Bangkok--6 Nov--AirAsia
Ho Chi Minh City - Skytrax World’s Best Low Cost airline, AirAsia today officially announced its new route to Phuket from Ho Chi Minh City at a press conference held at Miss Ao dai Building, in Ho Chi Minh City. The official announcement of the new destination is in addition to its existing routes to Ho Chi Minh City from Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. Guests can enjoy better connectivity and excellent services with truly low fares.
Tassapon Bijleveld, CEO of Thai AirAsia said, “We saw an increase in demand for the Ho Chi Minh route with average load factor of over 85 per cent for our flights departing from Bangkok to the city since commencement. The great demand has led us to introduce the city from our new hub- Phuket on 4 November 2009. We are pleased to offer guests from Vietnam this new travel option to a world class holiday destination like Phuket. With this new route, guests can connect to Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Medan and many more exciting holiday getaways.”
“We foresee a strong demand for the new Phuket- Ho Chi Minh route and believe the demand would constitute of guests from a mixture of leisure seekers and business travelers. Phuket is known as the “Pearl of Andaman Sea”, Phuket is one of the most fascinating holiday destinations for all ages, offering arrays of activities for everyone. This tropical paradise has a unique blend of modern tourist facilities combined with wonderful shopping and rich historical heritage. The island does not only capture and portray the unique side of Thailand but also boasts beautiful white and sandy beaches, attracting surfers and beach lovers from all over the world. With AirAsia’s low fares and extensive network, we believe that we can encourage people to travel more and this can help in boosting tourism and stimulate local economies within the region. This move is of crucially importance because of AirAsia’s commitment to bring enjoyable and affordable travel to residents across the ASEAN countries. Thus, we urge people interested in flying from Phuket to Ho Chi Minh City and vice versa to check out for our promotional fares running until 9 November.” Tassapon said
To celebrate the official announcement of the new route, AirAsia is delighted to offer special promotional fares from as low as USD25 (from Ho Chi Minh to Phuket) / THB999 (from Phuket to Ho Chi Minh), for bookings beginning from today to 9 November 2009 for travel period from 3 December 2009 to 30 April 2010. Guests may book online via www.airasia.com or mobile.airasia.com.
Phuket — Ho Chi Minh
Flight No. Destinations Depart Arrive Frequency
(Flights from/to)
FD 3965 Saigon Phuket 21:40 23.35 Daily
FD 3964 Phuket Saigon 19:20 21:10 Daily
About AirAsia and AirAsia X
AirAsia, the leading and largest low-cost carrier in Asia, services the most extensive network with over 130 routes covering 65 destinations. Within the grasp of 7 years of operations, AirAsia has carried over 75 million guests and grown its fleet from just two aircraft to 85. 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, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This is further complemented by AirAsia X, its low-cost long-haul affiliate carrier that currently flies to destinations in China, Australia, Taiwan, the UK, and, very soon, Abu Dhabi. AirAsia is the only regional carrier with the largest destination network and highest flight frequencies. AirAsia was recently awarded “The Airline of the Year” award for 2009 by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA). The airline was also conferred the 2009 World’s Best Low Cost Airline in the annual World Airline Survey by Skytrax and was for the third time named the Best Asian Low Cost Carrier by TTG, Asia Pacific’s leading travel news publisher.
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AirAsia Media Relations Team:
Topaz Subunruk
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Nuttawut Jitardharn
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