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I'm wondering if AirAsiaX is doing well or not ... AirAsia X CEO backs merger with AirAsia Bhd By B.K. SIDHU Azran: Merger will let AirAsia tap into long-haul markets SEPANG: A merger between AirAsia X and AirAsia Bhd makes business sense and the combined balance sheet would make sourcing for future funding much easier, said AirAsia X chief executive officer Azran Osman-Rani. "It would be difficult for AirAsia in the future if it did not have trunk routes as (this) is where the traffic volumes come from, so AirAsia needs growth from AirAsia X and the merger allows it to tap growth opportunities in the long-haul markets," Azran told StarBiz in an interview. "AirAsia cannot continue to just criss-cross and enter new markets, it needs a bigger base,'' he added. Given the nature of the business, which is counter-cyclical, a large base was necessary to balance the routes in peak and non-peak months, he said. That is why AirAsia X has to sell beyond Kuala Lumpur ...

The last flight is slated on 31st March 2012. What a sad case. Was even thinking to fly to Paris / London in August until the recent announcement. Bad ...bad. KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 (Bernama) -- AirAsia X, the long haul, low fare affiliate of AirAsia, today announced the withdrawal of services to India (Mumbai and Delhi) and Europe (Paris, London) from its Kuala Lumpur hub, as part of a network realignment. The realignment is to focus on its core markets, AirAsiaX said in a statement. The last flight of the four weekly services to Mumbai is on Jan 31. As for New Delhi, the last flight is on March 22. Flights in March will also be reduced to four weekly services. The last flight to London is on March 31 while for Paris, it is March 30. AirAsia X is offering guests who hold bookings after these dates an alternative travel option at no additional cost, to mitigate the inconvenience caused as a result of the route withdrawals. All affected guests will receive an e-mail...

Finally, yeay! AirAsia X takes off for Honolulu on June 28, tickets start from RM499 Malaysia's long-haul budget airline AirAsia X Bhd is set to fly to Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, starting June 28 this year.  The celebratory airfare will start from as low as RM499, inclusive of taxes and fees one-way, while the Premium Flatbed will be offered from RM2,999 one-way.  Bookings for the special fares can be made from midnight on Feb 11 to Feb 26.  The travel period for the offer is from June 28, 2017 to Feb 6, 2018. AirAsia X will operate a four-times-weekly service from KL to Honolulu, via Osaka, Japan.  Passengers transiting in Osaka do not require a Japanese visa during the two-hour stopover and can return to their seats on the flight after clearing security with any carry-on luggage and belongings.  Passengers may also opt for the 'multi-city option' on AirAsia's website prior to booking their flights, which allows them to spend a few days in Osaka before flying on to Honolul...

This is really a bad news! :( AirAsia X axes flights and the real loser is the traveller Friday Reflections - By B.K. Sidhu LONDON, Paris, New Delhi and Mumbai are off limits to low fares after March. AirAsia X (AAX) finally dropped a bombshell yesterday saying it was axing those routes. Mumbai will be off its radar screen by end-January and the rest in March. This has come after the airline's denial on cuts. I first broke the news on Dec 10 that AAX was "looking at giving up some routes, such as Mumbai and Europe, in exchange for Sydney and some China routes.'' Many of us can still remember the excitement when AirAsia head honco Tan Sri Tony Fernandes announced that AAX would fly people to London for as low as RM9.90 one way in 2007. Then AAX brought smiles to so many faces. However, yesterday it only brought sadness. Students studying in Britain had been happy and so were their relatives and friends. It was like a dream come true because at premium a...

Cheap! AirAsia announces Bangkok-Taipei route PETALING JAYA: AirAsia will introduce a new international route from Bangkok to Taipei on Sept 25. The airline will be offering an all-in-fare from as low as NT$690 (RM73) one-way between Taipei and Bangkok which will be exclusively available online via AirAsia's website at www.airasia.com . The low fares are only available for early birds for the booking period of Aug 6 to 11 for travel from Sept 25 to Jan 9 next year. AirAsia's commercial regional head Kathleen Tan said that since the airline's recent launch connecting Taipei and Kuala Lumpur, it has seen strong loads which allowed the airline an additional frequency from five times weekly to daily. "With AirAsia adding Taipei to its network, Taiwanese can now opt for a holiday with our everyday low fares to our vast network across Asia, Australia and Europe," said Tan in a press statement yesterday. Source: The Star

I wonder how's the deal gonna work out ... PETALING JAYA: The proposed partnership between AirAsia Bhd and Jetstar is nearing fruition after a year of talks and the deal will be announced in the first week of January. A media conference has been scheduled for Jan 6 in Sydney where both parties and Qantas will announce the details of a strategic agreement and how these parties will work "innovatively together'' so as to drive greater cost efficiencies across AirAsia and Jetstar. One route that may be shared is the KL-Sydney sector which AirAsia has failed thus far to get rights to ply. Jetstar, even though it has stopped plying the route since September 2008, has the rights. Will that rights be shared by AirAsia? The Kangaroo route (from any Australian point to KL and on to Europe) is a possible route that these airlines will capitalise on and with the partnership, AirAsia will be able to offer connectivity all over Australia via Jetstar Australia and it can tak...

