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89240
Thu, 11/12/2009 - 11:32
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AIRASIA DOUBLES SERVER CAPACITY FOR "1 MLN FREE SEATS" OFFER
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 (Bernama) -- In anticipation of strong demand to its "1 Million Free Seats" offer, Malaysia-based low cost carrier AirAsia has doubled its server capacity to cope with the huge increase in demand.
Demand has vastly exceeded its expectations partly driven by its entry into
new markets such as Australia, United Kingdom, India, China and the Middle East,
resulting in congestion on airasia.com.
"For those who have not been able to make a booking, we urge them to be
patient and keep trying as there are still 700,000 free seats available up to
Nov 15," said regional head of Commercial, Kathleen Tan, in a statement here.
Tan noted that the offer has broken two new world records whereby the
website registered a phenomenal 300,000,000 hits in the first 11 hours of the
campaign, and sold over 300,000 seats in less than 24 hours.
The booking period is only for five days beginning Wednesday while the
travelling period is between May 1 and Oct 30, 2010.
-- BERNAMA
Demand has vastly exceeded its expectations partly driven by its entry into
new markets such as Australia, United Kingdom, India, China and the Middle East,
resulting in congestion on airasia.com.
"For those who have not been able to make a booking, we urge them to be
patient and keep trying as there are still 700,000 free seats available up to
Nov 15," said regional head of Commercial, Kathleen Tan, in a statement here.
Tan noted that the offer has broken two new world records whereby the
website registered a phenomenal 300,000,000 hits in the first 11 hours of the
campaign, and sold over 300,000 seats in less than 24 hours.
The booking period is only for five days beginning Wednesday while the
travelling period is between May 1 and Oct 30, 2010.
-- BERNAMA
