AirAsia

FM: C'mon MAS & Idris Jala, do you seriously think that by withdrawing Tony Fernandes privilege will hurt his pocket. The way I see it, it is a bad publicity for MAS as it goes to show how petty and small minded people you guys are at MAS. Look at Tiny's photo, he is laughing at MAS.PETALING JAYA: The war of words between AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines seems to have moved to a personal level wi

It's really interesting to watch the dog fight between AirAsia and MAS. Both are offering free tickets right now. But in the end who will prevail? Is it the Now Everyone Can Fly (AirAsia) or is it Fly Value 5 Star (MAS)? So where will you put your money? The fight is till in its infancy and I'm sure the battle will last for years to come. It's good to be a Malaysian! Although MAS has been

AirAsia is having a March Airfare promotion departing from Kuala Lumpur to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap in Cambodia. Air Asia’s has opened the Booking period from 10 till 23 March 2008 for the travelling period from 11 June till 31 July 2008. Although this is considered the low season to travel to Cambodia, take advantage of [...]

Revolutionary achievements, outstanding performance and accelerated growth have cemented AirAsia as the leading and largest airline in Asia, and in growing from strength to strength, AirAsia has now proven itself to be worthy of the CAPA Airline of the Year 2007 award this year. Honoured by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) at the Aviation Outlook Summit, AirAsia took home the most prestigious award last night at the CAPA Aviation Awards for Excellence presentation ceremony.The Airline of the Year 2007 award is the highest level of recognition and honoured to the airline for its notable achievements in the aviation industry and outstanding strategic contribution over the course of the past year. AirAsia has had the greatest impact on the development of the airline industry in the

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Winner of the Airline of the year 2007 Award announces its vacancies as Instruktur Awak Kabin UdaraRequirements:• Posses certificate• 30-45 years of age• Min 10 years of experience in airlines flight operations• Fluency in English both writing and speaking• Excellent in computer skills especially in Ms Office application software• Experience in cabin crew development and instructor field• Good personality and self motivated• Willing to be placed in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaFor those who metthe requirements, please send your complete application letter, CV and yourcurrent photograph 4x6 to:PT. Indonesia AirAsiaPeople DepartmentOffice Management Building, 2nd floorTerminal 1A DepartureSoekarno Hatta International AirportCengkareng, Jakarta – 19110Or by email to: indo_recruit@a

AirAsia will start daily flights to Guangzhou from Jan 16 2008. This will be the low- cost airline’s fourth destination in China after Shenzhen, Xiamen and Macau. It is offering promotional fares from RM88.88 for bookings made between Dec 19 and Dec 26 for the travel period between Jan 16 and Oct 25. Now, travellers could connect to more [...]

You folks might be interested to know that the American airport authorities have ramped up security lately. This might pose some problems for Malaysians (UMNO & Barisan Nasional cahoots and cronies are probably safe since they are VIPs. Ho! Ho! Ho!) planning to visit US at the end of the year.   Related Post on MalaysiaKini: AirAsia X to fly China, Australia with first A330 Tired of Malaysian politics? Come and visit Orlando's Walt Disney World Resort anytime soon and have the fun of your life! Technorati Tags: airasia, guangzhou china, malaysia, malaysiakini

AirAsia grabs its highest award when it was named Airline of the Year by by Center of Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA). Recently they also took 6 place in Asia Pacific Brand Channel Award. “This is our best year yet. It exemplifies our endeavour in rising up against the big incumbent players. We have come along way since starting up with only 200,000 passengers six years ago and now we have over 18 million passengers.” That is the words of AirAsia’s CEO, Tony Fernandes after the announcement of the Airline of the Year award. If you want to learn some background and history of AirAsia and Tony Fernandes, read on. If you want to skip and are more interested to know about jobs in AirAsia, click here. The history of AirAsia & Tony Fernandes Contrary to popular perception, AirAsia was not established by Tony Fernandes. AirAsia was a company founded by DRB-Hicom, a government owned conglomerate (now with Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar al-Bukhary as the majority shareholder). It wa

With fares as low as AUD99 (from Gold Coast) & RM50* (from Kuala Lumpur) GOLD COAST– The much awaited Malaysia’s truly first long-haul low lost carrier, AirAsia X today unveils Gold Coast as its first long haul international destination, marking a major tourism and economic coup for thriving Asia. The airline will commence four (4) direct [...]

Most media have reported, as has the BBC in the story below, that Air Asia has ordered hundreds of new A320s.However the list provided athttp://www.edinavtn.co.uk/assets/files/PDFs/A320.pdfdated 1 September 2007, shows only 6 planes on order.Air Asia raises Airbus A320 orderMalaysian airline Air Asia has boosted the size of its fleet, ordering 100 more A320 planes from Airbus.The group has also taken out an option for a further 30 planes as it prepares for the launch of a joint venture for budget long-haul flights, Air Asia X.Air Asia declined to give details of the deal, but at catalogue prices it would be worth more than $6bn (£3bn).The deal doubles an order the group placed with European planemaker Airbus last month for 100 of the A320s.The small planes are used for short- and medium-haul flights, and are expected to be delivered after 2012.Air Asia currently has a fleet of 50 aircraft, comprising 15 A320s and 35 Boeing 737-300s.Earlier this month, the group said it was launching a

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia X, Malaysia's first long-haul budget carrier, will launch operations by flying to Australia's Gold Coast in November, the company said Friday. The airline will commence four direct return flights per week between Kuala Lumpur and the Gold Coast Airport beginning Nov. 2, with fares starting from 99 Australian dollars (US$87; euro62) for one-way travel departing from Gold Coast, AirAsia X said in a statement. The first flight is expected to carry 315 passengers aboard an Airbus A330, comprising 279 economy seats and 36 premium seats, the statement added.

