Malaysian airline AirAsia X is to launch services between Kuala Lumpur and Chengdu from 22 October. It will operate five services a week on a route not currently served by any other carrier.

New services are also to start next month from Wanzhou in Chongqing municipality to Nanjing and Shenzhen, according to Wanzhou Airport. There will be two flights a week to Nanjing and three flights a week to Shenzhen.