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Advantages: Low cost flying
Disadvantages: Possible delays & last minute cancellations

Air Asia is the far eastern equivalent of Ryanair in Europe and South West Airlines in the US. It is a budget point to point airline. It operates much like a bus in that it doesnt necessarily turn up on time and is sometimes rescheduled. It was set up in 2001 in Malaysia after the owner saw the potential for low cost flights in the UK & the US. From operating on a small route schedule it now has over one hundred different routes covering Malaysia, ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, lots of Asian destinations
Disadvantages: Limited schedules for some flights, no frills (but who cares at these prices?!)

...when I found out about Air Asia. Those of you who have travelled with Ryanair, BMI Baby, etc, will be familiar with the budget -airline procedure - buy a cheap flight using the company website, check-in at the airport and board the plane as you would a bus, ie, sit where you can find a seat. Air Asia follows this formula as Asia's first low fare airline. **About the company** Air Asia is based in Malaysia and started operating in January 2002. ... Read review

Advantages: Relatively cheap
Disadvantages: Too many to mention

Third time's a charm. After enjoying its so-called service for the third time, I've finally made up my mind about AirAsia. The management should consider to close the company down and turn the business to anger management counseling. Picture this: on Saturday, August 19, my family and I were scheduled to fly from Jakarta to KL on 6 am. Naturally we wake up at three, and arrived on the airport at five. Our suspicion grew when the counter was not yet ... Read review

Advantages: cheap, easy booking
Disadvantages: limited destination, poor services, always delayed

Airasia is quite a famour airline service nowadays in Malaysia. Its cheap ticket and easy way in ticket booking were attract alot of passangers from all the states in Malaysia including those undeveloped places. I am in Singapore now and always took this airline to back to my hometown Malaysia with lower price of ticket. I had bought a ticket (from singapore to Sabah, Malaysia, duration : 2hrs 15mins) with only price of SGD22. It was really cheap ... Read review