AirAsia X announced the commencement of Jeju, South Korea as a 4 times weekly flight starting on 12 December 2017. On 6 November 2017, it also announced that it would commence direct flights to Jaipur, India on 5 February 2018. In February 2018, AirAsia X announced that it would stop services between Melbourne Airport and KLIA and initiate services between Avalon Airport and KLIA. Avalon Airport is located 55 km from the CBD of Melbourne and located just 15 km from the CBD of Geelong. In June 2018, it announced services to Avalon Airport would commence on 5 December 2018. Fleet , the AirAsia X fleet consists of the following aircraft: The company equips its Airbus A330-300 jets with a 3-3-3 seat layout in economy class. Until the mid-2010s, AirAsia X operated Airbus A340-300 jets, capable of ultra-long haul journeys. These aircraft were used for scheduled trips to the UK, namely London Heathrow, London Stansted and Manchester Airport. It ordered 10 Airbus A350-900s in 2009, but cancelled it in April 2018 due to higher prices on the aircraft. In February 2018, during a business forum in Manila, Fernandes told reporters on the sideline that the airline is looking at the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for fleet expansion. A month later, the decision was made not to proceed with ordering the Boeing aircraft. In September 2018 it was reported that AirAsia X is evaluating the possibility of using Airbus A321neo and Airbus A321LR aircraft alongside its A330 fleet. By using narrow-body aircraft for its shorter routes (up to 7.9 hours), the airline believes it could achieve variable cost savings of up to 16%, and fixed cost savings of up to 5%. In March 2020, AirAsia X announced the delay of delivery of the airline's Airbus A330-900 aircraft indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Former fleet Airbus A340-300 - AirAsia X operated 2 of the Airbus A340-300 before one of them being scrapped and the other being sold to Lufthansa Technik. Both left the fleet in 2015 after 8 years of operations. Incidents and accidents On 25 June 2017, AirAsia X Flight 237, an Airbus A330-300 registered 9M-XXE and carrying 359 people on board, had to divert back to Perth whilst en route to Kuala Lumpur, the aircraft was southwest of Learmonth, Western Australia, when the engine on the left had suffered a blade fracture. It caused severe damage in the engine core