{"id":171926,"date":"2025-07-02T13:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171926&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:48:08","slug":"airasia-malaysia-launches-fukuoka-taipei-kota-kinabalu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/airasia-malaysia-launches-fukuoka-taipei-kota-kinabalu\/","title":{"rendered":"AirAsia Malaysia Launches Fukuoka\u2013Taipei\u2013Kota Kinabalu Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AirAsia Malaysia will introduce a daily Fukuoka\u2013Taipei\u2013Kota Kinabalu route on 15 August 2025 using 186-seat Airbus A320neo aircraft under fifth-freedom rights. Flight AK1511 leaves Fukuoka at 17:00, reaches Taipei at 18:30, then departs at 19:15 to arrive in Kota Kinabalu at 22:50; the return AK1510 departs Kota Kinabalu at 07:40, lands in Taipei at 10:55, and reaches Fukuoka at 15:15 (Friday Taipei timings shift by five minutes). The service is the carrier\u2019s first Japanese route and makes Fukuoka its 79th destination. CEO Dato\u2019 Captain Fareh Mazputra said the launch supports the airline\u2019s goal of enhancing regional connectivity and stimulating travel demand. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.airasia.com\/news\/airasia-malaysia-to-launch-new-fukuoka-taipei-kotakinabalu-route-starting-15aug25-jpns#gsc.tab=0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AirAsia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_airasia-taiwan_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AirAsia Malaysia Launches Fukuoka\u2013Taipei\u2013Kota Kinabalu Service\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_airasia-taiwan_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_airasia-taiwan_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_airasia-taiwan_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_airasia-taiwan_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AirAsia Malaysia will introduce a daily Fukuoka\u2013Taipei\u2013Kota Kinabalu route on 15 August 2025 using&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":171928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171926","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/171926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}