KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 3): AirAsia Group Bhd group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said today AirAsia X Bhd will have the best-ever year in 2019 after the long-haul, low-cost airline cut routes and costs, and increased aircraft utilisation.

"AirAsia X will have the best-ever year in 2019. The most undervalued airline. Have done all the hard work. Cut silly routes. Renegotiated leases. Increased utilisation. Cut cost," Fernandes said via Twitter.

At 12:30pm, AirAsia X shares were up 0.5 sen at 23.5 sen with 4.73 million units traded. AirAsia Group shares fell two sen to RM2.94 with 2.19 million units transacted.

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