INTEGRATION.....1Malaysia
Integration Programme with Air Asia.
By : FIZAH YUSOF
LAST Saturday, Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced the implementation of the
1Malaysia Integration Programme in association with Air Asia. The program
offers 10,000 free return tickets to Sabah and Sarawak that will be open for booking on Wednesday. The tickets cover
travel period from 14 January to 4 February.
Datuk Masidi Manjun,
Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment praised AirAsia for the Malaysia
Integration Programme, saying that it would give opportunity for Sabahans to
travel by air.
“This provides the
opportunity for Sabahans to travel to other states in Malaysia without being
burdened by high travelling costs,” Masidi said when asked by reporters at Ming
Garden yesterday.
“I know that the cost to
operate a flight is high but I feel it is a good investment in corporate social
responsibility that has a good aim, which is integration," he said.
“I thank AirAsia and hope
that this offer will be continued in the future and that other airlines would
do likewise,” he said.
However, Masidi sees that
the objective of the program will only be realised if the seats were made
available to those who have never traveled by air before.
“My personal opinion is that
we should give two groups the priority to participate in this scheme, those who
have never traveled in an airplane before, especially those in the rural areas
and young students,” he said.
The free seats are available
for booking at www.airasia.com to all Malaysians who have a valid Malaysian
Identification Card, on Wednesday, 9 January 2013, beginning at 12.01 am.
However, airport taxes will
be applicable, even though fares and fuel surcharge are waived. Baggage
allocation, in-flight meals, seat selection and other value-added services are
also not included along with the free seats.
The free seats are only
valid for flights departing from Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Labuan, Sandakan,
Miri, Tawau Sibu, Bintulu, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor Bahru. Domestic flights
within the Peninsular or within East Malaysia are not applicable. (Insight
Sabah)
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