Bangkok--4 Sep--AirAsia AirAsia, the leading and largest low-cost carrier in Asia, launches a new domestic route, Kota Kinabalu — Labuan with fares from as low as RM9.00*. The new route is part of the airline’s strategy to provide more air connectivity to the‘Land Below The Wind’and to complementSabahas the gateway for trade, investment and tourism in the region, specifically under the Sabah Development Corridor. This daily flight which will commence on 26 September 2008 is beneficial to foreign visitors as they would have an added entry point from Labuan to get into Kota Kinabalu, the main gateway toSabah. Dato’ Sri Tony Fernandes, Group CEO of AirAsia Berhad, said, “The air linkage provided by AirAsia has some way assisted to open various economic and business opportunities since we launched the flight in Sabah 6 years ago. We are proud to see some significant changes within the economic and social development inSabah. Thus the inclusion of this new route and the added frequency is part of our way to celebrateMalaysia’s 51 years of independence, promote national integration and our unremitting commitment to developSabahand enable more Malaysians to fly.” And by strong demand from guests, AirAsia is also adding more frequency fromKotaKinabalu -Sandakan(2ndfrequency) andKotaKinabalu — Tawau (3rdfrequency). With this, guests now can have more choices to travel.FLIGHT SCHEDULE FORKOTAKINABALU —LABUAN(NEW)Flight from Departure/Arrival Flight No Frequency KotaKinabalu -Labuan 12.00 / 12.40 AK 6053 Daily Labuan —KotaKinabalu 13.05 / 13.45 AK 6054 DailyFLIGHT SCHEDULE FORKOTAKINABALU — TAWAU (ADDED FREQUENCY)Flight from Departure/Arrival Flight No KotaKinabalu - Tawau 20.20 / 21.10 AK 6115 Tawau —KotaKinabalu 21.35 / 22.25 AK 6116FLIGHT SCHEDULE FORKOTAKINABALU —SANDAKAN(ADDED FREQUENCY)Flight from Departure/Arrival Flight No KotaKinabalu -Sandakan 07.05 / 07.50 AK 6080 Sandakan—KotaKinabalu 08.15 / 09.00 AK 6081