Calling all youth who wants to see positive changes in themselves, their community & their country. If that's you, join us and be part of the Youth Engagement Summit 2009 (YES2009) and be a driver of change, together with the world's most engaging & inspiring global change icons such as:

Sir Bob Geldof , Founder of Live Aid & Live8
Biz Stone, Co-Founder of Twitter
Randi Zuckerberg, Director of Market Development at Facebook
Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood megastar & TV host
Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, Former Managing Director of the World Bank
Dato' Seri Tony Fernandes, Malaysian entrepreuner & founder of AirAsia
Nando Parrado, the ultimate survivor & inspiritional speaker
Garry Kasparov, Russian living legend of chess
Lorraine Hahn, noted former presenter for CNN & CNBC
Long Yongtu, Former Vice Minister of Trade in China
Yashwant Sina, Finance Minister of India (1998 - 2002)
David Magliano, Director of Marketing for London 2012

We'd like to have you with us at YES2009 in impacting the future. We have passes to give away to all who wants to be part of this momentous summit.

All you need to do is to tell us, if you could change one thing in your lifetime, what would it be, and who will it be for? Yourself, your community, or your country? And how will you contribute to it?

You can participate by sending in comments via this blog post. All winners will be notified via email by end of Friday (13 November).

We look forward to your entries, it starts from 1700hrs (GMT+8) 11 Nov 2009 and ends on 1200hrs (GMT+8) 13 Nov 2009. All the best!!

More info about YES2009 here

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What a momentous day it was for AirAsia & AirAsia X yesterday. We are humbled to have been jointly awarded the prestigious Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) Airline of the Year Award for 2009 this year at the CAPA Aviation Awards for Excellence presentation ceremony, held at the Great Wall Sheraton in Beijing, China.

We can only thank each and everyone of you out there who has supported us through the years, and grow together with us every moment of the way. We only look forward to continue doing our best, ensuring that all of you will have more great stories to share with us, and about us.

“From 2 planes to 80 and from 200,000 to over 75 million passengers in just a short 7 years marks unprecedented growth by any airline globally, let alone a low fare airline like AirAsia. We are deeply flattered to accept this award and this shall further bolster our pledge ? to provide superior services coupled with our low fares plus diverse service options to our guests. This is our promise,” he concluded.

The CAPA Airline of the Year 2009 award is deemed the uppermost level of recognition given to airlines for excellent achievements in the aviation industry and outstanding strategic contribution over the course of the past year.

Our Group CEO, Tony Fernandes was awarded the CAPA Legend Award (Aviation Hall of Fame) for 2009 for shaping the way the aviation industry has evolved, along with Dato’ Seri Bashir Ahmad (Managing Director of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad), Ray Webster (founding CEO of EasyJet), Dr Cheong Choong Kong (former Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airlines) and Maurice Flanagan (founding Vice Chairman, Emirates Airline) who were previous winners of this award.

Many more things that you can look forward to from us, such as new routes, greater network, & groundbreaking lie-flat bed seats next year! :)

Achieving this might not have been easy, but this is proof that if one dares to dream the impossible, believe the unbelievable & never take no for an answer... all things are possible.

Let's continue to make more dreams come true :)

Tony comes up to us today and says guess what guys, lets go web 2.0! We were shocked but at AirAsia we believe that the amazing happens. Where else in the world, would a CEO invest faith in social media to hire key personnel. Check out http://www.tonyfernandesblog.com. Tony has had his say. Will this be the door to your dream job? Write to him and let the man himself tell you what he thinks.

Key positions open for you are:-

1. Head of Ancillary Income
2. Executive Ancillary Income
3. Merchandiser
4. Graphic/Merchandising Designer

For more details, hear it from the man himself at his blog by clicking on the link above. Live your dreams with us at AirAsia!

Last 30 April 2009 was special. Yes, it was the eve of the long weekend but it was also our CEO's birthday. A grand 45th birthday celebration it was. There were two cakes for the birthday boy and the entire office was in tow to do justice to our founder and great leader who has been simply inspirational to us all throughout the years. It has simply been a great pleasure that we could celebrate this with him. To all AirAsians who have been with us and are with us until today, we thank you and we invite you to share in the joy with the man, Tony Fernandes himself!

Smashing cake for Tony. Looked real yummy and it tasted the same too! In fact, we had two cakes for the man.

Tony wielding the knife...at the cake obviously!

The customary blowing out of the candles. We hope all his wishes come true!

The group hug shot. Camelia dropped by to visit as well!

Posing with the boys. And thats Tony in well, a Tony mask!

We hope we made it a 45th birthday to remember!

The plane landed as scheduled and it was simply a momeorable moment that is simply fantabulous. Early pics on the touchdown for you to enjoy. We are equally sorry we were not there but proud to be part of the team that made this happen. Join us in this great celebration.

The Xcalibur given a water canon salute



Captain Chin displaying the Malaysian pride of the Jalur Gemilang and the Union Jack on touchdown



His Excellency, the Duke of York, HRH Prince Andrew and Tony looking around Xcalibur

More pics from the parties in the sky soon. Watch this space.