AirAsia Blog

Just Jump Off to KRABI, Thailand

Maria — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:58:43 +0000

Not literally, Air Asia does not include sky diving as part of flight services.

Just JUMP, as in just go, just charge your credit card and just go, of course, please check your passport validity, oh for god's sake , do please.

Somewhere in your passport states , 6 months validity for you to cross your borders, all right, no whining at the airport please.

KRABI - This is the place where James Bond movie , "Tomorrow Never Dies" was filmed back in 1997 ,with stunning Pierce Brosnan (oh my ...oh my!!) and Teri Hatcher (lucky her ...) as Mr Bond and his ... co-star.

The said island for the filming is Khow-Ping-Khan Island, but now is better known as James Bond Island. Our speed boat passes the island as another speed boat chases after us.

We arrived and anchored at Kho Phi Phi Leh, or in short, Phileh Bay .
This is where Leonardo DiCaprio made his legendary dive into the clear cool waters in the film "The Beach", in year 2000. The movie was about an American backpacker harrowing experience during his holiday in Southeast Asia.

In this movie, he came across a secret community on one of the islands, some tragedy happened but of course , he survived.

Our experience was milder. We snorkelled.
Among the shoal of canary green fishes that suspiciously looked like piranhas, just that they didn't bite.

The current was quite strong, and I wasn't feeling too energetic,after 2 nights of hardly any sleep (another story this one), most of the time, i just hang on to the boat's ladder and let the fishes nibble bread crumbs around me. Some of them venture out in their life savers and let the current flow them away, only to be towed back by the speed boat co-driver a.k.a lifeguard.

We snorkelled at 3 different waters , banked ourselves at Maya Beach ....where Leonardo DiCaprio killed a little shark, we had lunch at Phi Phi Don island, sunbathed at Bamboo Island and back safely to the shores of Aonang Town by evening.

Night time spent strolling and just popping into any food outlet that turned your saliva tap on.
Thailand food - mango spicy salad, tom yum in coconut milk, mixed vege with fish sauce, chicken sauteed with cashew nuts ...

Sun dresses, bermudas, beach wears,slippers,shoes, beach party wears are all offered along the street by the beach. There's not a need to think hard of what to pack to go Krabi.

On the 3rd day, I decided to join the Krabi jungle trip, because I can't remember the last time I took a ride on an elephant , or if ever i had one.

It was a short ride, entering thru the rubber plantation , into the jungle. Nothing thrilling like a rollercoaster, but cant help worrying that the seats might fall off on either side.
The elephants didnt make a single sound during the ride, at times just stopping to munch on their favourite shoots and leaves .

Jungle package took us dipping into natural jungle fresh water pool , open air wooden hut lunch and later natural spa in the jungle hotspring.

That's it.
Enjoyable, fun of fun activities ,relax atmosphere and good food.
Like i say, if you are feeling happy and energetic ...but not to the point of sky diving extremeties, if you have that film star nostalgia in you,
and if you feel you just need to go, Go Krabi!!!

EPL Masters Football - it's coming!

Katherine Mccleary — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:19:17 +0000

EPL Masters Football Malaysia Cup is here...

On Sunday 22 November, 36 ex professional football players will take to the 'stage'/field and play in a round robin tournament at Putra Stadium Bukit Jalil.

Teams are Manchester United, Liverpool (last years champs), Sheffield United and EPL Allstars. Players include Andrew Cole, Ray Parlour and Ian Walker and John Durnin. It is set to be an exciting tournament!

Andrew Cole and Ian Walker were at the press conference to kick things off (excuse the punn). Having just 'come of age' for masters football; 35 years old, they seemed excited about being here in Malaysia to take part in the tournament which has become quite the institution in the UK, and fast becoming as popular over on this side of the world. Although they weren't too pleased to meet the 35 year point, they were looking forward to playing with some old team mates/rivals.

