Prahok @ October 9, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Bernama reports that AirAsia’s passenger numbers increased 91.1% to 1.13m in August 2006 from 591,556 a year earlier. The budget airline said Malaysia saw passenger numbers rose 80.2% to 700,234 from 388,518 last August. As for Thailand, AirAsia saw an increase of 69.3% in passenger numbers, with August 2006 posting 263,827 passengers against 155,813 passengers [...]
Prahok @ September 25, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Bernama reports that Air Asia will start gradual operations at Bangkok’s new Suvarnabhumi Airport from Monday, with all flights operated by its Thai subsidiary, Thai Air Asia. All Thai Air Asia flights bearing code “FD” will depart and land at the region’s newest airport. Other flights operated by Air Asia with code “AK” will still [...]
Prahok @ July 31, 2006 # No Comment Yet
The Star reports that Air Asia has been given the rights to fly to Xiamen and Shenzen in China from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. These are the Malaysian carrier’s first two destinations in China’s mainland.
Prahok @ July 18, 2006 # No Comment Yet
The Nation reports that Thai Air Asia on Saturday rejected an American blind passenger because the airline had no staff to take care of him. The passenger claimed that many blind people travel alone with Thai Air Asia without problem. Eventually he was forced to switch to Malaysia Airlines instead.
Prahok @ July 18, 2006 # No Comment Yet
AFP reports that Thai AirAsia plans to open direct flights between Hanoi and Kuala Lumpur later this year, a company official said yesterday. We plan to conduct one flight a day between Hanoi and Kuala Lumpur, starting this October,†a spokeswoman for the airline said.
Prahok @ July 7, 2006 # No Comment Yet
The Business Times reports that AirAsia is considering including a Kota Kinabalu to Sandakan route in addition to two new destinations to be introduced next week, said CEO Tony Fernandes. Air Asia is introducing the two new daily flights, Kota Kinabalu to Tawau and Kota Kinabalu to Miri, in conjunction with the launch of its [...]
Prahok @ June 28, 2006 # No Comment Yet
The Nation reports that Thai AirAsia has a bunch of new low fares going for travel between July 17, 2006 and March 24, 2007. Fares include:
Bangkok to Udon Thani and Ubon Ratchathani from 299B
Bangkok to Hat Yai, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Narathiwat, Surat Thani, Krabi and Phuket from 399B
Bangkok to Phnom Penh, Penang and Singapore [...]
Prahok @ May 31, 2006 # No Comment Yet
BruneiDirect reports that AirAsia plans to fly to Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei from July 11, with bookings open from June 2. Introductory fares will start at B$39.
Prahok @ May 12, 2006 # No Comment Yet
The Nation reports that Thai AirAsia is to increase its fuel surcharge by 100THB on all domestic routes and most international flights from Monday. CEO Tassapon Bijleveld said the airline would increase the charge from Bt300 to Bt400 on domestic routes, while international routes - except Bangkok-Penang and Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur - will rise from Bt500 [...]
Prahok @ May 1, 2006 # No Comment Yet
The Foreign minister of Timor-Leste, Jose Ramos-Horta told AFP in a recent interview that they’d been in contact with Air Asia and Silk Air about opening direct links from Dili to either Malaysia or Singapore. That would be a boon for tourism to the fledging nation — particularly divers. Currently airfares to Timor-Leste are [...]