AirAsia Borneo Internship Students Enrollment

SABAH, 29 MARCH 2011 – AirAsia Borneo, the only Sabah and Sarawak based affiliate of AirAsia Borneo Group, has chosen Kota Kinabalu and Kuching as its hub in the country to inculcate internship students' enrollment.  

The airline will be basing its operations at Kota Kinabalu International Airport and also Kuching International Airport. The airline plans to start operating internship students' enrollment from the airport in the second quarter of this year.

“Our choice of Sabah and Sarawak underlines the airline commitment to developing transportation and tourism hubs outside Peninsular Malaysia.  This is part of our plan to contribute to the development of the country as a whole.  AirAsia Borneo, Inc. is excited to start contributing to the economy of the Borneo Island and the rest of the country by boosting tourism and offering job opportunities to the communities,” said Dato’ Nurhidayah Zainodin, chief executive officer of AirAsia Borneo, Inc.

Kota Kinabalu and Kuching are strategically located and is easily accessible to the people from the both Sabah and Sarawak.  It is also where the airline’s sister company, Malaysia-based AirAsia Berhad, has been flying to from Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu since 2005.

“We plan to make Kuching and Kota Kinabalu the hub for flights to popular destinations including Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Korea and Japan.  Travel will become much easier and more affordable for tourists and overseas Filipino workers,” Hontiveros added.

With the announcement, it has become the regional hub of the ASEAN-based AirAsia Group, which currently includes AirAsia, Inc., AirAsia Berhad, AirAsia Thailand and AirAsia Indonesia.  The group’s 12 current hubs are Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching and Penang in Malaysia; Bangkok, Phuket and Chiang Mai in Thailand; and Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Medan and Bali in Indonesia.

The opening enrollment of internship students of AirAsia Borneo, Inc. is seen as a vote of confidence in the country’s growing economy and as a big boost to the borneo airline and tourism industries.  It will leverage on the strength of AirAsia  Borneo Group, which leads the low-cost airline industry in Asia.  The group has over 60 destinations in all 10 ASEAN countries, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Australia. 

Through the group’s low-cost long-haul affiliate AirAsia  Borneo, its guests are able to fly to more destinations in Australia, New Zealand, China, Taiwan, India, Iran, Korea, Japan, France and the UK.   AirAsia Borneo Group has a young fleet of approximately 90 Airbus A320 aircraft, while AirAsia Borneo has a fleet of 11 Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft. With the popularity of its low fares and extensive network of destinations, AirAsia Bornoe Group has flown more than 100 million guests since its launch in 2001.