In a statement Tuesday, AirAsia said affected passengers of any airlines could opt for its RM99 (excluding taxes and fees) promotion to any Asean destination.
The promotion is from Tuesday to Sunday, and for a travel period from Tuesday until May 23.
“Guests will only need to show their flight tickets at any AirAsia sales office or AirAsia sales counter to enjoy this promotion to any Asean destinations (except Myanmar) departing from Malaysia and Singapore,” it said.
AirAsia Group regional head of commercial Kathleen Tan said this was AirAsia’s small contribution and offer for affected passengers.
“We came up with this special campaign to offer these stranded passengers a special fare to an alternative holiday destination in Asean,” she said.
AirAsia’s Asean destinations include Bali, Jakarta, Bangkok, Singapore, Siam Reap, Hanoi, Phuket and Krabi, among others.
On Monday, Airasia Group CEO Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes was reported saying that the airlines would offer flight tickets for as low as RM99 to any destination in the world served by the airline.
]]>All destinations apply from March 3 to 7, with domestic destinations like Penang, Langkawi, Terengganu, Johor Baru and Kota Baru priced from RM9 one-way.
Visitors can head to Kuching for RM29 and to Kota Kinabalu for RM49 one-way. For international flights, Austra lian destinations such as Gold Coast, Melbourne and Perth start at RM149 one-way, while a ticket to London is going for RM699.
To enjoy the discounts, passengers must book their trip between March 3 and 7 for travel between Sept 25 this year and Feb 13 next year.
Meanwhile, business and industry circles in northern Sarawak are disappointed that AirAsia had terminated direct flights from Miri to Singapore from Monday, saying this disrupted important business and tourism linkages.
Sarawak Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Datuk Sim Hock Guan said yesterday the move had resulted in loss of business for the oil and gas and tourism sectors, and interrupted daily social links.
He said the business community was surprised at the termination since the route averaged a 70% passenger load daily since it began last September.
“I am appealing to AirAsia and the federal authorities to reinstate the flight.
“Over the past three days, we received a lot of complaints from angry people from the business, tourism and oil and gas sectors and also from the public who are affected by the cancellation,” he said.
Sim added that the chamber had written to the state Tourism and Heritage Ministry and was informed that the issue had been forwarded to the state Cabinet.
]]>In a statement here Wednesday, AirAsia said the promotion will be available exclusively online via its website at www.airasia.com during the promotion period for a travel period from March 23 -May 31 this year.
The discounts for its domestic and international destinations will be available for AirAsia’s nine regional hubs namely Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Penang, Bangkok, Phuket, Jakarta, Bali, Surabaya and Bandung stretching across 20 countries to over 130 routes.
The promotion excludes domestic destinations within Thailand and the new routes to India (Banglore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai from Kuala Lumpur and to Chennai from Penang) for which sales were opened recently, where promotional fares are still available online until February 21.
Its regional head of commercial, Kathleen Tan said guests will be able to book flights to favourite destinations such as London, Australia, China as well as regional favourites like Siem Reap, Bali, Phuket, Bangkok, Jakarta, Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City during the four-day promotion.
Those planning on domestic travel in Malaysia will also benefit from the promotion as domestic destinations are included, she said.
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