Low-cost carrier AirAsia will begin its new Kuching-Macau daily flight on Nov 15 this year. This will be the first international connection from Sarawak. Manager of AirAsia Shanmugamnathan Suppiah said the carrier would add more flights if there was more demand from travellers.AirAsia 今年11 月 15 日開始澳門 - Kuching 直航低成本航空公司 AirAsia 在今年11 月 15 日將開始其澳門 - Kuching 直航。AirAsia Shanmugamnathan Suppiah 的經理說航空公司可能會加更多飛行航線如旅客有更多需求。Source : www.flickr.com and taken by Jia-yi

KUALA LUMPUR – AirAsia in Vietnam, set to take flight in July next year, will tap on the huge potential of Vietnam's population base of 84 million and the country's proximity to China, said group executive officer Dato' Tony Fernandes.The Malaysian low cost carrier celebrated the country's 50th year of independence on August 31 by inking a deal with Vietnam's state-owned corporation, Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin), to set up the new frills-free carrier.The new frills-free carrier, to be known as Vina AirAsia in Vietnam, is expected to be operational in July 2008. Initial investment for the joint venture company is estimated at US$30 million, with Vinashin taking a 70 per cent stake and AirAsia 30 per cent. According to Fernandes, Vietnamese regulations only allow single foreign ownership of not more than 30%.Vina AirAsia, the third affiliate airlines of AirAsia in the region after Thai AirAsia and AirAsia Indonesia, will have a fleet of nine aircraft over the next two ye

Tourism Authority of Thailand Governor Mrs Phornsiri Manoharn and Chief Executive Officer of low-cost airline Thai AirAsia, Mr Tassapon Bijleveld, recently participated in a ceremony to welcome the airline’s thirteenth Boeing 737-300 aircraft, the first to feature the “Amazing Thailand” campaign logo. The aircraft will serve all of Thai AirAsia’s domestic and international routes, giving further exposure to the high-profile campaign which is designed to attract 14.8 million international visitor arrivals in 2007 and 15.7 million visitors in 2008. Mr Tassapon commented, “We are greatly honoured that the Tourism Authority of Thailand has selected Thai AirAsia to be a part of its promotional campaign. This aircraft will be utilised over our entire route-net, a very positive representation for Thailand.” He added, “Thai AirAsia is proud to be contributing to the growth of international visitor arrivals to Thailand which benefits the Thai tourism industry while at the same ti

Malaysian Airlines (MAS) - Boeing 777Malaysian Airlines (MAS) - Boeing 747-400Malaysian Airlines (MAS) - with inflight TV and telecommunicationsand how about AirAsia?Ssssssshhh. ~~ Don't laugh too loud...you might wake her up

Free SMS: Airasia to introduce mobile communications on airAirAsia will be the first airline in Asia to deploy OnAir mobile communications services as announced at the Paris Air Show. The service, to be deployed across the entire AirAsia fleet, will enable passengers to use their mobile phones and BlackBerry-type devices to send and receive SMS text messages, emails, and to make and receive mobile phone calls during flight. The OnAir services will be introduced by Air Asia in early 2009.AirAsia’s entire fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft will be fitted with the OnAir equipment, including aircraft currently flying and those on order from Airbus. A total of 150 aircraft will be equipped by 2013. AirAsia X, the latest long haul low cost airline have also signed on similar agreement for a minimum of 15 firm order of Airbus A300-300. Dato’ Kamarudin Meranun, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, AirAsia, said, “We have worked very hard to strengthen our network and enhanced connectivity in the

One thing we have to give credit it to the AirAsia management for their creative monetizing ideas. With the new launching of their Xpress Boarding service and option to choose preferred seating, they have tapped into a niche market where many who do not mind paying that little extra for extra comfort. “This new service provides passengers the opportunity to be amongst the first to board and have the greatest choice of seats, ahead of the general boarding group, at an introductory fee of RM20 one-way,” said the airline's executive vice-president commercial Kathleen Tan.With the old free seating policy, I foresee this will be a hot selling feature for them. I am personally very thankful to them for cultivating the usage of the internet among Malaysians since the launch of the highly popular website.

Those who already know about it will kill me for posting this. But those who might find out about it when it's too late will kill me too for not posting it. It's like a damned if you do, damned if you don't thing. Hehe! Anyway, AirAsia is at it again. I almost thought they weren't giving away free tickets this year. So I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the announcement in my inbox, that they had 1,000,000 free seats up for grabs.In fact, I've already booked flights to Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta this June! Although the fare is free, you pay for taxes, surcharges and other expenses. My round-trip ticket from Clark to KL came out at PHP3,290. Add the PHP1,620 travel tax you pay at the airport plus the terminal fee of PHP300 (I'm not sure about the security fee), it's really cheap! I also bought a round-trip ticket from KL to Jakarta for just RM175 (PHP2625).Hurry because the free flights are going... going... gone!

Okay, after a few ding-dong-ing here and there, hubby has finally bought (yes, 'bought') the 'free' tickets from AirAsia to KK, joining his friends. We will be climbing the mount Kinabalu this year. Hmm... thinking of it, I better start training myself, otherwise I might have mountain sickness (altitude sickness)! I don't want to be the first to retire in the climbing. As for the flight

Great news! AirAsia released 1million FREE seats, booking starts today travel period 1 apr to 27 oct! I am very excited, but then cannot plan where I want to go, and with whom! Why I only know about it today? I'm going to lose the free seats by the time I decide! I want to have holiday to Bali and Phuket, but these are classified as 'restricted' by my employer. I wonder if it is really that