(1888PressRelease)
August 12, 2009 - Trichy – 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 the admin and fuel surcharges, guests now only have to fork out for a low fare and the relevant airport tax.
Guests can fly from Kuala Lumpur to domestic destinations such as Penang, Johor Bahru and many more from as low as RM9*. Popular international destinations such as Trichy (India) Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Bangkok, Phuket are offered from as low as Rs1190*
Ho Chi Minh, Phnom Penh, Bali and Bandung are offered from RM 69.00* and the highly in demand “Kangaroo Routes” in Australia such as Gold Coast, Melbourne and Perth are offered from RM149.00*.
The best part is that AirAsia’s recently launched routes such as Colombo, Taipei, and London are also offered in this promotion from RM 89.00*, RM 99.00* and RM 479.00* respectively.
Kathleen Tan, Regional Head of Commercial, AirAsia Group says “This Big Sale promises to be the Sale of the Year for AirAsia. I dare say that it is even better than the Free Seats offered in the past as guests now save on Administration Fees and Fuel Surcharges as we have abolished both charges. Guests can now enjoy greater savings from 50% to 70% from this Big Sale. For example, with the past Free Seat offer, guests paid Rs 1730* for Trichy - KL now they only pay Rs 1190*
“Our all in fare structure is simple and transparent with our enhanced booking system, reinforcing What you See is What you Pay! With incessant great deals offered by us, we have always received a steady flow of travelers as our all-in-fares are indeed unbeatable, transparent and much sought after. To add value, under GoHoliday at goholiday.airasia.com, we have also lined up some great online hotel deals to stretch the dollar where they may choose their holiday lodgings from over 50,000 hotels. We encourage our guests to purchase food, baggage, hot seats online to enjoy more discounts and savings through airasia.com. Please book early to avoid disappointment as our promo seats are snapped-up quickly.”
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
For further details:
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Ameya Bundellu / Aesha Malnika
9820493003 / 9819421220
ameya,bundellu ( @ ) ogilvy dot com / aesha dot malnika ( @ ) ogilvy dot com
AirAsia Media Relations Team:
Mazlan Rasheed
Office No: +603 8660 4263
Email: mazlanrasheed ( @ ) airasia dot com
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