Just pay RM9.99 (Half price to fly to Old Trafford)

Woohoo!! This what i found!! on NST online.. Come come visit me.. my frens.. hehe.. Glad the flight tix to manchester is cheap by AirAsia X flight which will be introduced this year!! YEAH!!

06 Jan 2007

KUALA LUMPUR: Flying to the United Kingdom is set to become cheaper. Just RM9.99 for a single journey, to be precise.Come July, this will be one of several medium and long-haul flights to be offered by AirAsia X, and Fly Asian Xpress’ (FAX) budget long-haul service.The budget route will not be serving Heathrow Airport but secondary airports such as Stanstead, Manchester, Coventry and Birmingham.Even without the gimmick, flying to the United Kingdom — the longest international low-cost carrier (LCC) route — is going to become very much cheaper via AirAsia X.The real deal is this: Normal flights will be going at half the price offered by full services airlines. The newest development in flights out of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, it is set to provide stiff competition to more established airlines flying the route.FAX chief executive officer Raja Azmi Raja Razali said the fare excluded food, beverages and in-flight entertainment."Our new service will revolutionise Malaysia’s aviation sector and pave the way to making the KLIA the global hub for LCC," he told reporters after the launch of AirAsia X and the signing of a 30-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between AirAsia and FAX here.The agreement allows AirAsia to franchise its internationally recognised brand to FAX.Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy and Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor launched AirAsia X yesterday.Other AirAsia X destinations in the pipeline include Tianjin and Hangzhou in China, India, Australia and several destinations in Europe.AirAsia X is expected to carry about 500,000 passengers within the first year of operations. Tickets will be on sale through AirAsia’s website next month.FAX, privately-owned by AirAsia chief executive officer Datuk Tony Fernandes, AirAsia deputy CEO Datuk Kamarudin Meranun and Raja Azmi, operates the domestic rural air services (RAS) in Sabah and Sarawak.Fernandes owns a 50 per cent stake in FAX, while Kamarudin and Raja Azmi own 30 and 20 per cent stakes in the airline respectively.Fernandes said FAX was looking for suitable wide-bodied aircraft to lease or purchase, like the B777s or A330s.To start off, he said the airline would need around three such aircraft for the long-haul routes."I think FAX would need around 20 aircraft to serve our medium and long- haul destinations. The proposed aircraft purchase would be financed by shareholder funds," he said.Depending on the type of aircraft used, the Kuala Lumpur-London flight service would most likely have a stop-over in the Middle East.The service would have two seat classes — economy and super economy, which is almost equivalent to full service business class seats.

(Courtesy of NST)

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