AIRASIA IMPLEMENTS NEW BAGGAGE POLICY

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 (Bernama) -- Low cost carrier AirAsia, has implemented a new baggage policy effective Tuesday.

Dubbed Supersize, AirAsia pasengers can now choose from three tiers of
baggage sizes when purchasing tickets online.

For domestic flights, customers can choose from Supersize Regular for up to
15kg of baggage and pay a nominal sum of RM5, Supersize Medium for up to 20kg at
RM43 or Supersize Large for up to 25kg at RM80. (US$1=RM3.58)

For international sectors, the charges are RM5, RM55 and RM105 for Supersize
Regular, Supersize Medium and Supersize Large respectively, it said in a
statement Tuesday.

"With the implementation of Supersize, customers no longer have to pay
the checked-in baggage handling fee of RM5 per piece of luggage.

"This means passengers who opt for Supersize Regular can check-in more than
one piece of luggage but only pay RM5 as long as the total weight does not
exceed 15kg," its regional head of commercial, Kathleen Tan said.

She said a similar baggage policy had previously been implemented for
AirAsia X flights with rate revisions for its Supersize implementation.

Tan also said from Tuesday, Supersize Regular for AirAsia X remained at the
previous rate of RM20, while Supersize Medium and Supersize Large now cost RM55
and RM105 respectively.

Meanwhile, the over-the-counter excess baggage fees remained at RM15 per kg
for domestic flights and RM20 per kg for international sectors, she said.

"There is also no change to AirAsia X excess baggage charge of RM20 per kg
on all its international sectors, except for London Stansted, where the charge
is RM50 per kg," Tan added.