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Good news for Australian travelers to Bali:
The AirAsia Group is set to spark another fare war with a third daily service to Bali and a second daily flight to Kuala Lumpur within months.
AirAsia founder and chief executive Tony Fernandes said yesterday the airline would continue to stimulate the market with giveaways and heavily discounted fares.
"Unlike other airlines, we have just continued to offer the cheapest fares in the market and we are not putting our prices up like they are," Mr Fernandes said.
AirAsia X, the long-haul division of the group, launched services from Kuala Lumpur to Perth in November 2008 with one-way fares from just $99.
In May last year, the airline's Indonesian division announced a daily Perth-Bali service with 5000 free seats.
That service quickly expanded to twice daily to meet demand.
Mr Fernandes said the group would launch "the third daily Bali flight and second daily KL within three to six months".
But Mr Fernandes, who was once an accountant for the Virgin Express in Europe, would not reveal what the promotional deals would be for the new flights, except to say that the "bargains would keep on coming throughout the year".
"Our philosophy is that once flights are full we don't put up fares, we add more capacity," Mr Fernandes said.
AirAsia is the fastest growing airline in the Asia-Pacific region and world's most profitable, with a profit margin of more than 17 per cent.
Air Asia plans more flights, discount fares - The West Australian
The AirAsia Group is set to spark another fare war with a third daily service to Bali and a second daily flight to Kuala Lumpur within months.
AirAsia founder and chief executive Tony Fernandes said yesterday the airline would continue to stimulate the market with giveaways and heavily discounted fares.
"Unlike other airlines, we have just continued to offer the cheapest fares in the market and we are not putting our prices up like they are," Mr Fernandes said.
AirAsia X, the long-haul division of the group, launched services from Kuala Lumpur to Perth in November 2008 with one-way fares from just $99.
In May last year, the airline's Indonesian division announced a daily Perth-Bali service with 5000 free seats.
That service quickly expanded to twice daily to meet demand.
Mr Fernandes said the group would launch "the third daily Bali flight and second daily KL within three to six months".
But Mr Fernandes, who was once an accountant for the Virgin Express in Europe, would not reveal what the promotional deals would be for the new flights, except to say that the "bargains would keep on coming throughout the year".
"Our philosophy is that once flights are full we don't put up fares, we add more capacity," Mr Fernandes said.
AirAsia is the fastest growing airline in the Asia-Pacific region and world's most profitable, with a profit margin of more than 17 per cent.
Air Asia plans more flights, discount fares - The West Australian
