Malaysian Airlines Information

AirAsia X is offering free seats promotional offer to the UK (London), Taiwan (Taipei), China (Tianjin, Hangzhou, and Chengdu), Australia (Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth) and the new India destinations (Mumbai, Delhi). The free seats offer is in commemoration of AirAsia X’s move into its next growth phase with two million guests carried to date since its inception from November 2007.

The booking period for the free seats promotion is available for 48 hours from today till tomorrow, for the travel period from October 1- November 14, 2010. Promotional seats are limited and available on first-come, first-served basis. Guests will only have to pay the Airport Tax from Kuala Lumpur to London (Stansted), China (Hangzhou, Tianjin, Chengdu), Taiwan (Taipei), and India (Mumbai, New Delhi) with an all-in fare from as low as RM 25. Other international destinations which are also offered include Australia. Guests need to only pay an all-in fare from as low as RM 52 to Gold Coast, RM 58 to Perth and RM 69 to Melbourne.

Azran Osman-Rani, Chief Executive Officer, AirAsia X said, “We are pleased to offer for the first time our free seats promotion to all our AirAsia X destinations. This promotion is the best opportunity for guests to maximise on our extensive route network to travel to more places with our low fares. From a beach getaway in Gold Coast to shopping paradises in London and Taiwan or even a scenic getaway in Hangzhou, there is always something for everyone to discover.”

Guests may also complement their travel plans with online hotel deals and tour packages via AirAsiaGo, where they may choose tours, activities and holiday lodgings from over 70,000 hotels worldwide including ground transfers. Guests can also enjoy up to 50 per cent off hotel rooms from the selected hotels of various destinations in China, Australia, Malaysia, India and many more. AirAsiaGo’s Big Savings promotion is available online at www.airasiago.com for bookings made from June 8-13, 2010 for travel from July 1-August 31, 2010.

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SHANGHAI, May 1 (Bernama) — Malaysia’s participation at the Shanghai World Expo is a good way to achieve the target of attracting 1.2 million visitors from China this year, Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said.

The Shanghai World expo could also be a platform to promote Malaysia to the world, Ng told Malaysian reporters after the opening ceremony of the Malaysian pavillion for the Shanghai World Expo, here Saturday.

She said Tourism Malaysia was focusing on the China market since there were 14 million Chinese visitors who had travelled overseas last year.

Ng said the ministry was also looking for the operation of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flights to more cities in China.

“Besides the main cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xiamen, the ministry also tries to cooperate with airlines to bring in more tourists to Malaysia from other cities like Wuhan, Chongqing and Kunming,” she added.

She said her ministry also hoped to attract investors from China to invest in tourism related products like restaurants or invest in property through the “Malaysia My Second Home” programme.

On promotion strategies, Ng said her ministry had launched the Malaysia International Shoe Festival recently which had received tremendous response and the 1Malaysia Contemporary Tourism Art Festival to be held in July.

The existing promotion strategies such as Mega Sale and F1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Pix would be continued, she added.

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KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia has launched a special promotion for Europe-bound passengers stranded because of the volcanic ash that has disrupted flights to Europe.

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.

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