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AirAsia will start flying from Kuala Lumpur (KLIA2) to Pattaya (U-Tapao Airport) on July 16. The airline will operate four weekly flights on this route.
AirAsia will be the only airline that connects Pattaya to Kuala Lumpur directly. This will be AirAsia’s seventh destination in Thailand from Kuala Lumpur, after Phuket, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai, Krabi and Surat Thani. Last year, the airline carried over two million passengers between Malaysia and Thailand. [Read more…]
AirAsia will enhance its services for UnionPay cardholders around the world through the entire AirAsia ecosystem, which includes flights, hotels and other related transactions.
Guests from China will now be able to book flights on airasia.com in RMB using their UnionPay cards. Tune Money, AirAsia’s pre-paid card partner will also issue a multi-currency prepaid card in collaboration with UnionPay, which will be available in CNY, THB and HKD. [Read more…]
AirAsia is a low-cost airline based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It operates scheduled domestic and international flights and is Asia’s leading low fare, no frills airline. It is also the first airline in the region to implement fully ticketless travel and unassigned seats. AirAsia has been expanding rapidly and is very popular among the traveling public thanks to its frequent low fare deals. Its main base is the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
AirAsia operates 656 flights daily, 102 routes to 57 destinations in 12 countries.
In Bangkok AirAsia operates all domestic and international flights from the Don Muang International Airport.
Current Air Asia destinations include:
Australia
Gold Coast (Coolangatta Airport)
Perth (Perth International Airport)
Brunei
Brunei (Brunei International Airport)
China
Haikou (Hainan Meilan International Airport)
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan International Airport)
Guangzhou (Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport)
Shenzhen (Bao’an International Airport)
Macau
Macau (Macau International Airport)
Hong Kong
Hong Kong (Hong Kong International Airport)
Indonesia
Bali (Denpasar Ngurah Rai)
Balikpapan (Sepinggan Airport)
Banda Aceh (Sultan Iskandarmuda Airport)
Bandung (Husein Sastranegara Airport)
Batam (Hang Nadim International Airport)
Jakarta (Soekarno Hatta International Airport)
Medan (Polonia International Airport)
Padang (Minangkabau International Airport)
Pekanbaru (Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport)
Pelembang (Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport)
Solo (Adi Sumarmo International Airport)
Surabaya (Juanda International Airport)
Yogyakarta (ADI Sucipto Airport)
Cambodia
Phnom Penh ( Phnom Penh International Airport)
Siem Reap ( Siem Reap International Airport)
Laos
Vientiane ( Wattay International Airport)
Myanmar
Yangon (Yangon International Airport)
Mandalay (Mandalay International Airport)
Malaysia
Alor Star (Sultan Abdul Halim Airport)
Bintulu (Bintulu Airport)
Johor Bahru (Senai International Airport)
Kota Bharu (Sultan Ismail Petra Airport)
Kota Kinabalu (Kota Kinabalu International Airport)
Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur LCC Terminal)
Kuala Terengganu (Sultan Mahmud Airport)
Kuantan (Kuantan Airport)
Kuching (Kuching International Airport, Main Terminal)
Labuan (Labuan Airport)
Langkawi (Langkawi Internation Airport)
Miri (Miri Airport)
Penang (Penang International Airport)
Sandakan (Sandakan Airport)
Sibu (Sibu Airport)
Tawau (Tawau Airport)
Philippines
Clark (Diosdado Macapagal International Airport)
Singapore
Singapore (Singapore Changi Airport)
Thailand
Bangkok (Don Muang International Airport)
Chiang Mai (Chiang Mai International Airport)
Chiang Rai (Chiang Rai Airport)
Hat Yai (Hatyai International airport)
Krabi (Krabi International Airport)
Nakhon Si Thammarat (Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport)
Narathiwat (Narathiwat Airport)
Phuket (Phuket International Airport)
Ranong (Ranong Airport)
Surat Thani (Surat Thani Airport)
Ubon Ratchathani (Ubon Ratchathani )
Udon Thani (Udon Thani)
Vietnam
Hanoi (Noi Bai International Airport)
Ho Chi Minh (Tan Son Nhat International Airport)
AirAsia will start direct Singapore – Lombok and Singapore – Solo flights in January 2015. With the additional routes, AirAsia will operate direct flights to 17 destinations from Singapore. [Read more…]
Beginning September 1st, Thai AirAsia X will begin 4 times weekly service from Bangkok to Narita and Osaka airports. To jump start the new service, AirAsia X is offering promotional fares starting at 2,990b each way from now until July 13th with travel valid from September 1st through July 31st 2015.