The tournament which takes place this Sunday will be an exciting event, and the atmosphere in the stadium should be great considering they have sold 75% of seats and counting. Do you have your ticket yet?? If not, call Axcess (0377115000) and quote 'AirAsia' for the Buy on Get one Free promo!
Before the event there will also be a Football Fiesta from 2pm on the outskirts of the stadium. This is free to enter so why not go along?

Maybe we'll see you there!

3 things I learnt about Bob Geldof yesterday

AirAsia Blog Team — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:47:26 +0000

Posting on behalf of our Editor-In-Chief and General of our 360 Magazine, Li Fern.

1) For someone who often offers cautionary tales of doom and gloom, he’s actually very funny

Geldof attended AirAsia’s reception of the Lat plane and decided to say a few words. After announcing with a straight face that Tony Fernandes told him that AirAsia staff would be getting a bonus, he went on to joke about how he thought he’d be getting a Bob plane instead of having to welcome a cartoonist’s plane!

2) Geldof is a good speaker
You’re probably thinking “duh?” the chap was invited to speak at Y.E.S 2009? In my defence, I’ve never heard him before so it was a pleasant surprise to see him have the crowd laughing with a few short sentences before sobering ’em up with more serious matters: how travel can bridge divides and bring the world closer together, and its role in climate change.

3) He looks mighty fine in person
I remember watching Bob Geldof singing with the Boomtown Rats at a concert on telly when I was about eight with my family. The day was hot and the humidity was starting to make me itch. I recalled wondering who the scruffy, long-haired man was and if he felt as hot and irritated as I did. In retrospect, it was probably a benefit concert of some sort (there were quite a few of those in the 80s).

Yesterday, Geldof arrived in a snappy grey suit over an open-collared striped shirt and carefully tousled hair that made him look really good for a man his age.

At the end of the ceremony, Geldof did get a plane of his own… albeit a replica of said cartoonist’s plane.

Sir Bob Geldof gets his own plane from Dato’ Sri Tony Fernandes

The Lat plane sported a timeless look in the artist’s signature spare, black and white style that’s all the more powerful for it: Malaysians of various races united by a common love for music and children dancing across the aircraft’s body - so very eye-catching.

LAT Plane ready to take to the skies!

There was a special Lat tee designed for the occasion and it was only given to VIPs (like the people in the pictures here), but I hear there will be other items from the collection that non-VIPs like us will have access to… for a fee of course.

Dato’ Sri Tony Fernandes, Dato’ Mohd Nor bin Khalid (or Dato’ Lat), Dato’ Kamaruddin bin Meranun, Sir Bob Geldof and En Azran Osman-Rani with AirAsia crew

All Stars - Bravo!

AirAsia Blog Team — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:39:14 +0000

All Stars! Everyone plays a part and everyone is in this together for the long run. Thank you for always giving your best but let us never rest with mediocrity and strive for the best always. Everyone has a role to play. Let us all stay dedicated and never forget that one for all, all for one!

Dream the impossible,
Believe the unbelievable,
Never take no for answer.

A special dinner

Safina — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:29:10 +0000

As intructors, we are normally tied up with our daily classes; be it classroom sessions or the practical activities which you could see some of us in the swimming pool (showing our 6 packs and sexy bods) or jumping off the 'slide' in trying to motivate the trainees to have jump (even if we ourselves are nervous about it). Well as a diver, I would prefer jumping into the pool then the slide which is about 13 feet high!

But last Friday, we were involved in a different activity. Lead by the Head of Academy, we organised a special Deepavali dinner for the representatives from BEAT. The Barrier-Free Environment and Accessible Transport Group or famously known as BEAT, are represented by 16 NGO bodies which, its main purpose is to promote and support accessibility of public transport for the disable people in Malaysia. BEAT has been working closely together with us; providing trainers for the Disability Equality Training subject which is one of the subjects in our Flight Attendants and Guest Services training syllabus .

