.

The AirAsia Airbus A330 was bound for Auckland, and the Jetstar Airbus A320 was arriving from Victoria’s Avalon Airport, near Geelong.

A spokesman for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau confirmed the authority had begun investigating the incident.

“The flightpaths of the inbound Airbus A320 and the outbound Airbus A330 resulted in a loss of separation,” the ATSB said in a statement on its website.

“Both aircraft received a traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) resolution advisory…with the crew of the A320 conducting a climb to increase separation.”

The traffic collision avoidance system monitors the airspace around an aircraft for other aircraft equipped with corresponding active transponders and gives warning of possible collision risks.

It’s believed the system activated an alarm within the cockpit of each aircraft, alerting pilots to the near-miss.

There was no damage to either aircraft and it is not known whether the passengers noticed the near-miss.

A report from the investigation will be completed by July 2017.

AirAsia and Jetstar have been contacted for comment.