The Capa Legend Award (Aviation Hall of Fame) is given to outstanding individuals who bring about a revolutionary force in the aviation industry.

Fernandes said it felt “odd” to win the big individual award and joked that maybe the judges were giving him a signal that he should be on his way out of the industry.

Fernandes said he was pleased that his fairy-tale success in introducing a budget carrier had given a lot of motivation to children and university students to believe in their dreams.

He said the award proved that Malaysian companies were capable and to win during a time of financial crisis meant even more for AirAsia.

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The no-frills airline is the first from Asia to associate itself with a performance driven National Football League team, the Oakland Raiders.

Newly-appointed Malaysian Ambassador Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis, who was at the Oakland International Airport to witness the touchdown, congratulated AirAsia for promoting a Malaysian brand in the US.

“This is a great step in building bilateral ties and contribute to the development of the tourism industry in this part of the world and in Malaysia,” Dr Jamaludin said at his first official function since presenting his credentials to Deputy State Secretary Dr James B. Steinberg in Washington on Friday.

Also present were the city’s Mayor Ron Dellums, Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis and CEO Amy Trask, AirAsia X CEO Azran Osman-Rani and director Datuk Lim Kian Onn.

“With AirAsia, we will see new business opportunities in the services sector,”he said.

Dr Jamaludin said he hoped relations between Malaysia and the US would be further enhanced under his tenure.

There are 5,428 Malaysians studying in over 250 universities in the US and AirAsia would provide them with an affordable means of transport.

The booking period is from Aug 26 to Aug 30 2009, for the travel period between Oct 20, 2009 and July 31, 2010.

AirAsia’s Regional Head of Commercial Kathleen Tan said: “Our China network has remained incomplete without a presence capable of unlocking the potential of travel to the western territories of China.

Chengdu is your gateway to XiAn, ChongQing and even Tibet. Chengdu is a home to China’s living natural heritage and famous with its icon the Pandas.

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It will only cost RM99 for a one-way fare on AirAsia X’s flights between Abu Dhabi and Kuala Lumpur. This is for travel during the period between Nov 23 this year and July 31 next year where AirAsia X will offer five flight a week during the Haj period.

The Airbus A340 aircraft, with a capacity of 286, will fly this new route.

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The airline will be offering an all-in-fare from as low as NT$690 (RM73) one-way between Taipei and Bangkok which will be exclusively available online via AirAsia’s website at www.airasia.com.

The low fares are only available for early birds for the booking period of Aug 6 to 11 for travel from Sept 25 to Jan 9 next year.

AirAsia’s commercial regional head Kathleen Tan said that since the airline’s recent launch connecting Taipei and Kuala Lumpur, it has seen strong loads which allowed the airline an additional frequency from five times weekly to daily.

“With AirAsia adding Taipei to its network, Taiwanese can now opt for a holiday with our everyday low fares to our vast network across Asia, Australia and Europe,” said Tan in a press statement yesterday.

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To celebrate the introduction of the flight, AirAsia will be offering an all-in fare of RM129.00 for a travel period between Sept 1 this year and April 30 next year. The booking period for the flight will be from Tuesday to Aug 2.

AirAsia Group commercial regional head Kathleen Tan said the airline was proud to be servicing an underserved route and opening up this market to the world. “Tiruchirapalli is a highly popular and desired destination among Hindus in Malaysia as it has an abundance of temples, which are popular pilgrimage sites for Hindus,” she said in a statement on Monday. She added that there was an increase in visiting travellers from the district in Tamil Nadu who were progressively using Kuala Lumpur as a connecting gateway to over 130 routes in South East Asia and beyond. “In fact, within the first month of flying to India, we enjoyed a load factor of 100% on this route,” Tan said, adding that it was now timely to add a second frequency.

Tiruchirapalli was AirAsia’s first destination in India since its inception on Dec 1 last year. AirAsia is also offering its guests free rooms in various destinations when they book at its partner hotels via goholiday.airasia.com. For more information on flights and other promotions, visit www.airasia.com.

If you want to opt for Premium Seats, the all-in-fare is just RM649.

The flight schedule as follows :

AirAsia has launched their low-cost courier service, Redbox Courier Service yesterday. AirAsia Bhd expects Redbox, to contribute RM25mil to RM30mil to revenue next year.

Redbox is said to be the world’s first low-cost courier service. AirAsia will be transporting the packages from airport to airport while its partner DHL would be picking up and delivering them. They have also partnered with Mail Boxes Etc (MBE) to enable customers to drop off their packages at any of 17 MBE outlets.

Be the first to use their services, visit Redbox.

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Booking Period : 6 Jul 2009 – 12 Jul 2009
Travel Period : 1 Aug 2009 – 30 Nov 2009
Travel Notes : - Advance booking required
- *Travel Period: 1 Sep 2009 – 30 Nov 2009

You can get all-in fare as low as RM30 to domestic destination like Johor Bahru or RM530 to London. What a great offer bring to you buy Air Asia.

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