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Thu, 10/29/2009 - 14:42
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AIRASIA AND AIRASIA X JOINTLY WIN CAPA'S AIRLINE OF THE YEAR

BEIJING, Oct 29 (Bernama)-- Exeptional achievement, brilliant innovations and constant positive growth despite the global economic crisis has won the AirAsia group double Ace.

AirAsia and AirAsiaX jointly won the prestigious Centre for Asia Pacific
Aviation (CAPA) Airline of the Year Award for 2009 here Wednesday night.

The awards were presented at the CAPA Aviation Awards for Excellence
presentation ceremony here, while its Group CEO, Tony Fernandes was also
conferred the CAPA Legend Award (Aviation Hall of Fame) for 2009.

The CAPA Awards Ceremony was held as part of this year's sixth annual Asia
Aviation Outlook summit here.

The two-day event showcased airline and airport CEOs from around the Asia
Pacific and Middle East regions.

"It is a big hounour, we are very proud indeed, we beat Singapore Airline,
China Airline, Cathay Pacific...it shows that Malaysia can be the best," said
Tony Fernandes when asked to comment on the company's achievement.
-- BERNAMA


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