AirAsia increases frequency on Kuala Lumpur - Singapore service

The airline is also giving away 51,000 free seats to its guests which is also to celebrate Malaysia’s recent 51 years of nationhood. AirAsia is also waiving fuel surcharges. These additional services will commence on 01-Dec-08 for the booking period from 26-Sep – 03-Oct-08 and for the travel period from 01-Dec –  31-Jul-09.

Dato’ Sri Tony Fernandes, Group CEO of AirAsia Berhad said “First of all, we would like to thank the Malaysia’s government for the support given to us all these while. We are building the world’s biggest hub hence we truly hope that Malaysia Airports will assist us in this quest by providing us the facilities and convenience which is viable to our business model. We have anticipated that the liberalization of the route will see consumers have the freedom of choice and benefit of competition, with AirAsia serving the best interests of the people with its low fares. This is evident with the high demand of over 90% load recorded since its inception last February. These additional flights, further demonstrate our commitment to making air-travel convenient and affordable for everyone. In addition to that, we strongly believe that this will pave the way for more tourism, investments and that both countries will enjoy mutual benefits of feeding the traffic between the hubs. Indeed, we are very delighted to have acquired these additional services thus welcome healthy competitions.”

Apart from the 6 times daily flights from Kuala Lumpur, AirAsia also flies four times daily from Bangkok, once daily from Phuket and three times weekly from Pekanbaru, Indonesia to Singapore.


(c)  Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 29-Sep-08

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