AirAsia Voted Skytrax World’s Best Low Cost Airline Four Years Running!
19 million travelers polled worldwide and voted AirAsia as the World’s Best Low Cost Airline
LONDON, 13 July
– July indeed is a month
of celebration for AirAsia, where the airline receives not one, but two
international accolades further confirming that AirAsia is the world’s
best in the global airline industry, as reported in Aviation Week’s
Top-Performing Airlines 2012 one week ago.
Once again, the world’s air travelers have given their verdict and AirAsia is world’s best low-cost airline for the
fourth consecutive year, as voted by 19 million air travelers worldwide!
The
Skytrax World Airline Survey is an annual global survey conducted by
respected London-based aviation consultants
Skytrax, almost 19 million travelers polled worldwide chose AirAsia as
the World’s Best Low Cost Airline for the fourth consecutive year.
AirAsia came out tops in the independent survey that measures airlines’
product and service standards once again.
AirAsia’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes
was present to receive this prestigious award held at Farnborough International Airshow in London, United Kingdom on 12th July 2012. AirAsia was also named
Best Low Cost Airline – Asia, for the fourth consecutive year as well in the same award ceremony.
Tan Sri Tony Fernandes
said, “This comes as another
great news to us, we were overwhelmed when we found out that we came out
tops in Aviation Week’s Top Performing Airlines Report, beating other
longer-established
airlines and even Europe’s largest low-cost carrier! We emerged tops in
a report that measures airlines’ financial and operational
performances, and we are once again voted the World’s Best Low-Cost
Airline by our valued guests around the world in this Skytrax
World Airline Survey!”
“We
would like to thank all our guests for their support and their belief
in us to provide opportunities for everyone
to fly. We will continue to uphold our promise in giving all of you the
best service with everyday low fares, and we are proud to be your
People’s Champion for the fourth consecutive year,” added Tan Sri Tony
Fernandes.
AirAsia
is a household name which has flown over 150 million guests since it
was established ten years ago with a mission
to democratize air travel in the region and has been operationally
profitable from day one of its launch as a low-cost carrier. The airline
also has affiliates in Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Japan,
apart from Malaysia servicing 80 destinations across
20 countries.
All
six of AirAsia’s airlines – Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines
Japan and AirAsia X operate one of the youngest
fleet of Airbus A320 and A330 in the world, with an average age of only
3 years groupwide. Apart from a modern fleet, AirAsia’s
consumer-friendly products and services complemented with everyday low
fares, extensive route network and great flight frequencies,
convenient booking and payment channels and value added add-ons such as
meals, seat allocations and baggage allowances make this fourth time
World’s Best Low-Cost Airline award a motivation for AirAsia to keep
this title in the years to come.
Tan Sri Tony Fernandes commented further,
“I might sound like a broken record by now, but this award will never
be possible without the hard work, passion, dedication and creativity of
our AirAsia Allstars. Each and every one of them should be proud that
their commitment to the airline has once again
put AirAsia on the world map. Let’s celebrate, and continue to make our
guests’ experience with us even better.”
The
airline is known for its innovations, popularizing technology-backed
travel services such as web and mobile bookings;
web, mobile and kiosk check-in services; no admin fees and the use of
social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Weibo, YouTube,
Instagram and its blog in engaging with guests in real-time throughout
the globe.
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