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

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.

 

The airline will be give away 5,000 (five thousand) free seats* to celebrate the opening of these new routes.

Kota Kinabalu is AirAsia’s second and biggest hub after Kuala Lumpur which serves ten domestic routes that include Penang, Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Sibu, Bintulu, Miri, Labuan, Tawau, Sandakan and two international flights to Shenzhen and Clark. Currently, Kuching serves six domestic routes to Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Miri, Bintulu and Sibu.

Kathleen Tan, Regional Head of Commercial AirAsia, said “We are thrilled that our low fares have played such a vital role in increasing traffic, promoting tourism, boosting trade and stimulating the growth of the traveling market particularly in East Malaysia. Singaporeans can now benefit from our low fares and visit our lush tropical rain forests, enjoy the panoramic view and entice them to visit the states which are well known for their rich ecotourism activities. Not only we have supported the need for more air connectivity in East Malaysia, but we have also introduced more international flights which will showcase Sabah and Sarawak’s position premier ecotourism destinations led by our aggressive expansion plans towards becoming an ASEAN airline.”

(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 09-Oct-08 

 

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