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Airport check-in is the process whereby an airline approves airplane passengers to board an airplane for a flight. Airlines typically use service counters found at airports for this process, and the check-in is normally handled by an airline itself or a handling agent working on behalf of an airline.
AirAsia was established on December 20, 1993, by DRB-HICOM, a Malaysian government-owned conglomerate, as a full-service carrier.The airline commenced operations on November 18, 1996, with its inaugural flight from Kuala Lumpur to Langkawi, utilising a Boeing 737-300. [7]
This is a list of current and confirmed prospective destinations that AirAsia and its subsidiaries Indonesia AirAsia, Thai AirAsia, Philippines AirAsia, AirAsia Cambodia, AirAsia X and Thai AirAsia X are flying to, as of January 2025. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the route list (especially for international destinations) may not be up to ...
The first computerized booking system was the little-known Trans-Canada Air Lines (today's Air Canada) system, ReserVec developed by Ferranti Canada. It started to be delivered in April 1961 and by January 24, 1963 completed the airline switch-over from the manual systems.
AirAsia X Berhad, operating as AirAsia X (formerly FlyAsianXpress Sdn. Bhd.), is a Malaysian long-haul, low-cost airline and a subsidiary of the AirAsia Group. The airline was initially established in 2006 as FlyAsian Express (FAX) and began by operating regional routes under Malaysia’s Rural Air Service. After encountering operational ...
Originally designed and operated by airlines, CRSs were later extended for use by travel agencies, and global distribution systems (GDSs) to book and sell tickets for multiple airlines. Most airlines have outsourced their CRSs to GDS companies, [ 1 ] which also enable consumer access through Internet gateways.
On 11 March 2013, an agreement was made between AirAsia Philippines to swap shares with Philippine-based airline Zest Airways. [12] Zest Airways received a mix of $16 million cash and a 13% share in AirAsia Philippines, while AirAsia Philippines now owns 85% of Zest Airways, with 49% of its voting rights.
A buy out of Batavia Air was announced on 26 July 2012, that was to be done in two stages; AirAsia would buy 76.95% shares from Metro Batavia in a partnership with Fersindo Nusaperkasa (Indonesia AirAsia). Following that, by 2013, AirAsia was to acquire the remaining 23.05% held by other shareholders.