AirAsia Takes Gold at Putra Brand Awards for the 6th Consecutive Time

25th Aug 2015

Malaysian low cost carrier AirAsia is becoming a magnet for awards. After winning Skytrax award for the Best Low Cost Airline in June, the airline has now grabbed another gold.

This time, AirAsia has taken the award for the World’s Best Low Cost Airline at the Putra Brand Awards. This is the 6^th time in a row that the carrier is going home with the coveted award.

AirAsia has won the gold under the “Transportation, Travel and Tourism” category.

Chief executive officer for AirAsia Bhd, Aireen Omar said the following after receiving the reward:

We are very proud to be the Gold Recipient for the ‘Transportation, Travel & Tourism’ Category for Putra Brand Awards once again, and would like to thank everyone who voted for AirAsia. We are committed to further grow our route network and make our brand presence stronger as we move from being just a low-cost carrier to being a value-carrier.

About the Putra Brand Awards

The Putra Brand Awards were launched in 2010 by the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia (4As) and the Malaysia’s Most Valuable Brands (MMVB) as a way to distinguish brand building as a key element in business investment, measured by consumer preferences.

This year’s Putra Brand Awards ceremony was held in Kuala Lumpur.

AirAsia X Cancels an Order for 12 A330s

Meanwhile, AirAsia’s long-haul, low-cost affiliate AirAsia X was forced to cancel an order for twelve Airbus A330-300s as losses mount for the carrier.

According to the airline, four A330s were to arrive in 2016, five a year later and the three remaining in 2018.

AirAsia X has originally ordered 31 Airbus A330-300s from the plane manufacturer.

There will be no penalty from Airbus Industrie for the canceled order.

AirAsia X revealed a Q2 loss of RM133 million ($35.2 million).