AirAsia offers very cheap travel around Asia. It should be remembered that the basic ticket includes hand luggage only, but even with the extra charges for other services, AirAsia is one of the very cheap airlines.
When to buy tickets and prices
Buy cheap AirAsia tickets directly from the carrier's website airasia.com.
Prices don't change much 2 weeks to 2 months before departure, but you can buy the absolute cheapest tickets during a promotion that repeats roughly two to three times a year. It is necessary to buy tickets often six months in advance. Such tickets then cost nominal amounts from 2 usd to 20 usd.
Non-promotional fares for shorter flights of up to 3 hours range from 30 usd to 80 usd. As AirAsia competes with other airlines on many routes, it is always worth using various fare comparison sites such as skyscanner.com.
Fare classes
The airline has a simple fare class structure.
It has only one basic fare, which includes a flight with hand luggage only. You can choose 2 more fares in addition to this basic fare, or 3 more fares for long-haul flights with Airbus A330 or A350.
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Add-ons
- Value Pack - extra checked baggage, seat selection, meals
- Usually costs extra 30 usd to 65 usd depending on the length of the flight
- Premium Flex - Extra checked baggage, seat selection (including seats with more space), meal, option to change time or date twice
- Usually costs extra 50 usd to 100 usd depending on flight length
- Premium Flatbed - extra checked baggage, a flatbed seat, i.e. a seat that folds out horizontally (as in business class), a meal, unlimited time or date changes, lounge access at Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Seoul, Melbourne, Taipei and Sydney airports
- Usually costs extra 300 usd to 450 usd depending on flight length
Destinations
AirAsia's main operations are in Southeast Asia and India, where it has its largest bases.
AirAsia operates most of its flights from these airports:
- Kuala Lumpur KUL
- Bangkok Don Mueang DMK
- Manila MNL
- Kota Kinabalu BKI
- Bangkok Suvarnabnumi BKK
- Jakarta CGK
- Denpasar Bali DPS
- Penang PEN
- Phuket HKT
- Chiang Mai CNX
Of these destinations, AirAsia mainly serves the following countries: Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Cambodia, China, Brunei, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Laos, Maldives and Australia.
AirAsia X long-haul flights
AirAsia is one of a small number of purely low-cost airlines operating long-haul flights on large wide-body aircraft.
A fare is available on all AirAsia X routes Premium Flatbed with a comfortable seat that folds out into a bed.
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These flights are operated by AirAsia X (from Kuala Lumpur) and Thai AirAsia X (from Bangkok).
Currently, AirAsia X flies these routes to China, India, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Kenya:
- Kuala Lumpur - Almaty
- Kuala Lumpur - Beijing
- Kuala Lumpur - Changsha
- Kuala Lumpur - Chengdu
- Kuala Lumpur - Chongqing
- Kuala Lumpur - New Delhi
- Kuala Lumpur - Hangzhou
- Kuala Lumpur - Hong Kong
- Kuala Lumpur - Jeddah
- Kuala Lumpur - Melbourne
- Kuala Lumpur - Mumbai
- Kuala Lumpur - Nairobi
- Kuala Lumpur - Osaka
- Kuala Lumpur - Perth
- Kuala Lumpur - Sapporo
- Kuala Lumpur - Seoul
- Kuala Lumpur - Shanghai
- Kuala Lumpur - Sydney
- Kuala Lumpur - Taipei
- Kuala Lumpur - Tianjin
- Kuala Lumpur - Tokyo
- Kuala Lumpur - Xi'an
- Bangkok - Nagoya
- Bangkok - Osaka
- Bangkok - Sapporo
- Bangkok - Seoul
- Bangkok - Shanghai
- Bangkok - Shenyang
- Bangkok - Sydney
- Bangkok - Tianjin
- Bangkok - Tokyo
