AirAsia X’s
Fantastic
5 !
Set to celebrate its Milestones with
5
X-citing Events and More…
SEPANG, 2 NOVEMBER 2012
– AirAsia X, the long haul, low fare airline affiliate of AirAsia celebrated its
5th Anniversary
at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) here
today; with a frenzied fun-filled carnival for the public.
From its humble beginnings in 2007, with its first route from
Kuala Lumpur to
Gold
Coast, Australia, the long-haul low fare airline today has a fleet
comprising of nine Airbus A330 aircraft; the youngest fleet in the
region and have
carried over 8 million guests to 12 exciting destinations across
Australia, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, China and Nepal.
AirAsia X CEO, Azran Osman-Rani
said, “We pay tribute to our guests on our triumph as we celebrate our 5th
Birthday today. It has been an amazing but challenging journey, and
with strong
perseverance; belief and passion, we have proven the skeptics wrong
through the success of the long-haul, low fare model with many
trailblazing FIRSTs in the industry.”
“AirAsia
X is set to grow with an addition of 24 A330-300 aircraft between 2013
and 2017 which would further allow
us to expand our network even further and we look forward to our new
home base in KLIA2 which will provide enhanced ground facilities and
services for our guests. Not one to rest on our laurels, we are prepared
to catapult ourselves into the next 5 year period,
with many more innovations and X-citing offerings in the pipeline.”
AirAsia X transformed the LCCT into a carnival affair, with
various activities organized for the public. They were
entertained
with dance performances,
clowns with balloons and tricks, tattoo
sticker painting, photo opportunities with our talents dressed in multi
traditional costumes from China, Japan, Korea,
Taiwan and Nepal, including radio cruisers appearance and freebies
giveaways by the announcers.
The
day was sealed by a cake cutting ceremony, graced by AirAsia X
Chairwoman Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, AirAsia X
CEO Azran Osman-Rani, Chairman of Gold Coast Tourism Paul Donovan,
AirAsia X Board of Directors and the management team of AirAsia and
AirAsia X.
The airline also kicked off a “Fantastic 5” campaign to mark this special occasion:
1.
AirAsia X jointly with Gold Coast Tourism and Tune
Hotels rewarded the first 5 guests who flew with us on our first flight
to our first destination
from Kuala Lumpur to Gold Coast and vice versa. The first 5 guests from
Kuala Lumpur and Gold Coast received free return flights +
accommodation to Gold coast/Kuala Lumpur.
2.
AirAsia X’s Flight Attendant Department today
organised in-flight games including free cup cake giveaways for all
AirAsia X flights to commemorate
this special occasion.
3.
AirAsia X launched its
5 hour sale in conjunction with its 5th
Anniversary for its loyal guests who have flown with AirAsia X since
its inception. The 5 hour sale begins on November 5, 2012 from 12:00 to 17:00 hrs (GMT+8)
for travel between 1 January, 2013 and 31 March, 2013. Guests will be offered fares from as low as
MYR195* on Economy and from as low as MYR755* on Premium to all AirAsia X destinations across Australia, China, Taiwan, Nepal, and Korea (excluding Japan).
4.
AirAsia
X supported by Tune Hotels launched a 3 week contest, a separate
microsite created just for the occasion- a trivia on
AirAsia X destinations, and its milestones for public participation.
With a total of 25 tickets up for grabs, 5 Grand prize winners will
stand a chance to receive a return flight + 4 additional return flights
for their selected friends. Contest begins from
5 to 26th November 2012. Visit aaxmarksthespot.com to participate!
5.
AirAsia X welcomes of our “Friendsy” friends arrival in conjunction with the AAX’s 5th
Anniversary- Julie-Ann Foster, 42 is the
winner of the “Friendsy” competition which ran on AirAsia’s Australian
Facebook page in April 2012. Julie who entered 251 of her facebook
friends in the competition was chosen as the winner of the contest. She
takes away with her the entire A330-300 aircraft
for her friends and family members to Kuala Lumpur from Sydney and
celebrates AirAsia X’s 5th Anniversary onboard an
entertaining flight with fun activities and games together with 30
Australian media. Her prize which is worth a total of AUD270,000
including flights + accommodation for 3 nights 4 days stay in Kuala
Lumpur Ibis Styles Fraser Business Park is the first contest of this
scale, organized by any long-haul low fare airline in Asia.
“Special
thanks to our business partners, airport authorities and tourism bodies
who believed in
us and supported us in our journey including our AirAsia and AirAsia X
Allstars; who has made this dream possible. We celebrate this special
occasion by rewarding our guests and friends with great deals and new
offerings and hope our guests are entertained
as much as we are. We hope our guests will continue to further X-plore, and X-perience an X-tremely X-citing journey with us!, concluded
Azran.
AirAsia X continues to live up to its tagline
Now Everyone Can Fly X-tra Long. Together with its affiliate, the
AirAsia Group, the airline will continue to offer guests unmatched
connectivity from destinations across Asia Pacific to a vast network
across South East Asia and beyond.
AirAsia keeps abreast with the social media community via their Facebook and Twitter accounts. Guests are able
to receive real-time updates on latest promotions and interact with AirAsia via
facebook.com/AirAsia and
twitter.com/AirAsia.
Guests may also checkout
airasia.com/travel3sixty online where AirAsia now
showcases our monthly
in-flight magazine in digital format and destination guides on
bookshelves for fun reading and downloads. Travel 3Sixty° is primarily
a travel related in-flight magazine which features articles that cover
travel, fashion & beauty, health, sports, food and other up to date
information on AirAsia and AirAsia X.
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