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AirAsia To Launch Kuching-Singapore Direct Flight On Nov 1
KUCHING, Oct 8(Bernama) -- AirAsia, which has secured rights to fly from Kuchingdirect to Singapore, will launch its first flight on theKuching-Singapore sector on Nov 1 as part of the efforts to enhance airconnectivity to Sarawak.
Its group chief executive officer Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes said onWednesday the low-cost carrier, which obtained the approval onlyyesterday, would open for sale 5,000 free seats beginning midnighttoday until Oct 19 this year, excluding surcharge and airport tax, onthe new route.
"We fought for six years (for the further liberalisation of aviationindustry, especially between Malaysia and Singapore) and have a veryaggressive marketing campaign in Singapore," he told a media briefinghere, which was also attended by Sarawak Urban Development and TourismMinister Datuk Michael Manyin.
Fernandes said AirAsia would initially have one flight daily but wouldexpand the frequencies in future once its proposed low-cost carrierterminal (LCCT) here was established.
It was also looking at the direct flight connectivity between KotaKinabalu and Sibu, following numerous requests from the state's tourismindustry and people to service that sector as well as reinstate thedaily Kuching-Macau route within three months after the flight wasscheduled to be suspended on Oct 26, he said.
Fernandes said when the airlines started its operations in Sarawak, itwas committed to developing both the state's tourism and businessindustry by opening up new air links with other regional destinationsbut the lack of support from Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd in grantingcertain concessions had caused it to review and rationalise some of itsroutes from here recently.
He said the Kuching-Bali direct flight was being stopped because thehigh charges and bureaucratic management had hampered its efforts tochanging market conditions, especially when the airlines industry wasexperiencing a tough period due to the global fuel hike.
AirAsia, which flies a total of 182 flights weekly into and withinSarawak, has carried more than 3.6 million passengers in the state sofar, with its market share of the Kuala Lumpur-Kuching sector growingto 68 percent at present from 33 percent in 2003.
Fernandes said almost one million passengers were recorded in theSarawak sector so far this year, generating about RM718 million inrevenue.
He projected that some five million passengers would have flown AirAsia into and out of the state by 2013.
-- BERNAMA
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