KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- Low cost carrier, AirAsia Bhd will fly four times a week to Vientiane, Laos and three times a week to Banda Aceh, Indonesia starting next month, its group chief executive officer, Datuk Tony Fernandes said today.
"With Vientiane, AirAsia covers all the Asean countries, making it a truly Asean brand."
The air fare for Banda Aceh will start from RM9.99, while for Vientiane the price has not been determined yet, he told reporters after AirAsia's Buka Puasa function with the media and 60 children from Nur Hikmah orphanage here, today.
Asked if there was substantial demand for Banda Aceh, he said: "I don't know. We did not do market study. There were requests from people in Banda Aceh and we are going there."
He also said that AirAsia will increase its flight to four times a day from three currently to Macau starting November.
"We are also going to give out 5,000 free tickets to Macau in November," he said.
Holding strong to its "Everyone Can Fly" tagline, the low cost carrier will be also treating 60 orphans from the Nur Hikmah home to an all-paid trip to Kota Kinabalu.
"Each of them can bring two companions," said Fernandes.
