Bangkok--24 Jun--Thai AirAsia
With the aim of further stimulating travel and tourism in Thailand and the region, AirAsia is abolishing the administration fee from its fare structure. This presents further real savings to AirAsia guests as they now only have to fork out the seat fare and airport tax.
'No Admin Fee' as it is aptly called, will come into effect for bookings made for all AirAsia and AirAsia X flights from 24th June 2009. From this date, AirAsia.com will display All-In Fares (fare + airport tax) throughout the booking process. This ensures transparency from the advertised price to selecting your flight and paying for it on AirAsia.com.
In conjunction with the 'No Admin Fee' announcement, AirAsia is launching a regional promo-fare campaign. Many of the promo fares are even cheaper than the airport tax! The promo-fare seats are open for booking from 24 June until 28 June 2009 for travel between 1 October 2009 and 30 April 2010. The promotion is offered exclusively online via AirAsia.com. Promo-fare seats are limited and available on first-come, first-serve basis.
Tassapon Bijleveld, Chief Executive Officer, Thai AirAsia Co., Ltd. said: “With our bold new initiative amidst current economic uncertainties, we were the first airline to abolish our fuel surcharge and we are thrilled to take another major step to remove our admin fee today. Our booking engine on AirAsia.com will be subsequently simplified for the benefit and convenience of our guests. We will continue our commitment to provide more affordable and transparent air fares yet innovative to them. This latest initiative will also differentiate AirAsia form its rivals and reinforce us as the pioneer of original low fares in Asia.”
With the launch of AirAsia’s 'No Admin Fee' initiative today, AirAsia’s published all-in fares will only include the low fare and airport tax only. This will provide guests simple, transparent and low fares only available at www.airasia.com
About AirAsia
AirAsia, the leading and largest low-cost carrier in Asia, services the most extensive network with 122 routes covering more than 65 destinations. Within the grasp of 7 years of operation, AirAsia has carried 70 million passengers and grown its fleet from just two aircraft to 80. The airline today is proud to be a truly Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) airline with established operations based in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, servicing a network stretching across all Asean countries, China, India, Taiwan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This is further complemented by AirAsia X, its low cost long-haul affiliate carrier that currently flies to destinations in China, Australia and the UK. AirAsia is the only regional carrier with the largest destination network and highest flight frequencies. AirAsia has been awarded the 2009 World’s Best Low Cost Airline in a the annual World Airline Survey by Skytrax.
The 'No Admin Fee' initiative came following the success of AirAsia's abolition of fuel surcharge in November 2008 and the all-in fare introduced earlier in May this year. The carrier that was recently awarded the coveted World's Best Low Cost Airline through a poll of 16 million air travelers worldwide by Skytrax, had also introduced various initiatives and incentives for guests' convenience, including the Upsize Baggage, Pick-a-Seat, discounts on pre-booked Hotmeals, web and kiosk check-in, as well as On Time Guarantee that compensates guests affected by delays of more than 2 hours.
For more information, media please contact:
Thai AirAsia Co., Ltd.
Dutduan Jarukakul
Tel: +662 315 9810 HP: +668 1 855 2524
Email: [email protected]