KUALA LUMPUR, 26 June 2023: AirAsia won the World’s Best Low-Cost Airline at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2023 (Skytrax) held in Paris last week for an unprecedented 14th consecutive time.
As a global benchmark of airline quality and excellence, the final award results include more than 325 airlines, with AirAsia emerging on the top in its category. Over 100 nationalities of travellers participated in the online survey, with 20.23 million eligible entries counted in the results from September 2022 to May 2023, when AirAsia steadily increased its network back to over 130 destinations.
In accepting the award at a ceremony at the Paris Air Show 2023 in France last Tuesday, Capital A CEO, Tony Fernandes said: “We are immensely proud and grateful for this meaningful award given to us by the Skytrax organisers, voters, and the incredible supporters of AirAsia. Getting an award of excellence for 14 consecutive years is a remarkable achievement, one that fills our hearts with joy and humility. This is an extraordinary feat for any company in any industry, even more so for our proudly ASEAN brand.”
With 170 planes back in service across the Group, AirAsia expects to have all 204 reactivated by the end of August this year. Not only will it achieve 100% of pre-pandemic capacity in the coming months, but the airline is also looking to spread its wings even further by adding 19 new planes which will take flight this year, including four Frontier planes.
To celebrate winning the award for the 14th time, the airline cut fares to say thank you. Thailand dropped fares to THB414 on domestic routes, but the deal expired on 25 January.
