Bangkok--14 Aug--AirAsia
Skytrax ‘World Best Low-Cost’ Airline, AirAsia today launches its “Big Sale” promotion offering its guests greater value than ever before. This major regional promotion with an alluring 3 million seats up for grabs for its domestic and international destinations are made available from AirAsia’s eight hubs (Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Penang, Kota Kinabalu, Bangkok, Jakarta, Bali and Bandung), stretching across 20 countries and over 130 routes.
“Big Sale’ reinforces AirAsia’s transparent pricing policy. Having recently abolished admin and fuel surcharges, guests now only have to fork out for a low fare and the relevant airport tax.
Guests can fly from Bangkok to domestic destinations such as Chiang Rai, Udon Thani and Surat Thani from as low as THB200*. Chiang Mai, Had Yai, Phuket and Krabi are offered from as low as THB300*. Popular international destinations such as Phnom Penh, Ho Chi Minh, are offered from as low as THB799*.
Singapore and Hanoi are offered from THB999* and the highly in demand routes such as Shenzhen, Macau, Bali, Guangzhou and Hong Kong are offered from THB1,199*.
The best part is that AirAsia’s recently launched Bangkok — Taipei route is also offered in this promotion from just THB1,199* .
Tassapon Bijleveld, Chief Executive Officer, Thai AirAsia Co., Ltd. said “We are pursuing our philosophy of encouraging more people to fly with us. With the latest Big Sale is even better than any offerings in the past as guests now can save on Administration Fees and Fuel Surcharges from the recent abolishment for both charges. Our all in fare structure becomes simple and transparent. AirAsia has an extended route network in Asia and beyond. I am convinced that all our guests will find their favourite destination on 130 routes and will be able to benefit from our unbeatable sale campaign.” added Tassapon.
To add value, under GoHoliday at goholiday.airasia.com, it also lined up some great online hotel deals to stretch the dollar where guests may choose their holiday lodgings from over 50,000 hotels.
The “Big Sale” campaign for the domestic sectors will be launched to the public for the booking period from 10 — 16 August 2009 and the international sectors for the booking period from 12-16 August 2009. Both sectors are for the travel period travel from 11 January 2010 - 31 July 2010. Promotional seats are limited and available on first-come, first-served basis and made exclusively online via www.airasia.com and mobile.airasia.com
* Fare is applicable for travel one way only.
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 over 65 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 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.
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