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Fri, 01/15/2010 - 17:54
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AIRASIA CELEBRATES INAUGURAL FLIGHT TO KOTA KINABALU FROM TAIPEI

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 (Bernama) -- Low-cost airline, AirAsia, Friday
celebrated its maiden flight to Kota Kinabalu (KK) from Taipei.

In a statement here Friday, AirAsia said the new international destination
would establish KK as its second largest hub in Malaysia with a total of seven
international and nine domestic destinations.

"The route, which was opened for booking in November 2009, received
excellent response. Over 32,000 seats were sold to date," it said.

Chairman of AirAsia, Aziz Bakar, said besides Taipei, KK would also
connect guests to Brunei, Jakarta, Shenzhen, Macau, Clark and Singapore.

"To date, we have carried 129,000 guests both inbound and outbound from
Taipei since April 2009 and the numbers are still growing," he said.

-- BERNAMA



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