AirAsia is launching a direct daily service from Kota Kinabalu to Hong Kong starting 1st June 2010 using an A320 aircraft with 180 seats.

AirAsia currently connects Hong Kong with Kuala Lumpur with three daily flights; Bangkok (two flights daily), Phuket (one flight daily), Penang (four flights weekly) and now Kota Kinabalu – Hong Kong (one flight daily). This brings AirAsia’s total number of weekly flights to Hong Kong from the hubs to 53.
Situated in Sabah’s Kinabalu Park, Mount Kinabalu is the third tallest mountain of Southeast Asia and the summit is 4095 meters above sea level.