AirAsia X goes global with launch of Kuala Lumpur-Bahrain-London route, establishing Bahrain as its first strategic hub to Europe

2026-02-11 - 15:38

MANAMA, Bahrain, Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AirAsiaX (AAX) Berhad celebrated a monumental milestone in the airline’s global expansion strategy with the announcement of two long-awaited international routes, connecting Kuala Lumpur to Bahrain and onwards to London Gatwick (KUL-BAH-LGW), at a press conference in Bahrain today. The Bahrain-London sector would be AAX’s second Fifth-Freedom route,