AirAsia X wants to emulate Emirates

[PARIS] AirAsia X Bhd hopes to be the Emirates of South-East Asia, return to Europe in 2016 and possibly spread its wings to the United States, according to co-founder and director Tony Fernandes.

He envisioned the carrier would become the equivalent of Emirates in the low-cost airline segment, saying Emirates had been very successful in carrying passengers between continents from Dubai.

"It's time to really take that next step and build the equivalent of an Emirates in the low cost. Emirates is amazing. They are flying everywhere. They've got a geographical advantage that it is in the middle of the world, half way between Asia and Europe," Mr Fernandes told Malaysian media after a signing ceremony between AirAsia X and…