AirAsia Voted Skytrax World’s Best Low Cost Airline

 

 

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 12^th 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.