AirAsia's KL-Taipei route receives overwhelming response
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AirAsia’s latest route between Kuala Lumpur and Taipei has received an overwhelming response with more than 20,000 seats sold in the first 12 hours since it was opened for sale at 12 am.
AirAsia ha obtenido un gran éxito en su nueva ruta Kuala Lumpur-Taipei. En tan solo 12 horas después de dar el pistoletazo de salida en la venta de sus billetes, ha vendido más de 20.000 asientos.
AirAsia Regional Head of Commercial Kathleen Tan announces, “The sales response for AirAsia’s new route between Kuala Lumpur and Taipei has been fantastic! We are extremely delighted with the phenomenal response and by far, the most successful route launch this year in terms of astonishing take up within few hours of opening sale,”
“This is a clear signal of a strong and pent up demand for our Kuala Lumpur-Taipei route and a positive indication that regional markets in this part of the world are starving for low fares. We are ecstatic of the overwhelming response guests have shown especially in the current economic downturn,.
The new Kuala Lumpur-Taipei route, serviced by AirAsia’s low-cost long-haul carrier affiliate AirAsia X, will begin on 1-Jul-09 with five direct flights weekly.
“All promotional fare seats of RM101 have been snapped up. We have received feedback that some guests are facing problems while booking online due to congestion in the system, but rest assured, they will still be able to enjoy low fares from AirAsia,” said Tan, adding that new promotional low fares for Kuala Lumpur-Taipei now start from RM139.
(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 27-Apr-09
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