Starting November 21st, service from Kuala Lumpur to Narita and Osaka will also begin with daily service planned for May 1st 2015. The airline is expanding service from South East Asia to Northern Asia in response to an increase in visitors to and from Japan. During a press conference CEO Azran Osman Rani remarked that the new service “significantly strengthens our position as we are using Kuala Lumpur as a connecting hub to connect people in Japan to not only Southeast Asia but also…to Australia”
Air Asia has announced it will offer direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to Shanghai, China starting February 19, 2013. The new route will be operated by its long-haul division Air Asia X using a A330-300 aircraft.
At the announcement celebration, AirAsia X CEO Azran Osman Rani said: “Five months since we launched our first flight into Beijing, AirAsia is spreading its wings further into the country with the announcement of this service to Shanghai, one of the world’s largest cities by population.”
Online ticketing is available with one-way fares starting from $70 USD including taxes. Additional charges apply for checked luggage, meals and advance seat selection.
AirAsia will resumes flights from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Solo, Indonesia with effect from December 21, 2012. The route was temporarily suspended earlier this year.
AirAsia will offer 3 round-trip flights per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. One-way fares start from 99 MYR ($33 USD).
“Indonesia is a very important market and offers a chance for AirAsia to develop. The closure of the Kuala Lumpur–Solo [Surakarta] route in the beginning of this year was part of the process to improve [AirAsia’s] business model in Indonesia so we can improve our services and facilities,” said AirAsia Berhad CEO Aireen Omar in a quote to tribunnews.com.
Philippines’ AirAsia has announced changes to its routes from Clark International Airport. The low-cost airline will be adding two international routes to Singapore and Taipei, but cancelling routes to Macau and Puerto Princesa (Palawan).
Flights to Singapore will commence on December 1 and flights to Taipei will commence on December 15, 2012.
Commenting on the new international routes, Philippines’ AirAsia CEO Maan Hontiveros said: “”With our two new international routes, we would like to draw in-bound tourist to the country and help contribute to tourism dollar revenues.
“We need to build up routes within an infrastructure that supports low-fare services since we are in an industry that is not immune to rising fuel cost and operational challenges. We intend to open up new international routes within these markets, as well as add frequencies on existing routes, thanks to the aggressive campaign of Department of Tourism in promoting the country abroad.”
Passengers holding tickets on the cancelled flights will be contacted with their options for obtaining a refund.
AirAsia has cancelled a USD $80 million deal to acquire Indonesian airline Batavia Air. The deal was called off because it “induced too many risks” for shareholders due to Batavia’s existing debt and aging fleet.
Speaking about the aborted deal, AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes said: “We always knew it was not going to be an easy transaction. It has been a very good experience and we come out of it feeling more confident of what we need to do to grow the market in Indonesia. Our aggressive focus in Indonesia remains and we will push our Indonesian IPO plans while still maintaining close co-operation with Batavia Air.”
Batavia Air has said it will carry on business as normal, and will cooperate with AirAsia in other areas such as pilot training.
Although AirAsia is the largest budget airline in Asia, it controls only 2% of the Indonesian market, which is expected to grow rapidly in the near future. Batavia Air currently controls 12% of this market.
AirAsia Japan has announced it will offer daily flights from Tokyo (Narita) to Busan, South Korea starting November 28, 2012. This is the airline’s second international route following Seoul, South Korea.
One-way fares start from 7,980 JPY ($100 USD) plus taxes.
The schedule will be:
JW 884 PUS-NRT ; 11:05 – 13:05hrs
JW 885 NRT-PUS ; 08:05 – 10:35hrs (Mon –Fri)
JW 885 NRT-PUS ; 08:00 – 10:30hrs (Sat & Sun