Representatives of BEAT , to name a few, the United Vision, YMCA Deaf Club, Malaysian Association of the Blind (MAB), Damai Disabled Persons Organisation attended the dinner and I could say that all of us had lots of fun spending time together. We managed to communicate well and shared some experiences and jokes through out the dinner. Some of us (especially myself) learned quite a lot of new sign languages from the ladies who were representing the YMCA Deaf Club.

We look forward to having more activities like this in the future.

Some of the pics taken during the dinner...

Winner List for YES 2009's Entry Pass

AirAsia Blog Team — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:11:15 +0000

Congratulation to the 30 selected winners! You are now officially invited to attend this meaningful event for FREE.

Winners from Blog.Airasia.com
1. Low Yi Yang
2. Chu Henry Hung Fong
3. Azam Bahrami Barogh
4. Kiran Kumar
5. Noni
6. Jason
7. Tiara
8. Mohamad Jusri
9. Abbey
10. Deepti
11. Jimmy
12. Ili Izyan Syazwani
13. Renuka
14. Benjamin Siew Wan Siong

Winners from Twitter:
15. nickelby
16. eeleechan
17. ancient85
18. shizuoka
19. jonw1986
20. ballerinagal
21. azharahmad
22. leon5271
23. handsomecharlie
24. Arepeace21
25. y4ng
26. indykhurana
27. Saravanan_91
28. scorpioritta
29. esAwSalrNan
30. inbarajsuppiah

Please take note of this event details, and how you can collect your passes before the events start:

Youth Engagement Summit (YES) 2009

Date:
16 & 17 Nov 2009 (Monday to Tuesday)

Venue:
Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC), Malaysia.

--> Winners kindly proceed to our AirAsia Booth from 7.30am to 7.50am on 16 Nov (Monday) to redeem your passes.

Take down this number: 012 - 923 5883, Vilon

Let's SEE A CHANGE together in YES 2009!

Best Regards,
AirAsia Social Media

"FREE SEATS" campaign is rawking cyberspace!

AirAsia Blog Team — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:01:31 +0000

We are here because of all of you and in just the first day of sales of the free seat campaign, our website airasia.com registered a phenomenal 300,000,000 hits in the first 11 hours of the campaign, and sold over 300,000 seats in less than 24 hours.

In anticipation of strong demand to our AirAsia’s ‘famous’ Free Seats offer, we have doubled our server capacity to cope the huge increase in demand. Demand has vastly exceeded our expectations partly driven by our entry into new markets such as Australia, United Kingdom, India, China and the Middle East stirring a huge web frenzy resulting in congestion on airasia.com.

With no fuel surcharge and administration fees, the Free Seats are even hotter! For those who have not been able to make a booking, we urge them to be patient and keep trying. After all, the best things in Life are free.

Here are some tips and FAQs.

1) Help! I have a double booking! What should i do?

Stay calm, our Customer Care will assist you. If you failed to call us at +603 2171 9222 (Inquiry) , you can write in your details with PNR Booking numbers to

Malaysia (General):

http://www.airasia.com/site/my/en/faqDetailsForm.jsp

Thailand:

http://www.airasia.com/site/th/th/faqDetailsForm.jsp

Indonesia:

http://www.airasia.com/site/id/id/faqDetailsForm.jsp

Please be patient as our customer care is handling enormous amount of inquiries per every minute and hour :)

2) How come my booking status is still on pending? What should I do?

We have doubled our server's capacity and we have a team on fighting to ensure our servers are running to serve all . Please check back after sometimes and monitor your mailbox for email confirmation.

3) I want to change my flight itinerary to the other dates. What should i do?

You can make your changes at "Manage My Booking" in http://www.airasia.com.

Also do try other new destinations if your desired destination is not available. Tell your friends to rotate on shifts to logon to airasia.com. Best time to login, 3am – 6am. Happy hunting!

Win Passes to the Youth Engagement Summit 2009 (YES2009)

AirAsia Blog Team — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:11:36 +0000

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

TERMS & CONDITIONS: Read more »