AIR ASIA AIRLINES COMPANYCOMPANY BACKGROUND
Air Asia Berhad is an established in 1993 with commenced operations in 1996. In 2001,
Tune Air Sdn Bhd Tony Fernandes‟s company purchased this airline from DRB
-Hicom. Air Asianever look back after that. Air
Asia‟s first and main base is the Low Cost Carrier Terminal
(LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, while its secondary hubs are at Kota KinabaluInternational Airport, Senai International Airport and Penang International Airport.Air Asia is well kn
own as Malaysian low cost airline and even Asia‟s largest low fare, nofrills airline. The airlines claims „No Admin Fee‟, but has some fees for services which are freeon other airlines. Air Asia slogan is „Now Everyone Can Fly‟. Being the home of Air Asi
a, theLCCT is the budget terminal in KLIA, opened on 23 March 2006. LCCT is said to be carriedabout 10 million passengers a year.The Air Asia subsidiaries are the likes of Thai Air Asia, Indonesia Air Asia, Viet Jet Air Asia and Air Asia Red Tix. Meanwhile, Air Asia associate companies are Air Asia X, TuneHotel and Tune Money