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StarBiz
Monday June 18, 2007
AirAsia fares keep them coming back
AirAsia, which will soon fly to its third destination in China, is seeing demand from businessmen who want to explore opportunities abroad
By M. KRISHNAMOORTHY
AIRASIA is confident that its low fares are encouraging Malaysian, Indonesian, Thai and Chinese entrepreneurs from the small and medium-scale industries to cross borders and explore new business opportunities.
The airline has found that the hubs created by AirAsia in Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, Penang, Senai, Xiamen and Macau are attracting businessmen to travel and trade as it is cheaper and thus more convenient to fly on AirAsia.
From July 15, AirAsia’s connection to Shenzhen will offer Asean businessmen a gateway to Hong Kong and China.
The low-cost carrier announced last week that airfares would start from RM68.88 for flights from Kuala Lumpur and 388 baht (about RM38) from Bangkok.
AirAsia executive vice-president (commercial) Kathleen Tan said the no-frills formula in aviation has not only increased tourist arrivals in these countries but also made it possible for businessmen - who found it expensive on international flights - to explore and network in China and some Asean countries.
“We have gathered information from our flight data that the small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) are now spreading their wings in the Asean region and China.
“AirAsia discovered that it had created the business opportunities when it started daily flights to Macau and Xiamen more than a year ago.
“These businessmen find that they can get inexpensive goods from China, and export their products to Chinese businessmen who are sourcing out goods from the Asean region,” Tan told StarBiz.
“As a result of the demand from businessmen, we are now planning more connections to the hubs.
“Some of them are connecting flights from Kota Kinabalu to Xiamen, from Johor Baru to Macau and from Johor Baru to Palembang.
“This means SME businessmen from mainland China and the Asean region can now go by Johor Baru to Singapore, and from Johor Baru, they can hop to China at a low fare.
“Shenzhen will also offer opportunities for businessmen who in the past could not afford to take international airlines,” she added.
Shenzhen is AirAsia’s third destination in China, after Macau and Xiamen.
AirAsia has seven daily flights to Macau from Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu and Bangkok and one daily flight to Xiamen from Bangkok.
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