Bangkok--25 Aug--Thai AirAsia AirAsia’s highly popular and highly in demand free seat campaign is back! This time around, the largest and leading low-cost carrier in Asia will be giving away 1 million free seats for all its domestic and international destinations from all of its seven hubs primarily in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Johor), Thailand (Bangkok) and Indonesia (Jakarta and Bali). AirAsia has been aggressively offering unbeatable deals to its guests. This free seat campaign includes over 105 routes in Asean, and China network including AirAsia X’s long haul destinations. Some of the hottest international destinations included in this campaign and which only AirAsia flies directly from Kuala Lumpur are Makassar, Manado, Solo, Krabi, Chiang Mai, the newly launched Guilin, Shenzhen, Haikou, Bandung and Vientiane. Other destinations include Bali, Jakarta, Bangkok, Phuket, Singapore, Macau, Siem Reap, Ho Chi Minh, Hong Kong and many others. And to make the deal sweeter, AirAsia’s new destinations like Perth and Melbourne (Australia) serviced by AirAsia X are also included in this free seat campaign. The free seats are available for the following dates : Booking period : 26 — 31 August 2008 Travel period : 1 April — 31 July 2009 Kathleen Tan, Regional Head of Commercial, AirAsia Berhad said, “We are happy to announce AirAsia’s highly in demand free seats campaign today and the best part is, that we are also offering great hotel rates and exciting packages under Go Holiday, to go along with the free flight. This means that our guests can enjoy the free seats and benefit from greater savings for their accommodations. Our one stop travel portal, goholiday.airasia.com currently offers a wide range of over 25,000 hotel partners which guests can select from. These include a wide range of 3-star hotels, 5-star hotels or boutique hotels to cater to every traveler’s budget. Guests are also able to enjoy substantial savings when they do their bookings online at website, be it for the hot meals or checked baggage fees.” “This free seat campaign is AirAsia’s commitment to the lowest fare online to our guests and despite rising fuel cost. AirAsia is by far the largest low cost carrier in Asia, providing seamless connectivity to its guests. With its Connectivity Excellence, everyone has better access to more low-cost alternatives that AirAsia champions and also to other international routes where our long-haul affiliate, AirAsia X flies to and from Kuala Lumpur, such as Hangzhou in China and Gold Coast, Perth and Melbourne in Australia. We strongly recommend our guests to be patient and book early to avoid disappointments as our free seats offer are usually snapped fast. For those who missed out on our online early booking notice, don’t forget to sign-up online on Red Alert, AirAsia’s direct mailer, to enjoy early booking notice”. This 6 days offer is available exclusively online at www.airasia.com For further information, MEDIA please contact AirAsia Media Relations Team : Sherliza Zaharudin Office No : +603 8660 4294 HP : +6013 621 2411 E-mail : [email protected] Mazlan Rasheed Office No : +603 8660 4263 HP : +6012 273 9097 Email : [email protected]