MELBOURNE: AirAsia says its alliance with Qantas Airways' subsidiary, Jetstar, could potentially generate costsavings worth hundreds of millions of dollars and result in lower fares. Under the alliance formed in Sydney Wednesday, Jetstar and AirAsia would explore opportunities to jointly procure next generation narrowbody aircraft, cooperate in passenger handling in Australia and Asia, pool aircraft components and spare parts and jointly acquire engineering and maintenance supplies and services. The airlines said the alliance would reduce costs, pool expertise and result in cheaper fares. AirAsia Group Chief Executive Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes said the alliance showed lowcost carriers could work together to stimulate the market and to operate on lower fares. "The key thrust is to increase our efficiency and find ways of getting even lower fares. From this I believe we will then move into revenue ideas and we've already got a few that we've been discussing," Fernan...

Going to camp in front of the PC tonight but again may not be buying any as the travel period is almost 1 year later! Plus I'm expecting the server will be down again due to heavy request. PETALING JAYA: Low-cost carrier AirAsia is giving away a million free seats starting Tuesday. The booking period for the "Free Seats" promotion begins Tuesday and ends Sunday, for a travel period between Jan 3 and May 8 next year. Customers can choose among 130 destinations to 20 countries including India, Thailand, Indonesia, Laos, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam and China. AirAsia's regional commercial head Kathleen Tan said that they have received many enquiries on the airline's social platforms about this promotion. "This is the best chance for our guests to plan and book their flights for next year and take advantage of Kuala Lumpur's status as a gateway to Asia, Australia and Europe to connect globally," she said in a statement Monday. To compleme...

AirAsia Berhad (AirAsia or the Company) is pleased to announce that it has incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary in United Kingdom known as Asia Air Limited (AAL) (the Transaction) with its registered office situated at 41, Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD. The objective of establishing AAL is to facilitate business transaction of AirAsia Group. Information on AAL AAL is a limited liability company and it was incorporated on 21st December 2009. The issued and paid-up capital of AAL is GBP1.00 only comprising one ordinary share of GBP1.00 each. Financial effects of the Transaction. The Transaction is not expected to have any material effect on the earnings and net tangible assets of the AirAsia Group for the financial year ending 31 December, 2009. Directors' and/or Substantial Shareholders' and/or Persons Connected with Directors or Substantial Shareholder' Interest. To the best of the knowledge of the Company, none of the Directors or Substantial Shareholders of ...

Now it's done deal among the government of Malaysia, MAHB and AirAsia after the the former rejected the 16 million proposal by AirAsia and Sime Darby to build a new LCCT at Labu . Well, am looking forward to the new LCCT in mid 2011! Saturday March 14, 2009 LCCT plans unveiled By LESTER KONG New LCCT will handle 45 million passengers yearly PETALING JAYA: KL International Airport’s new Low Cost Carrier Terminal, located about 1.5km from the main terminal, will be able to handle 45 million passengers yearly. "With the new LCCT, KLIA would be able to handle up to 90 million passengers a year" - DATUK SERI BASHIR AHMAD A new 4km runway will also be built with the LCCT, which is expected to be operational in the third quarter of 2011. Unveiling Malaysia Airports Holding Bhd’s (MAHB) plans for the new LCCT, its chief executive officer Datuk Seri Bashir Ahmad said work on the RM2bil project would begin in June. “It will be designed to handle up to 45 million passengers a year...

AirAsia upgraded their systems between June and July and the outcome is worst than before. 1 ) I believe the eVoucher redemption is still screw up especially for Citibank AirAsia credit card customers. 2) The section to book tickets failed to load. Tested with both Firefox and Internet Explorer. 3) Failed to retrieve my bookings As I pointed out earlier , AirAsia should look seriously into their IT infrastructure. The COO/CIO should take responsibility for the failures above. But I wonder if Tony Fernandes does ever care! From a brand I used to be proud of, now AirAsia has become the top worst brand in my list.

