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Just thought i’d let you know, it’s on now! If you want to get the best airfares around Asia, and even long haul flights to destinations in Europe or Australia, AirAsia are now having their ‘Awesome 20% Sale’ on all flights operating on over 165 routes. AirAsia have begun their 20% off sale – Applicable on all flights on all routes! The sale begins today (January 11, 2012) and ends on January 13.

The three day sale is available on travel on any immediate flight departing between the 30 th  of January and the 26 th  of April 2012. For those planning a long haul vacation, the 20% offer includes thecomfy premium fly flat beds on flights to New Zealand, Japan, Australia, China, India, Taiwan, Europe and Korea. Long haul AirAsiaX flights, which feature the cheapest bed in the sky, are also included in the Awesome 20% Sale.

Thai AirAsia chief Tassapon Bijleveld said that it highlighted the budget carrier’s commitment to giving more passengers the chance to take off by providing low fares. “AirAsia is showing our commitment to providing low fares by offering this ‘Awesome 20% Sale’ throughout both AirAsia and AirAsia X’s route network. Now guests will be able to connect to more than 80 destinations in 23 countries. Apart from affordable air travel, this promotion will also allow people to travel immediately while enjoying even lower fares to any of the over 165 destinations that AirAsia and AirAsiaX fly to. ” But it’s not just in the sky where savings are to be made, but also on the ground.  The low-cost group’s holiday division, AirAsiaGo, is also offering a 10% discount on selected destinations for bookings made between 11 and 13 January.

The travel period for this promotion is also from 30 January – 26 April 2012.

To make holidays more interesting and memorable, guests may log on to airasiago.com to be able to mix and match their preferred tour and activities, apart from affordable holiday packages and lodging.

Together with the partnership with Expedia, the travel portal has 130,000 hotel partners around the world. Guests are also able to enjoy the ‘Awesome 20% Sale’ via AirAsia’s mobile apps on Blackberry, iPhone and Android devices, or via mobile.airasia.com on WAP enabled phones.

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The Malaysia-based no-frills airline group AirAsia and its sister Thai airline have set their sights on separate listings on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to raise fund to support their aggressive expansion plans. On 27 December 2006, AirAsia’s CEO Tony Fernandes unveiled a five-year plan to further enhance its presence in Asia. In the plan, AirAsia will strengthen and enhance its route network by connecting all the existing cities in the region and expanding further into Indochina, Indonesia, Southern China (Kun Ming, Xiamen, Shenzen) and India. The airline will focus on developing its hubs in Bangkok and Jakarta through its sister companies, Thai AirAsia and Indonesia AirAsia. Hence, with increase frequency and addition of new routes, AirAsia expects passenger volume to hit 18 million by end-2007.

From September 2007, AirAsia’s Kuala Lumpur hub is fully operated with A320s while Thai AirAsia received its first Airbus A320 in October 2007. Indonesia AirAsia received its first Airbus by January 2008.
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