Low-cost airline «AirAsia»

AirAsia is a Malaysian low cost airline based in Kuala Lumpur. It is the largest airline in Malaysia by fleet and destinations. It has its main air base at Kuala Lumpur Airport, specifically at the local klia2 terminal for low-cost carriers. It provides domestic and international flights with its Airbus A320 and A320neo.The company was registered in 1993 and started operating in 1996. AirAsia offers the possibility of traveling in two classes — Economy and Premium Promo.

Since 2008, the company has regularly won the award of the best low-cost airline (incl. 2016), which is awarded by Skytrax.

In May 2017, it flew to 81 destinations, bringing the entire group to 165 destinations in 25 countries.

It has sister companies in other Asian countries, which are also named AirAsia with the country’s name: Thai AirAsia, Indonesian AirAsia, Philippine AirAsia, Japanese AirAsia, Vietnamese AirAsia, Chinese AirAsia and Indian AirAsia. Its sister company AirAsia X focuses on long-haul flights.

The company was originally founded by the national corporation DRB-HICOM. Air Asia is one of the largest low-cost airlines in Asia, as well as the largest operator of the Airbus A320 family.

On December 13, 2012, the carrier placed an order for another 100 A320 family liners (including 36 A320ceos with Sharklet wing tips). In total, Air Asia’s order book includes 475 narrow-body aircraft (264 A320neo and 211 A320ceo). More than 100 airlines have already been delivered by airlines and are based at the airports of Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Manila and Tokyo.

As of December 2012, the airline’s fleet consists exclusively of A-320 aircraft. In some countries, the company also has its own network of budget hotels.

In 2016, this group transported 56.5 million people.

The slogan of this company is «Now Everyone Can Fly», in 2016 it employed around 17,000 people.