June 7, 2009 and woke up early for me not to miss my 8:55 AM Air Asia flight from Phuket to Bangkok. The last part of my Asian trip (Singapore, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, Phuket and Bangkok Thailand).

Sleepy and tired but full of excitement. That’s what I exactly feel when I reached the fantastic airport of Phuket.

But I still managed to save some energy for my half-day tour to Bangkok because of the warm welcome of the Thai personnel in the airport.

They’re very glad to help you in any ways that they can offer. From the airport’s entrance, trolleys, waiting area and until you reach your destination.

But even if I already reached my destination, all I can feel is their kindness and hospitality.

Honestly, I found too hard to understand some of their words but you can feel from the smiles in their faces of how special you are to them.

While we’re waiting for our FD 3022 plane in Phuket airport, all I can do is to sit, think, plan, stare at the map (and look around the surroundings) what I’m going to do in Bangkok.

At first, my plan is to have a back-pack style of touring the city from Suvarnabhumi airport with my sling bag, plastic full of souvenirs, and my big stroller bag. I think that’s the weirdest plan I ever had, because Suvarnabhumi is toooooooo far from the Bangkok’s CBD.

Good thing I was looking around and saw this Tour Information stall in the waiting area just in front of me.

Then here’s the roll-call to the passengers for Bangkok. And eventually, I left that guilt in the airport when I board the plane because all I can feel is excitement. Excitement because I’ll be going to Bangkok and of course, another plane experience for me again.

When the plane’s wheel touched Suvarnabhumi, I was greeted by different planes on the way.

Fantastic! Whoah! I really love planes.

While the plane is taxiing in the airport ramp, I’m wondering why our plane is not going near to the terminals. All of a sudden, we were dropped-off on the tarmac for us to ride the shuttle bus going to the domestic airport. Ugh! A little hassle for us, that’s what I thought. Anyway, I have no choice but to follow the line.

But to least of my expectation when the driver started the engine and left the pick-up area, it’s like we’re touring the airport (hmmp). And suddenly I saw a lot of planes, as in LOTS OF PLANES.

I saw B747, B777, B737, A340, A330, A320 and a lot more in different airlines. Oh my god! That’s the only word I can speak in my mind. This is such a nice place. I wanted to tell the driver to stop the bus for us to take some pictures but it’s already in the mid-day knowing that all of us passengers and I are now starving.

Next time, I’ll ride Air Asia again because of this one-of-a-kind experience.

It's been a long while since I blogged. Since last year! Ok ok...I'm being dramatic considering it's only the beginning of the 2nd month in 2009. And what better way to usher in the new year than with loads of reminiscing.

When I joined AirAsia, I had the chance to work on our Boeing 737s, and if there's one main thing I learnt, is just how much to appreciate our Airbus A320s. I had fun flying on the B737s. My first plane ride in my life was on one of our own.

8th Dec 2005, our first Airbus arrived. We had water canons blasting an archway for this red & white baby as it taxiied to the bay. A historical day indeed for us here. In fact, we even marked the day further by setting the record for the most people out of office on a working afternoon! (special permission by our beloved CEO to join in the celebrations!)

Day in day out, we've gone from operating just 1 A320 until today where we've gone 100% Airbus in KUL.

With every new A320s that we received, I feel prouder to be part of this phenomenal growth. Part of this ASEAN achievement. Part of this family.

With every guest that I greet on board, I feel more privilleged to be standing there in the red uniform, representing this phenomenal growth. This ASEAN achievement. This family.

Here's the fun...

Can you recognize these parts of our stylish rides??

Happy flying =D

Salut!

Guys and girls, have you ever wondered where our aircraft come from? Hmm, you don't say. They all seem to pop out from somewhere about twice a month in AirAsia. As pretty as these aircraft are, the city that these beauties hail from is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in France.

Jawdropping.

Toulouse is a fairly large city, with a little over a million inhabitants. It is the fourth largest city in France, with a rich history behind its creation as well as housing Europe's most advanced defence and space centers.

I had the privilege of undergoing some training there, and my first impression of the river that runs through it is this.

Sweeet. (read more...)

A ‘ferry flight’ is one when company pilots go to Toulouse/Sharjah to fly the aircraft home once it’s rolled out from the plant. It’s an experience akin to taking ‘a new car for a spin’. Recently, I had that rare opportunity with Capt. S.A. Tan ferrying 9M-AHG from Sharjah-Kuala Lumpur. Although Sharjah has its fair share of sights and sounds, it was a tad boring for us. So we attempted to ride a camel across the freezing desert while awaiting the aircraft to arrive from Toulouse! This post documents our brief journey and subsequent elevation as certified Airbus pilots cum camel jockeys.

First things first, the 'chain-of-command'. Despite Capt. Tan’s vast experience as a commander, we both decided that commanding a camel is more suited for one as obstinate as the camel itself. So he asked ME to be Captain while HE volunteered to be my FO atop the camel! Since I had no problems accepting an early promotion, we got down to business immediately. After the pre-departure briefing, I commanded my camel to rise. She didn’t! I asked for the checklist again. Nose peg? Check! Hump Seat? Check! Foot Harness? Check! (read more...)

Well, referring to the title. I think AirAsia has aeroplanes with the funkiest livery ever seen in the horizon.

Even AirAsia's standard red/white livery is one of smartest looking livery. Not forgetting the Manchester United livery and Williams ATT F1 team livery. The Airbus A320 with the "Amazing" livery does look nice well with the faces of their stewardess on it.

The new livery celebrating AirAsia winning the Best Low Cost Carrier of the year does look good as well and not forgetting the new "Bank Rakyat" livery.

Well, long story cut short. All I want to say is AirAsia has the best looking planes ever. Keep up the momentum. We as passengers of AirAsia would like to see more planes with even more funky liveries.

This is the livery that I like best.