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AirAsia granted Paris landing rights

09-Oct-2009
MALAYSIA : AirAsia is elated at the announcement by Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Abdul Razak regarding the granting of landing rights in Paris by the French government. AirAsia is now awaiting more details from the authorities.

AirAsia increases weekly flights to gold coast airport

30-Jul-2009
Demand for Gold Coast route bucks trend to grow by 15 per cent

AirAsia Aerhad

29-Jul-2009
AirAsia is pleased to announce that it has today entered into a Cooperation Agreement with Tune Talk Sdn Bhd (“TTSB”) (the Agreement”). The purpose of the Agreement is to generate extra revenue and further boost the AirAsia’s branding.

AirAsia’s free seats for new Singapore Langkawi and Penang-Singapore routes

29-Apr-2009
MALAYSIA : AirAsia, is once more offering deals to its guests, by offering free seats as introduction to its two new routes launched Singapore-Langkawi and Penang-Singapore

Una vez más, AirAsia presenta a sus clientes asientos gratiutos como lanzamiento de sus dos nuevas rutas: Singapore-Langkawi y Penang-Singapore.


AirAsia to accept American Express online

29-Apr-2009
MALAYSIA : Industry leaders AirAsia, American Express and Maybank 27-Apr-09 announced the roll out of AirAsia’s acceptance of American Express Cards for bookings starting from on-line and through its Call Centres and sales counter.

AirAsia, junto con American Express y Maybank, acaba de anunciar (27 Abr 09 ) que a partir de ahora aceptará el pago con tarjetas de crédito American Express para las reservas realizadas online, a través de call centres o en mostradores de venta de billetes.


Air Asia fly and win second winner announced

23-Apr-2009
MALAYSIA : Sitti Fatimah Lahatta, the second winner of AirAsia’s Fly and Win campaign, is already thinking of using her cash prize to bankroll an escapade for her entire family.

Air Asia’s Fly and win competition

16-Apr-2009
MALAYSIA : The airline’s first RM10,000 prize for its Fly and Win campaign goes to KL-based insurance claims manager Alan Ho. Alan, who won the prize after booking seats for himself and two other colleagues for flights to Kuching, Miri and Kuala Lumpur, says he was pleasantly surprised when he won the jackpot.

Thai AirAsia launches Bangkok-Bali service

21-Jan-2009
MALAYSIA : AirAsia officially launched (20-Jan-09) its direct daily flights to Bali. To commemorate this occasion, AirAsia is offering special low fares online for flights to Bali from Bangkok. Bangkok-Bali is now on sale for THB999 one way. Booking period begins from 20-Feb-09 to 01-Feb-09, for travel period from 09-Feb to 30-Apr-09.

AirAsia to increase services to Macau

21-Jan-2009
AirAsia announced (20-Jan-09) additional flights to Macau to be effective from 01-Mar-09. Air Asia is currently operating 6 daily flights linking Macau with Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok, with 3 daily flights to each of those cities.

AirAsia to resume Kota Kinabalu-Macau service

16-Jan-2009
AirAsia announced (15-Jan-09) that it will resume its Kota Kinabalu-Macau and Kuching-Macau routes effective 01-Mar-09. The airline is also increasing frequency for its Kuala Lumpur-Macau service to 4 flights daily also from 01-Mar-09. AirAsia currently has 3 daily flights from Kuala Lumpur to Macau.

AirAsia launches regional sale

08-Jan-2009
MALAYSIA : AirAsia welcomes 2009 with a big Regional Sale. The sale will run from 06-Jan-09 to 18-Jan-09 for the travel period from 09-Feb-09 to 30-Jun-09. The fares offered by AirAsia are available to all of its Asia destinations departing from its hub from Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Johor, Bangkok, Jakarta and Bali.

Malaysia Airports to proceed with LCCT plan

06-Jan-2009
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) announced (05-Jan-09) plans to proceed with plans to construct a permanent LCCT under the National Airport Master Plan. MAHB wishes to categorically state that they fully support the development of low fare travel in Malaysia and recognise the role that AirAsia has played in this development.

AirAsia launches regional marketing campaign to support Thailand tourism

17-Dec-2008
AirAsia launched (16-Dec-08) a massive regional marketing campaign themed “Get Your Baht To Thailand”, “Mai Pen Rai Thailand” and “Same Same Thailand” as part of its initiative to support Thailand’s travel, trade and tourism by offering 100, 000 free seats* from its hubs primarily in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Johor), Thailand (Bangkok) and Indonesia (Jakarta).

Tune Air unable to form firm intention to proceed with potential privatisation exercise of AirAsia

08-Dec-2008
AirAsia Berhad potential privatisation exercise of AirAsia - announcement: We wish to announce that Tune Air Sdn Bhd (“Tune Air”), our major shareholder, had vide its letter dated 05-Dec-08 informed us that due to the tight credit market conditions, it is unable to secure financing on acceptable terms and conditions from financial institutions to fund the potential privatisation exercise of AirAsia.