Even AirAsia's mobile version of the booking site at http://mobile.airasia.com/ is down! HTTP Status 500 note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.20 logs. Apache Tomcat/6.0.20 http://mobile.airasia.com/ 18/5/2010 2:00 pm

I run a quick check on the flight tickets to Singapore and compare the prices among the budget airlines providers - AirAsia, Jetstar and Tiger Airways. And here's my findings: I would say it's so affordable to fly to Singapore nowadays! AirAsia @ RM 158 Jetstar @ RM 175 Tiger Airways @ RM 114 Jetstar's price does include the 20kg cabin check in, free seat selection and departing from KLIA and while AirAsia and Tiger Airways don't and they are flying from LCCT. So which one would you choose?

Congrats to my idol!   AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes received the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Excellence in Leadership Award at a recent congress attended by prominent business executives and industry thought leaders from across Asia. The award was presented to Mr Fernandes for his exemplary leadership skills in driving excellence within his organization. The award was given at the recent GIL 2009: Asia Pacific, A Growth, Innovation and Leadership Congress in Kuala Lumpur, which was attended by 250 business leaders. Frost & Sullivan holds the event annually. Frost & Sullivan is a US-based consulting firm that serves global top 1000 companies and that focuses on the research and analyses of new market opportunities for business growth. In choosing Tony for the award, Frost & Sullivan said it considered factors including social impact, profit margins, stock price, overall market growth and penetration, growth in market share, and over all industry impact. Of his award, Mr Fe...

AirAsia website only back to normal today huh! I guess only after all the free seats ticket being snapped up therefore no server overloaded now. Time for AirAsia to plan for server upgrade mannn. But do you think they ever will?

SINGAPORE: The captain of AirAsia Flight QZ8501, which crashed into the Java Sea on Dec 28, 2014, had left his seat before the plane lost control, according to Reuters on Saturday (Jan 31). Captain Iriyanto "was out of his seat conducting an unorthodox procedure when his co-pilot apparently lost control, and by the time he returned it was too late to save the plane", two unnamed sources familiar with the investigation told Reuters. On Thursday, the country's National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) revealed that the  French co-pilot, Remi Plesel, was flying the plane  when the aircraft went down, rather than Captain Iriyanto, an experienced former fighter pilot. "The second-in-command was the pilot flying," chief investigator Mardjono Siswosuwarno told reporters in Jakarta, adding that the captain was monitoring the flight. The flight was en route from Surabaya to Singapore before it crashed into the sea, killing all 162 people on board. Seventy-two bodie...

Let's go to Japan in 2010! Chief Executive of AirAsia X, Azran Osman Rani told AFP, AirAsia X was looking to expand its routes in 2009 into northern India including New Delhi , Amritsar and Mumbai, and to Beijing. In 2010 it aims to target South Korea and to Tokyo , Hokkaido in northern Japan and Kyushu in the south.

I'm trying to help my friend book tomorrow's ticket. But oh no, AirAsia booking website is down again! Hey AirAsia, you should consider having a different server for the promo booking!!! 20 May 2010 01:27 (GMT+8) ERROR Communication Error A communication error has occurred. Data lines may be congested now or another issue may exist. If you have made payment, your transaction might have been successful so please verify the status of your booking here. We apologize for the inconvenience. Case Number:

The way I see only local lights are having good deals while the international flights are still at the high side. AirAsia, please run a better promo, thanks! 10 Awesome Years! Booking Period : 8 December 2011 - 11 December 2011 Travel Period : 1 July 2012 - 27 October 2012 Fly from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (LCC Terminal), Kuala Lumpur to: Domestic   All-in-fare from Kuching   RM 16.10 Kota Bharu   RM 16.10 Langkawi   RM 16.10 Kota Kinabalu   RM 16.10 Penang    RM 16.10 Alor Setar   RM 26.00 Johor Bahru   RM 26.00 Kuala Terengganu  RM 26.00 Labuan    RM 46.00 Tawau    RM 46.00 Bintulu   RM 46.00 Miri    RM 46.00 Sibu    RM 46.00 Sandakan   RM 46.00 International  All-in-fare from Brunei Brunei    RM 82.00 Cambodia Phnom Penh   RM 72.00 Sie...

Good review here. Though I'm a big fan of Tony Fernandes, I'm too skeptical on the outcome of this multi-million ringgit investment. F1 entry – good timing or big risk? By YEOW POOI LING EYEBROWS were raised when news broke that Malaysia is participating in the Formula One (F1) race next year via the Lotus F1 team. The team is a collaboration between the Government and a group of entrepreneurs linked to AirAsia Bhd and the Naza Group, with Proton Holdings Bhd's British subsidiary, Lotus as the constructor. Sceptics are many, especially since big names in the auto world such as Honda and BMW have withdrawn their participation from the sport due to the global economic crisis. As the United States and countries across Europe and Asia are still trying to revive their economies, why would Malaysia choose this time to join one of the world's most expensive sports? More importantly, who is forking out the money? Let's talk money F1 is well known for its huge spend...