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Thu, 07/02/2009 - 15:11
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AIRASIA CELEBRATES ITS INAUGURAL KUALA LUMPUR-TAIPEI FLIGHT
SEPANG, July 2 (Bernama) -- AirAsia's first flight from Kuala Lumpur to Taipei departed at 10.00 am this morning, carrying 338 guests.
AirAsia's Group Chief Executive Officer, Tony Fernandes said the
flight had 88 percent load, carrying guests which included president of the
Malaysian Friendship and Trade Centre in Taipei, Abdullah Mohd Salleh and
AirAsia X CEO, Azran Osman-Rani.
AirAsia also celebrated its inaugural flight from Tapei today with touched
down at 8.35 pm at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) of the KL
International Airport (KLIA) with 335 guests on board.
"The new Kuala Lumpur-Taipei route with five direct flights weekly operated
by AirAsia's low-cost long-haul affiliate, AirAsia X, received a remarkable
response from travellers when it opened for sale on April 24, 2009," Fernandes
said at the Kuala Lumpur-Taipei inaugural flight celebration to receive
AirAsia's first guests from Taipei.
Minister of Transport, Ong Tee Keat and Minister of Tourism,
Dr Ng Yen Yen were also at the event to welcome the visitors.
According to Fernandes, all promotional seats for the Kuala Lumpur-Taipei
flight services offered at RM101 per way were snapped up within
12 hours after the sales announcement, with an estimated 80,000 guests flying
the route until the year's end.
"This represents an average load factor of over 80 percent on the 383-seater
Airbus A330," Fernandes said.
Fernandes also said there were no cancellation of flights with the
H1N1 flu global epidemic and that sales were up since it abolished its
administration fees.
"We are also starting new routes from Miri to Singapore," he said.
-- BERNAMA
AirAsia's Group Chief Executive Officer, Tony Fernandes said the
flight had 88 percent load, carrying guests which included president of the
Malaysian Friendship and Trade Centre in Taipei, Abdullah Mohd Salleh and
AirAsia X CEO, Azran Osman-Rani.
AirAsia also celebrated its inaugural flight from Tapei today with touched
down at 8.35 pm at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) of the KL
International Airport (KLIA) with 335 guests on board.
"The new Kuala Lumpur-Taipei route with five direct flights weekly operated
by AirAsia's low-cost long-haul affiliate, AirAsia X, received a remarkable
response from travellers when it opened for sale on April 24, 2009," Fernandes
said at the Kuala Lumpur-Taipei inaugural flight celebration to receive
AirAsia's first guests from Taipei.
Minister of Transport, Ong Tee Keat and Minister of Tourism,
Dr Ng Yen Yen were also at the event to welcome the visitors.
According to Fernandes, all promotional seats for the Kuala Lumpur-Taipei
flight services offered at RM101 per way were snapped up within
12 hours after the sales announcement, with an estimated 80,000 guests flying
the route until the year's end.
"This represents an average load factor of over 80 percent on the 383-seater
Airbus A330," Fernandes said.
Fernandes also said there were no cancellation of flights with the
H1N1 flu global epidemic and that sales were up since it abolished its
administration fees.
"We are also starting new routes from Miri to Singapore," he said.
-- BERNAMA