AirAsia reports financials for third quarter

01-Dec-2008
AirAsia announced (28-Nov-08) the unaudited results for the third quarter ended 30-Sep-08 and provide a review of recent notable events and achievements. Tony Fernandes said: “The resilience and strength of AirAsia produced a strong set of results of 43% revenue growth to RM659 million driven by strong passenger growth and ancillary income.”

AirAsia eliminates fuel surcharges

14-Nov-2008
AirAsia will be the first in the world to eliminate fuel surcharges from all its international and domestic flights. Beginning 11-Nov-08, passengers flying with AirAsia and AirAsia X will only have to pay fares, airport taxes and administration fees.

AirAsia to launch Kuala Lumpur-Tiruchirappli service

05-Nov-2008
AirAsia announces that it will commence its daily direct flight to Tiruchirappli, India from Kuala Lumpur beginning 01-Dec-08 with its new Airbus A320 fleet. Trichy is the first route launched by AirAsia in India.

AirAsia launches free seat campaign

30-Oct-2008
AirAsia is launching a free seat campaign to celebrate its newly added frequencies and new services to the republic from East and West Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. The airline is giving away Free Seats to Singapore from Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Pekanbaru, Phuket and Bangkok.

AirAsia - Top 5 airline brand in Asia-Pacific

23-Oct-2008
AirAsia has emerged Top 5 among airlines in the Asia-Pacific region in a recent survey conducted by leading market insight company TNS. The ‘Top 10 Asia-Pacific Airlines’ category forms part of the Asia Pacific Top 1,000 Brands 2008 survey which was produced in cooperation with the Hong Kong-based Media magazine.

AirAsia opens sales office at Phnom Pehn Airport

16-Oct-2008
AirAsia officially opened its new sales office at Phnom Pehn International Airport. The facilities offered include reservation services, e-ticketing services, information inquiries staff that offers face to face and tele-communication customer services.

AirAsia launches “Absolute” low fares campaign

14-Oct-2008
AirAsia announces another great campaign, the “Absolute” low fares campaign. This regional campaign covers all domestic and international destinations from six of AirAsia’s hubs primarily in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Johor), Thailand (Bangkok) and Indonesia (Jakarta and Bali).

AirAsia awarded best Asian low-cost carrier

13-Oct-2008
For the second time, AirAsia has been awarded the Best Asian Low-Cost Carrier award from Asia Pacific’s travel news publisher, TTG. The Best Asian Low-Cost Carrier award went to AirAsia after industry stakeholders including travel agents, tour operators and destination management companies voted for the airline in a three-month poll conducted by TTG.

AirAsia introduces new flights from East Malaysia with direct daily flights to Singapore

09-Oct-2008
AirAsia is introducing two new flights from East Malaysia; Kuching to Singapore and Kota Kinabalu to Singapore. The daily flight from Kuching and Kota Kinabalu to Singapore, opens for sale from 09-Oct - 19-Oct-08 for the travel period from 01-Nov-08 - 31-Jul-09.

AirAsia committed to grow Sarawak into regional tourism hub

09-Oct-2008
AirAsia declared that the carrier is very committed to Sarawak and would continue to work closely with the State Government and its agencies especially the tourism bodies to further develop Sarawak into a regional tourism hub.

AirAsia boosts Ho Chi Minh city flights

30-Sep-2008
AirAsia has announced additional flights to Ho Chi Minh City from its hubs in Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. The decision to increase flight frequency is in direct response to an increasingly strong demand for air travel between Ho Chi Minh and the Malaysian and Thai markets.

AirAsia increases frequency on Kuala Lumpur - Singapore service

29-Sep-2008
AirAsia is adding four additional daily direct flights from Kuala Lumpur - Singapore and vice-versa.

AirAsia offers low fares up to 90% discount

17-Sep-2008
AirAsia is offering low fares up to 90% discount to all of its Asia destinations departing from its hubs in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Johor), Thailand (Bangkok) and Indonesia (Jakarta and Bali).

AirAsia launches direct flights from Bangkok to Hong Kong

16-Sep-2008
AirAsia has announced the launch of direct daily flights between Hong Kong and Bangkok on brand new Airbus 320 with 5000 seats up for grabs.

AirAsia remains Asia’s best budget airline

12-Sep-2008
For the third year running, AirAsia was voted the Best Budget Airline in Asia in the recent SmartTravelAsia.com ‘2008 Best in Travel Poll”, an annual poll that tabulates readers’ perceptions and favourite travel brands.

AirAsia signs MoU with Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents

12-Sep-2008
AirAsia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA). The partnership will see the two working together to achieve a shared goal of providing affordable travel for government servants across Asia.

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