Air Asia Offering Two Million Free Seats Fro Anniversary
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan – To mark its fourth anniversary, AirAsia is offering two million free seats, excluding airport taxes, fees and fuel surcharges, which travellers must pay.

This has nevertheless caused Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Sultanate to make many bookings for the chance to go home free of charge.

Travellers from Brunei Darussalam need to go to Kota Kinabalu for a flight to Clark in Manila.

They can either use the national carrier RBA or Malaysian Airlines.

Others may consider boat or road journeys to KK.

To be eligible for the free seats, bookings must be done online at www.airasia.com or via mobile.airasia.com (available on GPRS, 3Q EDGE mobile phone or wireless device) before Dec. 28, 2005, for travels between Feb. 7 and Oct. 10, 2006.

Apart from for a free return trip, some Filipinos also booked flights to give their families the golden opportunity of visiting Brunei.

However, some prospective travellers to other destinations could not get the free seats easily, as they have been heavily booked.

The airline, meanwhile, advised the public to book early to avoid disappointment, as seats would be limited and may not be available on all flights or during public holidays, school breaks and weekends.

"This is the first time AirAsia has launched a major regional marketing campaign of such magnitude, and it will be the biggest online free seats campaign ever offered in Asia," said AirAsia Bhd's Executive Vice-President (Commercial) Kathleen Tan in a statement.

"Our Internet booking has increased to 65 per cent in the last four years and the two million giveaway seats are our way of saying a big `Thank you' to those who had supported the airline and contributed to its success," she remarked.

Tan added that AirAsia has carried 15 million passengers in the region, and the offer would enable more Asians to travel by air. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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