AirAsia to increase flights to Vientiane

AirAsia is boosting its connectivity from Kuala Lumpur to Vientiane, Laos, by introducing additional flight frequencies starting 27 May 2012.  With the new additional frequencies, flights from Kuala Lumpur – Vientiane have been increased from 3 times weekly (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) to 7 times weekly (add-on: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday). In conjunction with the additional Kuala Lumpur – Vientiane flight frequencies, AirAsia is offering a special promo fare of RM139 one way. This promo fare is only valid for the new additional flights on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The booking period for this exclusive promotion is until 1 April 2012, for travel from 27 May to 30 September 2012. Terms and conditions apply. AirAsia Regional Head of Commercial, Kathleen Tan, said, “With the launch of the additional frequencies, guest can enjoy further convenience and superior choice of flight times to Vientiane from Kuala Lumpur. Together with this great promotion, we feel very optimistic that it will be well received by our guests and we expect to see good passenger loads soon.” Passengers are encouraged to book their value-added services such as Baggage Supersize, Hot Seats, Pick-A-Seat and AirAsia Insure online together with their flights as they are able to save up to 50%. As for inflight meals, travellers can now pre-book more than one meal on board, and at lower prices as well with the recent reduction of inflight pre-book meal prices. AirAsia has also recently reduced its processing fees from RM8 per guest per sector, to only RM5 per guest per sector. Processing fees are not applicable for BIG Visa card users. Counter check-in fees are also waived for international bound guests across all of its hubs and stations throughout the route network.