AIRASIA PLANS FLIGHTS TO INDIA VIA THAILAND

SEPANG, Nov 21 (Bernama) -- AirAsia, Asia's leading low cost airline, plans
to fly to Delhi, Kolkata and Amritsar via its Bangkok hub by the first half of
next year, said group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes.

"The whole Indian sub-continent is going to be very exciting for AirAsia and
the Malaysian tourism industry.

"By next year, (there will be ) six routes from Malaysia to India while
three via Thailand," he told reporters after the live video interview with the
Indian media in conjunction with the Kuala Lumpur-Kolkata route launch, here
Friday.

Kuala Lumpur-Kolkata was AirAsia's fourth route launched this year. The
airline currently flies to Trichy, Kochin and Trivandrum. With frequency of two
flights a day, Trichy is AirAsia's top ten profitable routes.

Fernandes said India was a huge market with 1.1 billion people, US$3.1
trillion economy and 20 potential airports.

There is a still room for AirAsia to tap the market, he added.

AirAsia will fly the Kuala Lumpur-Chennai and Kuala Lumpur-Bangalore routes
by May next year, Penang-Chennai in April and Kuala Lumpur-Hyderabad in July.

For the Kuala Lumpur-Mumbai and Kuala Lumpur-Delhi routes, he said the
destinations will be operated by AirAsia's long-haul affiliate, AirAsia X, by
the end of next year.

-- BERNAMA