Who owns AirAsia X?
AirAsia X is owned by AirAsia X Berhad (Malaysia, Bursa Malaysia: 5238).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: AirAsia X Berhad Annual Report 2025, 29 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- AirAsia X Berhad reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia
- Origin
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Parent ticker
- Bursa Malaysia: 5238
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About AirAsia X
AirAsia X is the long-haul, widebody low-cost airline of AirAsia X Berhad, whose own principal activity per its 2025 financial statements is providing long-haul air transportation services. The annual report says the group now combines short-, medium- and long-haul operations, with narrowbody and Airbus A330 widebody aircraft, under a single AirAsia network, and lists AirAsia X Malaysia as one of its airlines.
Ownership timeline of AirAsia X
Where AirAsia X sits in AirAsia X
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full AirAsia X brand portfolio (6) →
Other brands owned by AirAsia X
AirAsia X controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
The 509 brands in airlines on Brandtree belong to 341 owners. The largest is Lufthansa Group, with 10; AirAsia X has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Dolomiti | Lufthansa Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| China Southern Airlines | China Southern Airlines | 🇨🇳 China |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Beibu Gulf Airlines | Hainan Airlines Holding | 🇨🇳 China |
About the owner: AirAsia X
AirAsia X is a publicly listed company headquartered in Malaysia. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as Bursa Malaysia: 5238.
AirAsia X Berhad is the Malaysian low-cost airline group listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia since 10 July 2013. Its 2025 annual report says that in January 2026 it completed the acquisition of AirAsia Berhad and AirAsia Aviation Group Limited from Capital A Berhad, consolidating all AirAsia-branded airlines under one aviation platform across Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Cambodia. Capital A, formerly the parent of the AirAsia airlines, no longer owns them.
🇲🇾 AirAsia X and other Malaysian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 71 brands that began in Malaysia. 11 of them (15%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; AirAsia X is not one of them.
- Firefly — Malaysia Aviation Group 🇲🇾
- First World Hotel — Genting 🇲🇾
- Hornbill Skyways — Hornbill Skyways 🇲🇾
- MISC — MISC 🇲🇾
- Pos Malaysia — Pos Malaysia 🇲🇾
- Raya Airways — Raya Airways 🇲🇾
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of AirAsia X?
The parent company of AirAsia X is AirAsia X Berhad, a publicly listed company headquartered in Malaysia.
Is AirAsia X Malaysian?
Yes. AirAsia X originated in Malaysia and its owner, AirAsia X Berhad, is also headquartered in Malaysia.
Is AirAsia X still owned by AirAsia X Berhad?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, AirAsia X is still owned by AirAsia X Berhad. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] AirAsia X Berhad Annual Report 2025 — AirAsia X Berhad, Annual report, published 29 April 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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