AirAsia X is the long-haul subsidiary of AirAsia, the Kuala Lumpur-based budget carrier that is not only by far our favourite airline in southeast Asia, but has also been named the World's Best Low-Cost Airline by Skytrax eight year running (from 2009-2016), as well as winning the World Travel Awards top prize for Low-Cost Airline and Inflight Service for 2016. Direct flights from Gold Coast Airport only serve Auckland and Kuala Lumpur, but from the latter connections are possible to more than 150 destinations across the region.