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AirAsia X premium fares to go up after refurbishing

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Nope... if you click the banner from the Singapore site (doesn't show on the MY one), the popup reveals what this 'New Frontier' is...

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http://www.airasia.com/site/my/en/page.jsp?reference=maasign&utm_source=Sidespot#2&utm_medium=Sidebanner&utm_content=maasign_sgen&utm_campaign=Chennai

Its their new non-stop flight from Penang to Chennai!

 

Anyway, back to the original topic, flightglobal says that all 7 of D7's A330s n A340s will be refitted by June! Also...

In economy class, the number of seats on the A340 will increase to 309 from 256, while the number of seats on the A330 will increase to 365 from 364, says the spokeswoman.

With XL seats being reduced from 30/28 seats to just 18/12 seats, I'm pretty sure economy class should become 2-4-2, since the seat increase on the A330 is just one seat! XL class should also return back to the normal 2-2-2 config, with 2 rows on the A330 and 3 rows on the A340. At last! If AK-X can keep the Y fares as they are and increase J by just a little bit (hopefully still cheaper than full service Y class), they're gonna give a lot of airlines a run for their money!

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What is the New Frontier? Is it AirAsia's new frequent flyer program??

There is a rumour going around in A.Net about AirAsia is going to have a FFP. Tremendous news if it is true. But hopefully, if it ever materialised, AirAsia will adopt the 'miles' system rather than the 'point' system it is currently using for their Citibank AirAsia credit card program.

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Oh Ic.. I know the FFP is coming and I thought it's name is the New Frontier.

 

I heard also that in order to configure into flat bed seats, they have to reduce the number of Premium seats significantly, but the number of economy seats are left untouched, only slight modification (i.e. can now recline).

Edited by Azri M.

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Nope... if you click the banner from the Singapore site (doesn't show on the MY one), the popup reveals what this 'New Frontier' is...

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http://www.airasia.com/site/my/en/page.jsp?reference=maasign&utm_source=Sidespot#2&utm_medium=Sidebanner&utm_content=maasign_sgen&utm_campaign=Chennai

 

Traditionally, MAA has been a high load, high yield route for MH. With aggressive marketing and civilize schedule, AK will impose load of pressure on MH bottom line.

 

There is a rumour going around in A.Net about AirAsia is going to have a FFP.

 

LCC business model doesn’t call for FFP. Unless AK and D7 are under pressure from competitors, it is unlikely it will incur cost unless money can be made from FFP.

 

:drinks:

Edited by KK Lee

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Frankly I do not see what benefits LCCs can derive out of a FFP unless they change the FFP model into something that is a win-win situation. If the current FFP model is used, then all it means is more cost to the airline. For the FF, I doubt if there is any excitement of being in the FFP programme if it is to be based on the present model.

 

I think AK/D7 already has some sort of marketing tool other than FFP, e.g. their Facebook fan page, the AA Citibank card, etc. So a FFP should not really be a priority for them.

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Perhaps AK/D7 is moving away from traditional LCC model? FFP requires a lot of back end support i.e. customer service and with AK/D7's dismal customer support I am not sure it would work for them, at least not now. Who are you gonna call if your points are not credited into your account then?

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Perhaps AK/D7 is moving away from traditional LCC model? FFP requires a lot of back end support i.e. customer service and with AK/D7's dismal customer support I am not sure it would work for them, at least not now. Who are you gonna call if your points are not credited into your account then?

Even Azran says so...

Azran also said the carrier is seriously considering having its own loyalty programme,

 

"We hired a specialist on loyalty programmes last December, so I can tell you that we are very serious about loyalty programmes," he said

http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/axp/Article/

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A Facebook friend has just posted these shots of the new Premium Seats and EY seats for D7

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Thank you to Merlin for the photos

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Looks nice!Anyone has the specs for the new seats, what diff they have compared to the previous one?

 

They look much better than the present Premium seats. I'll post up some pics of the present ones over the weekend.

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The color looks really comforting. In this instance it looks better than the M&M seats.

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I dont really dig the Y seats colours. I think red and black look better for them, no?

But good for them for listening to their customers and change the seat. And they do make MH looks sub-par....

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Well done, D7! Thank you for ditching the egg shell seats with "slide-able" cushion that squashed my legs, reduced my legroom, and almost caused DVT after an 8-hour journey from OOL.

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Errr... the seat colour in the economy actually looks dirty la.. It's not a common colour people use, perhaps there is a reason for that...

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actually, i think there is! Does anyone notice that somehow the EY seats look not-so-cramped? (In fact, from that photo, it looks like the seats have a regular Y seat width and makes the plane look like a 777!) This is especially so if you compare it next to the old black seat cabin photos. The brighter colors give a roomier and larger 'feel' to the cabin and seats despite the same 3-3-3 config!

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Kinda reminds me of the seat on BI's A319/A320. The color looks similar to those on Swiss new generation of A330s.

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