No bookings on Air Asia this weekend
by Alyaa Alhadjri

PETALING JAYA (July 7, 2010) : Air Asia's booking services will be temporarily unavailable from 1pm on Friday to 6pm on Sunday to allow for implementation of its state-of-the art booking system, designed to support the low cost carrier's expansion plan.

The new system which will allow the airline to book up to almost one million flights a day will be in service from 6pm on Sunday. Passengers are strongly encouraged to make bookings prior to 1pm on July 9.

Air Asia in a statement issued yesterday said that guests will not be able to book seats online, at Air Asia sales offices and counters, and through the call centre.  Guests also will not be able to self check in – through the web, by mobile and at the kiosks – or self-manage their booking online.

AirAsia will only be accepting cash for purchase of any ancillary product at the check-in counters, including excess baggage fees, during this period.

From July 9 to July 11, guests will be manually checked in by Air Asia staff at the airport check-in counters.  Guests are advised to check in at least three hours before departure to avoid missing their flights.

Hotel bookings and reservations for tours and activities on airasiago.com will remain available throughout the AirAsia system upgrade

Air Asia regional head (commercial) Kathleen Tan said: “AirAsia’s investment in technology is part of its commitment to give the best services to its guests."

"We have managed to stay ahead of the pack by smartly using advanced technology to enhance our products and services and to meet the needs of today’s tech-savvy air travelers,” said Tan.

Air Asia’s new booking system was meticulously developed over three years, and more than 200 specially-trained personnel were tapped to implement the new system.

With the new system, guests also will benefit from more innovative sales and marketing campaigns, product and service offerings tailored to guests’ preferences, and better self-service facilities, including direct access to their Credit Shell accounts.

Guests may check www.airasia.com, www.facebook.com/AirAsia and www.twitter.com/AirAsiaDotCom for regular updates on the system implementation process.

Today's news.

AA is flying to Seoul, South Korea and Haneda, Japan soon!

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=511482

hehe but they say very long liao wo~ not meh~ hope they really fly la =)

2-6 weeks from now, as per the newspaper said.

I think it is coming real soon. 

have anyone tried the online check in for AA? I am thinking to do online check in for my flight to bali tmr. if got luggage to check in also can do online check in right? lazy to queue up at the counter early

Could anyone help ? I would like to book for around 10 person's ticket from KL to Vietnam. (return air ticket only)
How can i do that ? Any promotion for group booking? Or any agent give better discount ? PM me pls ..

Hey I'm plannin to fly to uk this sept.is it okay to travel long hours by air Asia. I know it's not the best since the cheaper price.

Anyone traveled to uk by aa bfore?

How was it? was it safe?

Cheers

hi guys, if my name is Chee Keng, but airasia show as CheeKeng without the space in between, is it ok to just leave it like this?
it combines into 1 word in 1 of my itinerary after the update they did last week, should i call them to change or its ok to leave it like this as its kinda hard to get them on phone...

Read Leaf, what about the flight seat... is it little cramp like normal AA flight?