AirAsia takes SkyTrax World's Best Low Cost Airline award for 8th year

Jul 22nd at 07:15
22-07-2016 07:15:13+07:00

AirAsia takes SkyTrax World's Best Low Cost Airline award for 8th year

AirAsia has been named the World's Best Low-Cost Airline for the eighth year running at the 2016 Skytrax World Airline Awards held at the Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom.

AirAsia also took home Asia's Best Low-Cost Airline award, as AirAsia X received World's Best Low-Cost Airline Premium Cabin and World's Best Low-Cost Airline Pr emium Seat for the fourth year running.

Dubbed the “Oscars of the Aviation I ndustry”, the Skytrax Awards are the global benchmark of airline excellence with over 19 million customer surveys completed worldwide by more than 104 nationalities, measuring standards across 41 key performance indicators of an airline's frontline products and services, according to AirAsia.

Receiving the awards at the Farnborough International Airshow were AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes, AirAsiaBerhad (Malaysia) CEO Aireen Omar, and Thai AirAsia CEO TassaponBijleveld, along with CEOs from AirAsia Group affiliates.

AirAsia is Asia's largest low-cost carrier by passengers carried and by jet fleet. It comprises short-haul affiliates AirAsiaBerhad (airline code AK), Indonesia AirAsia (QZ), Thai AirAsia (FD), Philippines AirAsia (Z2) and AirAsia India (I5), and long-haul affiliates AirAsia X (D7), Thai AirAsia X (XJ) and Indonesia AirAsia X (XT).

A pioneer in travel and technology, AirA sia offers a wide range of innovative products such as a mobile app, extensive self-service options, in-flight wifi, interactive travel guides, premium coffee, scrumptious in-flight meals, online duty-free shopping, Premium Flex and Fly-Thru.

AirAsia operates one of the youngest fleets of Airbus A320 aircraft in the world, with an average age of 3 years across all affiliates, with firm orders for over 300 Airbus A320neo deliveries up through 2028. Moreover, the airline has plans to expand on its existing over 100 routes across the Asia-Pacific with more destinations planned throughout Asean and key areas.

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